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Grier City Pennsylvania Map

Explore Grier 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 Grier City, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Grier City, Pennsylvania Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Grier 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 Grier 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	Grier City
State	Pennsylvania (PA)
County	Schuylkill County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	40.828699
Longitude	-76.055764
Population	296
Density	237.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	18214
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Pottsville
School District	Mahanoy Area School District

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About Grier City, Pennsylvania

Grier City is a locality in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 296. The population density is 237.6 people per km². Grier City is located at 40.8287°N, 76.0558°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 18214.

Grier City occupies a landscape defined by the persistent, unhurried movement of Pine Creek as it carves a path through the dense, verdant woodlands of the region. It lies 9.9 miles south-southwest of Hazleton, PA (from Hazleton, PA: bearing 205°T), and is situated 5.0 miles west-northwest of Tamaqua. The terrain here is characterized by a series of low-slung, broken ridges that offer a stark, honest view of the earth’s heavy, layered composition, standing in contrast to the far-off, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains visible on the horizon. Residents often find solace in the quiet expanse of Grier City Park, a space that serves as the local anchor for outdoor life, while the nearby Lakeside Park Reservoir catches the shifting light of the afternoon sky in its dark, still waters. A few miles away, the deep, shadowed depression of Negro Hollow reminds the traveler of the rugged, unforgiving topography that once shaped the migration patterns of those who settled these interior lands.

History in Grier City is written in the cooling slag and the quiet, stubborn endurance of a landscape once tethered to the extraction of deep-earth resources. While the economic machinery that fueled the early settlement has slowed, the local spirit remains tied to the hard-won resilience of the industrial past, where the rhythm of the day is marked by the slow passage of clouds over the ridge lines rather than the sharp whistle of a shift change. Families here have long understood the weight of the land, finding a different kind of beauty in the seasonal turning of the deciduous canopy and the occasional distant roar of Tomhicken Falls during the spring thaw. Life persists with a deliberate, steady cadence, reflecting the grounded nature of a place that asks for little but offers a profound, quiet clarity to those who remain.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Grier City Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 257° W
Rush Township Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 195° S
Delano Memorial (Monument) — 1.1 mi, 307° NW
Catawissa Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 1.2 mi, 356° N
Tuscarora State Park (State Park) — 1.7 mi, 155° SE
Quakake Playground (Local Recreation) — 1.8 mi, 036° NE
State Game Land 227 (State Resource Management Area) — 2.1 mi, 096° E
Sgl 227 (State Recreation Area) — 2.1 mi, 096° E
State Game Land 308 (State Resource Management Area) — 2.6 mi, 354° N
Locust Lake State Park (State Park) — 3.5 mi, 201° S
Newkirk Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 4.2 mi, 128° SE
Strawberry Playhouse (Theatre) — 4.3 mi, 167° S
Mahanoy Area Historical Society (Museum) — 4.6 mi, 256° W
Pennsylvania Performing Arts Academy (Theatre) — 5.0 mi, 116° SE
P&R Railroad Depot (Monument) — 5.0 mi, 115° SE
Shellhamer Ice Dam (Historic Ruins) — 5.9 mi, 123° SE
Owl Creek Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 6.7 mi, 111° E
Anthony P. Domato Mural (Public Artwork) — 7.7 mi, 267° W
Schuylkill County Council for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 13.1 mi, 218° SW
Anthracite Philharmonic (Arts Centre) — 13.1 mi, 218° SW
East Rocks (Viewpoint) — 13.3 mi, 163° S
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 13.7 mi, 158° S · 110k acres
Minersville Area Historical Society (Museum) — 14.4 mi, 229° SW
Ashland Historical Society (Museum) — 15.1 mi, 258° W
Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine & Steam Train (Museum) — 15.9 mi, 257° W
100 Mile View (Attraction) — 16.4 mi, 084° E
Galerie B (Gallery) — 16.6 mi, 081° E
Berwick Historic Society (Museum) — 18.4 mi, 329° NW
St. Joseph's Fine Art Studio (Gallery) — 18.6 mi, 263° W
Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 36.5 mi, 087° E · 11k acres

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