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Hesston Pennsylvania Map

Explore Hesston, 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 Hesston, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Hesston, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.420908
Longitude	-78.110007
Population	480
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	16647
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Huntingdon

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About Hesston, Pennsylvania

Hesston is a locality in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Hesston is located at 40.4209°N, 78.1100°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 16647.

Hesston occupies a landscape defined by the deliberate, rhythmic folding of the earth into long, parallel ridges that hold the morning mist until well past the hour of breakfast. It lies 16.4 miles east-southeast of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 114°T), and is situated 6.9 miles southwest of Huntingdon. The air here carries the scent of damp shale and cooling earth, a terrestrial perfume that lingers even as the sun climbs above the dense, verdant canopy. Only a mile away, the quiet, steady flow of Hawns Run provides a constant, low-frequency hum against the silence of the woods. Further out, the vast, shimmering expanse of Raystown Lake occupies the horizon, its surface often mirroring the slate-colored clouds that drift over the distant, hazy peaks of the Allegheny Mountains. To the west, the gentle, fertile expanse of Hartslog Valley stretches out, offering a reprieve from the steeper terrain and creating a natural corridor where light seems to linger longer in the evening, catching the golden stalks of late-season grain.

Hesston remains a place where the labor of the land and the pull of the water dictate the tempo of daily existence. The local economy finds its anchor in the recreational life provided by the nearby Raystown Recreation Area, where visitors arrive to traverse the rugged, challenging terrain of the Sheep Rock Trail. While the modern pulse of industry remains distant, the influence of the region is felt in the steady, industrious spirit of those who maintain the surrounding woodlands, some of which stretch toward the experimental research plots managed by The Pennsylvania State University Experimental Forest. Life in Hesston is marked by a quiet, deliberate focus on the changing of the seasons, where the transition from the humid, heavy heat of summer to the crisp, sudden chill of an inland autumn serves as the primary clock for the year. It is a location of profound stillness, where the weight of the ancient ridges keeps the modern world at a respectful, quiet distance.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Raystown Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 1.4 mi, 203° SW
Raystown Lake (Recreation Area) — 2.2 mi, 216° SW
State Game Land 118 (State Resource Management Area) — 2.8 mi, 311° NW
Walker Township Municipal Park (Local Park) — 2.8 mi, 036° NE
Pine Shelter Playground (Local Park) — 3.3 mi, 149° SE
State Game Land 073 (State Resource Management Area) — 4.2 mi, 251° W
Trough Creek Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 4.3 mi, 177° S
Hawn's Overlook (Viewpoint) — 4.8 mi, 083° E
Trough Creek State Park (State Park) — 5.2 mi, 189° S
Recreation Drive Park (Local Recreation) — 5.5 mi, 303° NW
Lower Trail (Local Recreation) — 5.9 mi, 302° NW
Lincoln Caverns (Museum) — 6.4 mi, 018° N
The Paper Trail (Public Artwork) — 6.7 mi, 047° NE
Suzanne von Liebig Theatre (Theatre) — 7.4 mi, 042° NE
Former Phillips Sand Co. (2 Plants) (Historic Ruins) — 8.8 mi, 105° E
Old Glendower Sand Plant (Historic Ruins) — 9.0 mi, 104° E
Canoe Creek State Park (State Park) — 9.0 mi, 294° NW
Triangle (Monument) — 9.0 mi, 102° E
Mapleton Historical Society (Museum) — 9.2 mi, 102° E
World War 2 Memorial (Monument) — 9.2 mi, 102° E
Three Crosses of Mapleton (Attraction) — 9.6 mi, 103° E
The Lower Trail (Monument) — 10.1 mi, 356° N
Little Juniata Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.4 mi, 001° N
Spruce Creek Rail Tunnel East Portal (Attraction) — 12.4 mi, 357° N
Spruce Creek Rail Tunnel West Portal (Attraction) — 12.5 mi, 356° N
Leap-The-Dips (Theme Park) — 15.4 mi, 283° W
Three Sisters Rock Formation (Attraction) — 16.5 mi, 054° NE
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (Museum) — 16.6 mi, 293° NW
East Broad Top Railroad (Museum) — 16.7 mi, 138° SE
Rockhill Trolley Museum (Museum) — 16.7 mi, 138° SE

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