Jamison Pennsylvania Map

About Jamison, Pennsylvania

Jamison is a locality in Forest County, Pennsylvania, United States. Jamison is located at 41.5867°N, 77.8947°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 16370, 16353, 16720.

Jamison occupies a quiet reach of land defined by the persistent, rhythmic cutting of Jamison Run, which carves a path through the dense, verdant terrain. It lies 37.2 miles east-southeast of Meadville, PA (from Meadville, PA: bearing 104°T), and is situated 14.2 miles east-northeast of Oil City. The landscape here is defined by the rugged character of the Allegheny, Pennsylvania Wild and Scenic River, which flows with a somber, deliberate weight through the landscape. To the north, the waters of Tionesta Lake hold a stillness that reflects the heavy, overcast skies, while the horizon is anchored by the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Allegheny Mountains. The air in Jamison carries the scent of damp earth and decaying leaves, a reminder that the deep woods of the Clear Creek State Forest Maple Creek Tract are never far from the mind of those who walk the nearby Hunter Run Trail.

History in Jamison is written in the slow, mechanical pulse of the regional economy, where the remnants of industrious pasts blend into the modern demands of the Pennsylvania interior. Men once looked toward the timber and the soil to build their lives, and the architecture of the older dwellings—built with sturdy, local materials—speaks to a time when survival was tied directly to the harvest of the woods and the management of the land. Today, the pace of life maintains a steady, unremarkable cadence, moving in sync with the seasonal shifts that turn the forests from vibrant greens to brittle, muted shades of copper and gray. Residents of Jamison move through their days with a quiet awareness of the wild, untamed spaces that surround them, finding a particular, austere beauty in the way the winter light strikes the frost-covered valley floors before the sun dips behind the western ridges.

About This Jamison Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Jamison, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 41.586733, -77.894718. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Jamison includes the ZIP code (16370, 16353, 16720), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Forest County (Tionesta), and school district assignment.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.