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Jackson Center Pennsylvania Map

Explore Jackson Center, 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 Jackson Center, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Jackson Center, Pennsylvania Map

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

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	Jackson Center
State	Pennsylvania (PA)
County	Mercer County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	41.273129
Longitude	-80.13968
Population	194
Density	65.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	16936, 16133
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Mercer
School District	Lakeview School District

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About Jackson Center, Pennsylvania

Jackson Center is a locality in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 194. The population density is 65.8 people per km². Jackson Center is located at 41.2731°N, 80.1397°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Jackson Center is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 16936, 16133.

Jackson Center holds the quiet, terrestrial gravity of the high plateau, where the land stretches out in measured, grassy swells beneath a sky that seems to press closer to the earth than it does elsewhere. It lies 16.3 miles east of Hermitage, PA (from Hermitage, PA: bearing 80°T), and is situated 8.4 miles north-northwest of Grove City. Yellow Creek traces a shallow, winding path just a mile from the center of the grid, its banks lined with the tangled, dark silhouettes of willow and scrub that catch the amber light of late afternoon. Beyond the immediate fields, the horizon holds the distant, hazy suggestion of the Appalachian Mountains, a faint blue serration against the pale light of the west. Within the borders of Jackson Center, the atmosphere is defined by this openness, where the wind moves through the tall weeds of the local meadows with a low, dry rustle, and the light at dusk turns the stubble of the surrounding fields into a brittle, golden wire.

History here is written in the slow, mechanical pulse of the local economy and the enduring presence of the Wesley McAfoose Community Park, which serves as the town’s primary anchor for the rhythm of daily life. The legacy of the region is tied to the industry of the interior, a heritage of hard labor and rail lines that once moved the heavy products of the plateau toward the industrial hubs of the region. A short distance away, the cool, shaded depth of Hells Hollow offers a stark contrast to the sun-drenched fields, while the nearby waters of Lake Latonka provide a singular, reflective stillness that draws the eye toward the horizon. Life in Jackson Center proceeds with a deliberate, unadorned pace, characterized by the sound of tires on asphalt and the occasional, sharp report of a farm machine, grounding the inhabitants in a landscape that remains stubbornly, beautifully indifferent to the haste of the world beyond its borders.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Wesley McAfoose Community Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 031° NE
State Game Land 130 (State Resource Management Area) — 2.3 mi, 046° NE
Mercer Farm (Conservation Area) — 5.8 mi, 190° S
Maurice K. Goddard State Park (State Park) — 6.6 mi, 018° N
Clear Creek State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 7.0 mi, 131° SE
Memorial Park (Local Park) — 7.6 mi, 169° S
Guthrie Theatre (Cinema) — 8.4 mi, 161° S
Shenango River Lake (Recreation Area) — 8.9 mi, 274° W
Cannon (Monument) — 9.1 mi, 188° S
Dunn Pond Rock (Monument) — 14.1 mi, 265° W
Allegheny, Pennsylvania Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 14.6 mi, 085° E · 35k acres
Dennison Point Overlook (Viewpoint) — 15.0 mi, 091° E
9/11 Memorial (Monument) — 15.4 mi, 161° S
Yellow 'M' Statue (Public Artwork) — 16.3 mi, 260° W
Moraine State Park (State Park) — 16.4 mi, 174° S
Indian God Rock (Historic Ruins) — 16.8 mi, 076° E
Coria Jacobs Gallery LLC (Gallery) — 18.2 mi, 062° NE
Lou Falcon Field (Stadium) — 18.4 mi, 257° W
Rockland Furnace (Historic Ruins) — 20.5 mi, 097° E
Erie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.9 mi, 021° N · 18k acres
Brookfield HS Football Stadium (Stadium) — 22.2 mi, 261° W
The Movies at Meadville (Cinema) — 24.2 mi, 352° N
Clifford's Rug Gallery & Studio (Museum) — 24.7 mi, 064° NE
Lyric Theatre (Theatre) — 25.0 mi, 063° NE
Academy Theater (Theatre) — 25.2 mi, 359° N
Allegheny RiverStone Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 25.7 mi, 111° E
Clarion, Pennsylvania Wild And Scenic River Study Area (Wild & Scenic River) — 25.8 mi, 110° E · 12k acres
Once Upon a Time Art Studio (Arts Centre) — 28.6 mi, 247° SW
Ward Beecher Planetarium (Museum) — 28.9 mi, 246° SW
Allegheny National Forest (National Forest) — 38.2 mi, 065° NE · 514k acres

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