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James Creek Pennsylvania Map

Explore James Creek, 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 James Creek, Pennsylvania

How to Use This James Creek, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.352941
Longitude	-78.176127
Population	480
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	16657
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 James Creek, Pennsylvania

James Creek 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. James Creek is located at 40.3529°N, 78.1761°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 16657.

James Creek sits amidst the rugged, folded topography of central Pennsylvania, where the landscape is defined by long, parallel ridges that channel the light into deep, shadowed hollows. It lies 16.2 miles southeast of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 135°T), and is situated 12.6 miles southwest of Huntingdon. The soil here is heavy and stubborn, supporting a dense mosaic of hardwood forests that bleed into the expansive grounds of the Raystown Recreation Area. Only a mile away, the water of Raystown Lake fills the basin, reflecting the somber gray of the sky and the sharp silhouettes of the trees, while the nearby Coffee Run carves a narrower, more intimate path through the limestone bedrock. On clear days, the distant, hazy blue spine of the Allegheny Mountains marks the horizon, a constant reminder of the geological pressure that shaped these valleys.

James Creek carries a legacy rooted in the slow, deliberate pace of land-based labor, where the economy has shifted from the early extraction of resources to a quieter reliance on the surrounding natural expanse. The proximity of Little Valley provides a natural corridor for movement, a reminder of the historical routes that once dictated the growth of small settlements in this uneven terrain. Residents often find themselves drawn toward the Sheep Rock Trail, where the earth feels ancient and the air is thick with the scent of damp loam and decaying leaves. Life in James Creek is measured not by the clock, but by the seasonal transition of the foliage and the occasional, sudden stillness that settles over the ridges when the wind dies down.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Raystown Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 0.3 mi, 135° SE
Raystown Lake (Recreation Area) — 1.1 mi, 019° N
State Game Land 073 (State Resource Management Area) — 1.4 mi, 307° NW
Trough Creek Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 2.4 mi, 151° SE
Rothrock State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 2.6 mi, 139° SE
Trough Creek State Park (State Park) — 2.7 mi, 101° E
Tatman Run Playground (Local Park) — 2.9 mi, 175° S
Recreation Drive Park (Local Recreation) — 7.7 mi, 351° N
Lower Trail (Local Recreation) — 7.9 mi, 349° N
Captain Phillips' Rangers Memorial (Monument) — 8.0 mi, 217° SW
Post Office and General Store (Historic Ruins) — 9.4 mi, 132° SE
Canoe Creek State Park (State Park) — 9.7 mi, 331° NW
Hawn's Overlook (Viewpoint) — 9.8 mi, 057° NE
Quarry (Historic Ruins) — 11.1 mi, 330° NW
Korean War Memorial (Monument) — 11.2 mi, 308° NW
Lincoln Caverns (Museum) — 12.1 mi, 027° NE
The Paper Trail (Public Artwork) — 12.5 mi, 042° NE
Triangle (Monument) — 12.6 mi, 077° E
Mapleton Historical Society (Museum) — 12.7 mi, 078° E
Three Crosses of Mapleton (Attraction) — 13.1 mi, 079° E
Suzanne von Liebig Theatre (Theatre) — 13.2 mi, 039° NE
Leap-The-Dips (Theme Park) — 14.2 mi, 305° NW
Old Duncansville Airmail field (Attraction) — 14.9 mi, 287° W
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (Museum) — 16.3 mi, 314° NW
East Broad Top Railroad (Museum) — 16.5 mi, 118° SE
Rockhill Trolley Museum (Museum) — 16.5 mi, 118° SE
Spruce Creek Rail Tunnel East Portal (Attraction) — 17.2 mi, 009° N
Spruce Creek Rail Tunnel West Portal (Attraction) — 17.3 mi, 008° N
Clear Shade Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 30.0 mi, 250° W
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 46.5 mi, 129° SE · 110k acres

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