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Houserville Pennsylvania Map

Explore Houserville, 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 Houserville, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Houserville, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.82395
Longitude	-77.82889
Population	1,978
Density	697.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	16801
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Bellefonte
School District	State College Area School District

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About Houserville, Pennsylvania

Houserville is a locality in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,978. The population density is 697.5 people per km². Houserville is located at 40.8240°N, 77.8289°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 16801.

Houserville emerges where the cool, persistent waters of Spring Creek carve a limestone path through the valley floor. It lies 2.7 miles northeast of State College, PA (from State College, PA: bearing 38°T), and is situated 4.8 miles east-northeast of Park Forest Village. The land here carries the quiet weight of the Allegheny Plateau, manifesting in the deep, verdant shadows of Big Hollow and the looming, distant silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains. To the east, the dense canopy of Rothrock State Forest blankets the higher elevations, while the immediate landscape remains defined by the rhythmic pulse of the creek, which draws local wildlife toward Spring Creek Park. Light in the late afternoon shifts across the fields in long, amber slats, illuminating the limestone outcrops that have anchored this terrain long before the first dwellings appeared.

Houserville bears the marks of early settlers who recognized the potential in the water-powered mills that once lined the banks, turning the local grain into the foundational currency of the region. While the economy has shifted away from its agrarian and milling origins, the presence of these historical layers remains visible in the quiet, sturdy architecture that defines the streetscape. Residents maintain a steady pace of life, often turning their attention toward the nearby Rockview Reservoir or finding a contemplative rhythm on the paths that lead toward the Musser Trail. The character of Houserville persists as a quiet intersection of natural resource and human endurance, where the persistent current of the creek remains the only clock the land truly respects.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Spring Creek Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 186° S
Spring Creek Estates Open Space (Local Recreation) — 0.4 mi, 356° N
Millbrook Marsh Nature Center (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 212° SW
Art Alliance (Arts Centre) — 1.1 mi, 151° SE
Thompson Woods Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 197° S
Stony Batter Nature Park (Conservation Area) — 1.5 mi, 136° SE
General James A. Beaver Memorial (Monument) — 1.5 mi, 239° SW
State Game Land 333 (State Resource Management Area) — 1.6 mi, 006° N
Penn State All-Sports Museum (Museum) — 1.7 mi, 237° SW
Mike Lynch Overlook (Viewpoint) — 1.8 mi, 128° SE
We Are Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 1.9 mi, 234° SW
Rockview (Local Recreation) — 2.0 mi, 008° N
Deeded Square Inches (Attraction) — 2.1 mi, 113° SE
The Frost Entomological Museum (Museum) — 2.3 mi, 230° SW
Mill Wheel (Attraction) — 2.3 mi, 202° S
The Center for Arts & Crafts at Penn State (Arts Centre) — 2.4 mi, 225° SW
Faculty Cottages (Monument) — 2.4 mi, 226° SW
Pilato Studios (Gallery) — 2.4 mi, 219° SW
Atom First "Seen" (Monument) — 2.4 mi, 225° SW
Art Alley (Gallery) — 2.5 mi, 224° SW
The HUB Gallery (Gallery) — 2.5 mi, 224° SW
Armsby Respiration Calorimeter Museum (Museum) — 2.5 mi, 229° SW
Pennsylvania Agricultural College (PAC) Herbarium (Museum) — 2.5 mi, 226° SW
Playhouse Theater (Theatre) — 2.6 mi, 231° SW
Recital Hall (Theatre) — 2.6 mi, 230° SW
State Game Land 176 (State Resource Management Area) — 2.7 mi, 288° W
Thickhead Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 6.2 mi, 155° SE
Black Moshannon State Park (State Park) — 11.5 mi, 295° NW
Bald Eagle State Park (State Park) — 12.9 mi, 028° NE

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