Explore Hamburg, 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 Hamburg, 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 Hamburg.
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 | Hamburg |
| State | Pennsylvania (PA) |
| County | Berks County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.555648 |
| Longitude | -75.981877 |
| Population | 4,270 |
| Density | 873.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 19526 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| County Seat | Reading |
| School District | Hamburg Area School District |
Hamburg occupies a corridor of land where the earth rises in quiet, deliberate folds, defined by the steady presence of the Schuylkill River as it pushes southward through the valley floor. It lies 14.4 miles southeast of Pottsville, PA (from Pottsville, PA: bearing 129°T), and is situated 9.4 miles north-northwest of Blandon. The air here holds the weight of the interior, far removed from the churn of the coast, settling instead into the damp, cool clarity of the inland plains. Within the immediate vicinity of Berks County Park, the landscape maintains a rugged, unvarnished integrity, while the horizon hints at the distant, hazy blue silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains. Four miles to the east, the steep ascent of the Pinnacle Trail offers a vantage point over this terrain, where the light at dusk catches the jagged geometry of the ridgeline, turning the woods into a deep, bruised violet before the stars emerge.
History in Hamburg remains tethered to the iron and coal veins that once pulsed through the region, grounding the local economy in a heritage of labor that has shifted from heavy extraction to the rhythmic hum of modern logistics and retail commerce. Seven miles away, the waters of Ontelaunee Lake provide a still, reflective surface that contrasts with the brisk, directional flow of the nearby river, while the proximity to Red Valley shapes the agricultural character that persists in the periphery of the grid. Life in Hamburg moves with a deliberate, measured cadence, observed in the brick storefronts and the way the morning mist clings to the valley walls. It is a place where the architecture of the past—solid, functional, and unpretentious—continues to house the daily movements of a population that understands the value of a steady, grounded existence.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hamburg, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.555648, -75.981877. 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 Hamburg includes the ZIP code (19526), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Berks County (Reading), and school district assignment (Hamburg Area 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. |