Explore Gray, 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 Gray, 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 Gray.
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 | Gray |
| State | Pennsylvania (PA) |
| County | Somerset County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.135909 |
| Longitude | -79.092806 |
| Density | N/A /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 16686, 15544 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| County Seat | Somerset |
| School District | North Star School District |
Gray holds the quiet weight of the Allegheny Plateau, anchored by the deliberate, steady flow of the North Branch Quemahoning Creek. It lies 16.0 miles southwest of Johnstown, PA (from Johnstown, PA: bearing 214°T), and is situated 8.8 miles north of Somerset. Beyond the creek’s path, the landscape rises into the rugged, shadowed folds of the nearby terrain, where the air retains the crisp, metallic edge of the higher elevations. Only a mile away, the surface of Lake Gloria gathers the pale, late-afternoon light, reflecting the dense canopy that spills over from the nearby Forbes State Forest. This is a region of deep, earth-toned horizons where the distant Allegheny Mountains stand as a jagged, purple-bruised line against the sky, marking the boundary between the settled valleys and the wilder, unyielding stretches of the interior.
Gray grew from the subterranean pulse of the coal seams that once defined the industry of these hills, leaving behind a legacy of endurance that persists in the weathered facades of its older buildings. The economy here has shifted away from the heavy extraction of the past, yet the rhythm of the day remains tied to the cycles of the seasons and the slow, persistent reclamation of the land by the surrounding woodlands. Residents often find their way toward the solitude of the Spruce Run Trail or the deeper wilderness of the Forbes State Forest, a SRMA that preserves the character of the highlands. Whether seeking the fleeting, icy beauty of Adams Falls or simply navigating the terrain toward the quiet depths of Wrinkle Hollow, the people of Gray maintain a connection to a landscape that asks for patience and rewards those who observe the subtle, seasonal transitions of the Pennsylvania interior.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Gray, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.135909, -79.092806. 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 Gray includes the ZIP code (16686, 15544), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Somerset County (Somerset), and school district assignment (North Star 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. |