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Gifford Pennsylvania Map

Explore Gifford, 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 Gifford, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Gifford, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	41.858119
Longitude	-78.596414
Population	280
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	16732, 16922
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Smethport

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About Gifford, Pennsylvania

Gifford is a locality in McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Gifford is located at 41.8581°N, 78.5964°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 16732, 16922.

Gifford emerges from the dense, tangled undergrowth of the Pennsylvania landscape where the steady, dark pulse of Wolf Run carves a narrow path through the earth. It lies 29.8 miles north of Saint Marys, PA (from Saint Marys, PA: bearing 356°T), and is situated 3.4 miles northwest of McKean. The terrain surrounding Gifford is defined by a deep, quiet severity, where the land drops away into the shadowed depths of Wildcat Hollow and rises again in rigid, silent slopes. The light here often lingers in bruised shades of violet and slate, caught between the heavy canopy of the trees and the cooling ground, while Hilltop Community Park offers a brief, manicured respite of open green amidst the encroaching wild. At a remove of ninety-four miles, the Allegheny Mountains remain a distant, indigo suggestion on the horizon, a serrated line that keeps the vastness of the plateau in check.

Gifford carries the weight of a quiet industry, its identity forged in the iron-rich soil and the persistent, industrious labor of those who looked toward the resources of the Susquehanna State Forest to build their lives. The economy has long breathed in rhythm with the extraction and movement of raw materials, leaving behind a stillness that feels less like abandonment and more like a long, deliberate pause. While Reservoir Number Five rests seven miles away as a mirror for the shifting clouds, the life of Gifford remains centered on the immediate, tangible reality of the valley floor and the enduring architecture of its early foundations. Everyday existence moves with the measured, unforced cadence of a place that has learned to thrive in the gaps between the hills, where the air holds a permanent, sharp clarity that tastes of damp earth and coming rain.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hilltop Community Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 350° N
Allegheny National Forest (National Forest) — 2.5 mi, 262° W · 514k acres
Lewis Run Borough Park (Local Park) — 3.2 mi, 287° W
State Game Land 062 (State Resource Management Area) — 4.3 mi, 168° S
Penn-Brad Oil Museum (Museum) — 4.6 mi, 322° NW
Kinzua Bridge State Park (State Park) — 6.3 mi, 176° S
Zippo/Case Museum (Museum) — 6.5 mi, 335° NW
Kinzua Skywalk Platform (Viewpoint) — 6.7 mi, 177° S
Knox & Kane Railroad Corridor (Conservation Area) — 6.8 mi, 176° S
Taylor Cub Monument (Monument) — 7.2 mi, 328° NW
Bradford Main Street Movie House (Cinema) — 7.2 mi, 339° N
Marilyn Horne Museum and Exhibit Center (Museum) — 7.3 mi, 337° NW
Vietnam War Memorial (Monument) — 7.3 mi, 337° NW
Clarion Junction Forest (Conservation Area) — 8.1 mi, 197° S
802 W Main St. (Attraction) — 8.2 mi, 114° SE
Judge Joseph Bouton Mansion (Attraction) — 8.3 mi, 114° SE
Byron Delano Hamlin Mansion (Attraction) — 8.3 mi, 114° SE
Vietnam Memorial (Monument) — 8.4 mi, 115° SE
302 W. Green St. (Attraction) — 8.5 mi, 112° E
Allegany State Park (State Park) — 10.1 mi, 346° N
Elk State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 12.0 mi, 168° S
Allegheny National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 15.1 mi, 292° W · 24k acres
Quaker Ampitheatre (Theatre) — 15.6 mi, 313° NW
Bob Lanier Court in the Reilly Center (Stadium) — 16.3 mi, 020° N
Our Lady of Lourdes (Public Artwork) — 16.4 mi, 020° N
Regina A Quick Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 16.4 mi, 021° N
Tri County Arts Council (Arts Centre) — 17.4 mi, 029° NE
Cutco Theater (Theatre) — 17.7 mi, 029° NE
Allegheny, Pennsylvania Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 20.8 mi, 267° W · 35k acres
Tionesta National Natural Landmark (National Monument) — 21.9 mi, 228° SW · 4,111 acres

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