Lanse Pennsylvania Map

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.

About This Lanse Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lanse, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.975057, -78.129455. 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 Lanse includes the ZIP code (16849), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Clearfield County (Clearfield), and school district assignment (West Branch Area School District).

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.