Explore Fostoria, Pennsylvania, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Fostoria, Pennsylvania. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Pennsylvania or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Fostoria.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Fostoria |
| State | Pennsylvania (PA) |
| County | Blair County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.618399 |
| Longitude | -78.32057 |
| Population | 36 |
| Density | 171.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 16686 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| County Seat | Hollidaysburg |
| School District | Bellwood-Antis School District |
Fostoria occupies a quiet stretch of land where the Little Juniata River carves a deliberate path through the earth, marking the transition between the lowlands and the higher ground. It lies 7.9 miles north-northeast of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 29°T), and is situated 5.6 miles southwest of Tyrone. The air here holds a distinct crispness, often carrying the scent of damp soil and ancient stone as it moves toward the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Allegheny Mountains. To the east, the terrain rises into the defined folds of Logan Valley, providing a stark, vertical horizon that changes color from deep indigo to soft, bruised violet as the afternoon sun retreats. Fostoria sits in this corridor of stillness, where the light at dusk settles over the fields in long, amber slats, illuminating the subtle textures of the grass and the moss-slicked banks of the riverbed.
History lingers in the quiet infrastructure of the region, where the remnants of earlier industrial ambitions left a legacy of sturdy, utilitarian construction that still defines the local character. The economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the land and the modest logistical demands of the interior, with a pace of life that favors persistence over haste. Residents often gather in the quiet expanse of 5th Street Park to watch the changing seasons, a space that serves as a communal anchor amidst the surrounding woodlands. Not far away, the water of Bellwood Reservoir rests in a calm, reflective state, its surface acting as a mirror for the clouds and the encroaching ridges. In Fostoria, the daily cycle is marked by the steady flow of the river and the shifting shadows cast by the mountains, creating a persistent, grounded sense of place that remains largely untouched by the noise of the wider world.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Fostoria, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.618399, -78.32057. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Fostoria includes the ZIP code (16686), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Blair County (Hollidaysburg), and school district assignment (Bellwood-Antis School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |