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Gowen City Pennsylvania Map

Explore Gowen City, 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 Gowen City, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Gowen City, Pennsylvania Map

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

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	Gowen City
State	Pennsylvania (PA)
County	Northumberland County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	40.755641
Longitude	-76.53357
Population	480
Density	18.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	17872, 17978
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Sunbury

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About Gowen City, Pennsylvania

Gowen City is a locality in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Gowen City is located at 40.7556°N, 76.5336°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 17872, 17978.

Gowen City emerges from the rugged, broken terrain of the interior, where the land rises and falls in long, parallel ridges that define the horizon. It lies 17.6 miles south-southwest of Bloomsburg, PA (from Bloomsburg, PA: bearing 194°T), and is situated 2.7 miles south-southeast of Shamokin. The air here holds a crisp, mineral edge, sharpened by the proximity of the Appalachian Mountains that loom fifty-four miles to the west, casting long, violet shadows over the landscape as the sun dips below the crests. Mahanoy Creek carves a winding, somber path just a mile from the center, its waters reflecting the muted grays and browns of the exposed shale and earth. To the north, the quiet expanse of Number Four Reservoir waits in the stillness, a deep basin of captured rain that anchors the silence of the woods. The topography is defined by the proximity of Bear Valley, a sunken corridor of land that seems to hold the evening light long after the ridges have gone dark, creating a basin of cool, dense atmosphere that settles over the roads and clearings.

Gowen City bears the indelible mark of the anthracite era, a history etched into the very composition of the ground and the structural memory of the local architecture. The economy has shifted from the intense labor of the subterranean mines to a reclamation of the earth, as evidenced by the Northumberland County Anthracite Outdoor Adventure Area, which now occupies the scarred terrain where industry once held absolute sway. This site serves as a physical record of transition, where the rugged, broken ground of former operations is repurposed for modern recreation, allowing the community to engage with the topography in a new, kinetic way. Life in Gowen City moves with a deliberate, measured pace, influenced by the proximity of the wilder stretches of the region and the enduring, stoic character of a population accustomed to the demands of a difficult landscape. The grit of the past remains present in the foundation of the streets, yet the focus has turned toward the quiet endurance of the hills and the slow, steady rhythm of a region finding its footing in the present century.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Northumberland County Anthracite Outdoor Adventure Area (Local Recreation) — 0.2 mi, 359° N
Anthracite Outdoor Adventure Area (Conservation Area) — 0.5 mi, 292° W
State Game Land 084 (State Resource Management Area) — 0.8 mi, 173° S
East Cameron Township Park (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 119° SE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 2.0 mi, 329° NW
Unknown Ball Park (Local Recreation) — 2.1 mi, 348° N
Weiser State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 2.1 mi, 331° NW
Spanish-American War Memoral (Monument) — 2.7 mi, 331° NW
Stanley Coveleski Monument (Monument) — 2.7 mi, 330° NW
Big Cannon (Monument) — 2.7 mi, 331° NW
Artisan Alley Fine Arts Gallery (Gallery) — 2.7 mi, 340° N
St. Joseph's Fine Art Studio (Gallery) — 7.1 mi, 067° NE
Downdraft (Attraction) — 8.5 mi, 010° N
Fandango (Attraction) — 8.5 mi, 010° N
Twister (Attraction) — 8.5 mi, 010° N
Tumbling Timbers (Attraction) — 8.6 mi, 010° N
Pennsylvania Mining Museum (Museum) — 8.7 mi, 009° N
Knoebels History Museum (Museum) — 8.7 mi, 009° N
Knoebels Carousel Museum (Museum) — 8.7 mi, 010° N
Time Machine Theatre (Theatre) — 8.7 mi, 010° N
XD Theater (Cinema) — 8.7 mi, 010° N
Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine & Steam Train (Museum) — 9.6 mi, 081° E
Ashland Historical Society (Museum) — 10.4 mi, 079° E
Sgl 326 (State Recreation Area) — 11.8 mi, 092° E
Dark Sky Viewing (Viewpoint) — 13.9 mi, 193° S
Swatara State Park (State Park) — 15.9 mi, 171° S
AMC CLASSIC Selinsgrove 12 (Cinema) — 17.3 mi, 286° W
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 18.0 mi, 183° S · 110k acres
Locust Lake State Park (State Park) — 19.7 mi, 084° E
James C. Nelson Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 39.3 mi, 247° SW

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