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Galeton Pennsylvania Map

Explore Galeton, 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.

Interactive Map of Galeton, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Galeton, Pennsylvania Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Galeton, 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 Galeton.

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	Galeton
State	Pennsylvania (PA)
County	Potter County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	41.733125
Longitude	-77.641931
Population	990
Density	300.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	16922
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Coudersport
School District	Galeton Area School District

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About Galeton, Pennsylvania

Galeton is a locality in Potter County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 990. The population density is 300.7 people per km². Galeton is located at 41.7331°N, 77.6419°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Galeton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 16922.

Galeton occupies a narrow, deliberate space where the South Branch Pine Creek carves a persistent path through the limestone and shale of the Allegheny Plateau. It lies 47.5 miles northwest of Williamsport, PA (from Williamsport, PA: bearing 316°T), and is situated 11.6 miles west-northwest of Kennedy. The landscape surrounding Galeton is defined by the steep, wooded rise of Deer Lick Hollow, which funnels the cool, damp air of the evening down into the valley floor. To the west, the expansive canopy of Tioga State Forest creates a dark, serrated horizon against the sky, while the clear, cold waters of Lyman Run Reservoir sit quietly among the high ridges just a few miles away. The light here tends to linger in the hollows long after the sun has dipped, casting long, bruised shadows across the damp earth and the moss-covered stones that line the creek bed.

Industry once defined the rhythm of Galeton, drawing men into the timber trade and the heavy labor of the tannery, leaving behind a legacy of weathered brick and broad-shouldered architecture. Today, the pace is quiet, marked by the occasional footfall of a hiker returning from the Clark Farm Trail or the low, steady murmur of conversation near Center Town Park. The people here carry a certain stoicism, a remnant of the generations who recognized that survival in such terrain requires a quiet respect for the changing seasons. Even as the economy shifts, the town remains anchored by its geography, tethered to the cold pulse of the creek and the dense, unchanging silence of the woods that hold the valley in a permanent, watchful embrace.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Center Town Park (Local Park) — 0.0 mi, 251° W
Susquehannock State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 0.9 mi, 355° N
State Game Land 064 (State Resource Management Area) — 0.9 mi, 359° N
Lyman Run State Park (State Park) — 5.4 mi, 258° W
Pine Creek Gorge (State Conservation Area) — 8.0 mi, 104° E
Asaph Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 8.7 mi, 062° NE
Water Tank Hollow Vista (Viewpoint) — 8.8 mi, 235° SW
Pine Creek Gorge Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.2 mi, 098° E
Denton Hill State Park (State Park) — 9.4 mi, 284° W
Rainbow Paradise Fishing Park (Attraction) — 14.6 mi, 276° W
Big Trestle site (Historic Ruins) — 14.6 mi, 183° S
Hammersley Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 14.8 mi, 217° SW
War Memorial (Monument) — 17.5 mi, 087° E
Webber Cabin (Historic Ruins) — 18.8 mi, 162° S
Mistletoe Farm (Attraction) — 21.8 mi, 080° E
Keller and Darby Memorial (Monument) — 26.7 mi, 187° S
Sinnemahoning S.P. Wildlife Viewing Area (Attraction) — 27.1 mi, 231° SW
C.C.C. Workers Monument (Monument) — 28.1 mi, 178° S
Larry the Elk (Attraction) — 29.0 mi, 066° NE
Grace Steadman Theatre (Theatre) — 29.8 mi, 080° E
Wellsville Creative Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 31.1 mi, 330° NW
The Little Gem (Gallery) — 31.1 mi, 330° NW
Babcock Theatre (Theatre) — 31.2 mi, 330° NW
Mather Homestead Museum (Museum) — 31.5 mi, 329° NW
Addison Historical Society of Steuben County (Museum) — 33.2 mi, 039° NE
Fiat Lux! (Public Artwork) — 36.8 mi, 348° N
Alfred Art Studio At the West (Arts Centre) — 36.8 mi, 348° N
Allegheny National Forest (National Forest) — 51.7 mi, 271° W · 514k acres

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