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Lanse Pennsylvania Map

Explore Lanse, 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 Lanse, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Lanse, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.975057
Longitude	-78.129455
Population	149
Density	17.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	16849
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Clearfield
School District	West Branch Area School District

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About Lanse, Pennsylvania

Lanse is a locality in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 149. The population density is 17.8 people per km². Lanse is located at 40.9751°N, 78.1295°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 16849.

Lanse emerges from the dense, verdant canopy of the Pennsylvania interior as a quiet settlement defined by the persistent, rhythmic flow of Browns Run. It lies 18.9 miles northwest of State College, PA (from State College, PA: bearing 312°T), and is situated 7.2 miles northeast of Philipsburg. The topography here is dictated by the rugged character of the Allegheny Plateau, where the land rises and falls in long, slumbering swells that eventually reach toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Allegheny Mountains. To the west, the deep, shadowed depression of Sawdust Hollow holds the morning mist, while the expansive timber of Moshannon State Forest provides a dark, evergreen backdrop that breathes cool, pine-scented air into the valley. Nearby, the water of Black Moshannon Lake reflects the shifting slate colors of the sky, offering a stillness that stands in contrast to the rapid, bubbling passage of local streams through the rocky soil.

Lanse carries the weight of a working history, shaped by the extraction of earth’s buried resources and the labor of generations who built their lives amidst these timbered ridges. The pace of daily existence remains tethered to the slow turn of the seasons, occasionally punctuated by the quiet recreational activities found at Martha'S Park or the long, meditative stretches of the Black Bear Trail. While the local economy has transitioned away from the heavy industrial pulse of the past, the character of the people remains forged in the same resilient mold as the surrounding landscape. On late autumn afternoons, the light slants low and golden across the clearings, revealing the enduring, unadorned beauty of a place that values the steady, grounded cycle of the woods over the frantic speed of the modern world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Martha'S Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 147° SE
Arc Park (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 331° NW
Moshannon State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 1.7 mi, 182° S
Allport Recreation Park (Local Recreation) — 3.8 mi, 260° W
Black Moshannon State Park (State Park) — 4.5 mi, 143° SE
State Game Land 100 (State Resource Management Area) — 5.0 mi, 003° N
Morris Township Recreation Park (Local Recreation) — 5.2 mi, 248° W
Beaver Dam Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 5.8 mi, 147° SE
Carnivorous Pitcher Plant (Attraction) — 6.3 mi, 144° SE
Black Moshannon Natural Area (Conservation Area) — 6.6 mi, 075° E
Union Church (Monument) — 7.0 mi, 221° SW
Halehurst (Monument) — 7.1 mi, 221° SW
Philipsburg (Monument) — 7.2 mi, 221° SW
Moshannon Valley Heritage Center (Museum) — 7.3 mi, 222° SW
Karthaus Furnace (Historic Ruins) — 10.1 mi, 005° N
Halfmoon Furnace (Historic Ruins) — 13.4 mi, 146° SE
Quehanna Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 13.7 mi, 351° N
Ritz Theater (Cinema) — 16.5 mi, 281° W
The Liddle Gallery (Gallery) — 16.5 mi, 281° W
Restricted Area (State Wilderness) — 17.7 mi, 343° N
Caterpillar (Public Artwork) — 17.9 mi, 131° SE
Matson Museum of Anthropology (Museum) — 18.2 mi, 132° SE
Penn State All-Sports Museum (Museum) — 18.3 mi, 128° SE
Playhouse Theater (Theatre) — 18.3 mi, 131° SE
Recital Hall (Theatre) — 18.3 mi, 131° SE
Edwin W. Zoller Gallery (Gallery) — 18.3 mi, 131° SE
The Frost Entomological Museum (Museum) — 18.3 mi, 130° SE
Patterson Gallery (Gallery) — 18.3 mi, 131° SE
Bucktail State Park (State Park) — 21.3 mi, 009° N
Allegheny National Forest (National Forest) — 43.6 mi, 312° NW · 514k acres

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