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Hooversville Pennsylvania Map

Explore Hooversville, 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 Hooversville, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Hooversville, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.147022
Longitude	-78.911969
Population	628
Density	396.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	15936
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

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About Hooversville, Pennsylvania

Hooversville is a locality in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 628. The population density is 396.8 people per km². Hooversville is located at 40.1470°N, 78.9120°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Hooversville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 15936.

Hooversville occupies a quiet stretch of land where the persistent, winding currents of the Stonycreek River carve a path through the earth. It lies 12.4 miles south of Johnstown, PA (from Johnstown, PA: bearing 178°T), and is situated 7.6 miles south-southwest of Windber. The landscape surrounding Hooversville is defined by the heavy, muted greens of the Allegheny Plateau, a region where the light at dusk often takes on a bruised, violet quality as it catches the slopes of the distant Allegheny Mountains. To the west, the water of the Quemahoning Reservoir remains a steady, reflective presence, while the nearby expanse of Hoover Park offers a small, deliberate clearing of grass and shade. Beyond the immediate banks of the river, the terrain rises into the uneven, wooded topography that defines this section of the state, occasionally giving way to the deeper, shadowed folds of Gilbert Hollow.

History here is written in the residue of industry, where the legacy of coal extraction once provided the primary pulse of the local economy. Though the rhythm of life has slowed since the peak of the mining era, the residents of Hooversville maintain a persistent connection to the land, balancing the remnants of their industrial heritage with the quietude of the surrounding woods. Those who seek more rugged terrain often venture toward the Gallitzin State Forest or navigate the length of the Old '56' Trail, finding a stark, solitary beauty in the dense timber and the changing seasons. Daily existence in Hooversville is marked by the steady, unadorned passage of time, where the sound of the river remains the most constant companion to a life lived in the shadow of the ridges.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hoover Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 010° N
Quemahoning Reservoir (Local Park) — 2.0 mi, 287° W
Quemahoning Family Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 2.0 mi, 287° W
Somerset County Conservancy Property (Conservation Area) — 2.4 mi, 198° S
State Game Land 093 (State Resource Management Area) — 3.8 mi, 155° SE
Flight 93 National Memorial Entrance (Museum) — 4.7 mi, 163° S
Tower of Voices (Monument) — 5.0 mi, 164° S
Central City Recreation Park (Local Recreation) — 5.8 mi, 116° SE
Western Overlook (Viewpoint) — 6.4 mi, 177° S
United 93 Impact Site (Monument) — 6.7 mi, 177° S
Gallitzin State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 6.9 mi, 059° NE
Clear Shade Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 8.1 mi, 071° E
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (Museum) — 9.4 mi, 026° NE
Roxbury Bandshell (Theatre) — 10.2 mi, 356° N
Monument for Life (Monument) — 10.3 mi, 243° SW
Fort Dewart (Historic Castle / Fort) — 10.5 mi, 131° SE
Laurel Ridge State Park (State Park) — 11.0 mi, 321° NW
Memorial Auditorium (Theatre) — 12.2 mi, 357° N
Morley’s Dog (Public Artwork) — 12.4 mi, 358° N
Wagner-Ritter House (Museum) — 13.4 mi, 356° N
Bottle Works (Arts Centre) — 13.4 mi, 357° N
Shawnee State Park (State Park) — 15.2 mi, 124° SE
Coal Miner's Museum and Memorial (Museum) — 15.3 mi, 031° NE
Disaster’s Edge Environmental Education Center (Nature Reserve) — 15.4 mi, 031° NE
Powder Mill Nature Reserve (Museum) — 19.0 mi, 273° W
Jack Be Nimble (Attraction) — 20.6 mi, 293° NW
Hush A Bye Baby (Attraction) — 20.7 mi, 293° NW
Hickory Dickory Dock (Attraction) — 20.7 mi, 293° NW
Martin Hill Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 27.2 mi, 139° SE

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