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Gibbon Glade Pennsylvania Map

Explore Gibbon Glade, 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 Gibbon Glade, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Gibbon Glade, Pennsylvania Map

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

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	Gibbon Glade
State	Pennsylvania (PA)
County	Fayette County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	39.739799
Longitude	-79.594489
Population	280
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	15437, 15440
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Uniontown

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About Gibbon Glade, Pennsylvania

Gibbon Glade is a locality in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Gibbon Glade is located at 39.7398°N, 79.5945°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 15437, 15440.

Gibbon Glade occupies a high, quiet plateau where the air holds a persistent, cool clarity that sharpens the edges of the surrounding woodland. It lies 31.4 miles south-southeast of Rostraver, PA (from Rostraver, PA: bearing 159°T), and is situated 14.5 miles east-northeast of Cheat Lake. The landscape is dominated by the steady, unhurried flow of the Little Sandy Creek, which cuts a clear path through the soil and defines the local drainage. Beyond the immediate tree line, the terrain rises into expansive, verdant slopes that reach toward the distant, hazy blue silhouette of the Allegheny Mountains. Forbes State Forest envelops the perimeter, providing a dense, protective canopy that cycles through deep greens and rusted autumn ochres, while the nearby Great Meadows basin offers a low, flat counterpoint to the higher ground. When the light fades toward evening, the moisture rising from the earth gives the entire expanse of Gibbon Glade a soft, silver-gray cast that settles deep into the valleys.

Life in Gibbon Glade remains tied to the rhythms of the forest and the slow, seasonal work that defines this interior Pennsylvania landscape. The economy is quiet, characterized by small-scale land management and the persistent maintenance of the timber tracts that define the boundaries of Forbes State Forest. Residents often look toward the nearby Heritage Lake for recreation, a local point of stillness that mirrors the changing sky. While the frantic energy of major industrial centers remains far removed, the history of the region lingers in the way the local roads follow the natural contours of the basin. The proximity to the wilderness ensures that the passing of time is measured more by the growth of the canopy and the seasonal swelling of the Little Sandy Creek than by the rapid shifts of modern commerce, leaving the locality to exist in a state of deliberate, grounded isolation.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Forbes State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 0.1 mi, 304° NW
Quebec Run Wild Area - Proposed (State Resource Management Area) — 1.7 mi, 301° NW
Quebec Run Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 2.9 mi, 261° W
Metal Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 4.0 mi, 340° N
Farmington Ballfields (Local Recreation) — 4.2 mi, 017° N
Great Meadows Amphitheatre Park (Local Park) — 5.0 mi, 356° N
Braddock's Grave (Monument) — 6.4 mi, 357° N
Beaver Creek Natural Area (Conservation Area) — 6.6 mi, 052° NE
Ohiopyle State Park (State Park) — 6.7 mi, 051° NE
Point Lookout (Viewpoint) — 8.7 mi, 335° NW
Youghiogheny River Lake (Recreation Area) — 9.4 mi, 085° E
Flatrock (Attraction) — 9.8 mi, 035° NE
Kentuck Knob Visitor's Center (Attraction) — 9.9 mi, 023° NE
Youghiogheny Wild River Nea (State Park) — 11.7 mi, 133° SE
Cheat Canyon Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.6 mi, 207° SW
Snake Hill Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.8 mi, 221° SW
Speyer Gallery (Museum) — 13.3 mi, 031° NE
Henry Clay Furnace (Historic Ruins) — 13.4 mi, 242° SW
Riverside Spot (Attraction) — 14.4 mi, 240° SW
Climbing (Attraction) — 14.8 mi, 239° SW
Metal Shack (Historic Ruins) — 14.9 mi, 234° SW
Col. James McHenry of Baltimore (Monument) — 18.6 mi, 136° SE
Deep Creek Lake Garrett County (Monument) — 20.7 mi, 137° SE
Watts Museum (Museum) — 21.2 mi, 252° W
Mon Valley Railroad Historical Society (Museum) — 21.6 mi, 245° SW
AMC CLASSIC Morgantown 12 (Cinema) — 22.9 mi, 250° W
Monongahela River, Railroad, and Transportation Museum (Museum) — 24.7 mi, 322° NW
Frank L. Melega Art Museum (Museum) — 24.9 mi, 322° NW
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 31.3 mi, 343° N
Monongahela National Forest (National Forest) — 32.1 mi, 177° S · 922k acres

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