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Marklesburg Pennsylvania Map

Explore Marklesburg, 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 Marklesburg, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Marklesburg, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.383131
Longitude	-78.173064
Population	200
Density	74.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	16657
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Huntingdon
School District	Huntingdon Area School District

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About Marklesburg, Pennsylvania

Marklesburg is a locality in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 200. The population density is 74.5 people per km². Marklesburg is located at 40.3831°N, 78.1731°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Marklesburg is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 16657.

Marklesburg occupies a quiet stretch of land where the earth rises and falls in long, deliberate folds of limestone and shale. It lies 15.0 miles southeast of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 129°T), and is situated 11.1 miles southwest of Huntingdon. The atmosphere here holds a particular, heavy stillness, especially at dusk when the light catches the dust motes above the Civic Club Playground and turns the surrounding woods into a deep, bruised violet. To the west, the distant, hazy silhouette of the Allegheny Mountains commands the horizon, serving as a permanent anchor for the landscape. Just a mile away, the water of Raystown Lake occupies the low ground, its surface acting as a dark mirror for the sky, while the persistent, hidden movement of James Creek carves deeper into the valley floor further out.

Marklesburg carries the weight of a slow, agrarian history, once defined by the labor of those who cleared the thick timber and worked the stubborn soil of the ridge-and-valley province. The local economy has shifted away from the intensive reliance on early rural industries, yet the pace of life remains dictated by the sun and the changing seasons rather than the frantic pulse of distant urban centers. Residents often look toward the rugged terrain of Walkers Hollow for a sense of isolation, or they seek the steady, rhythmic exertion required to navigate the Sheep Rock Trail. There is a distinct, unvarnished integrity to the daily routine in Marklesburg, where the architecture of the older houses reflects a time when durability was the primary measure of a structure's worth.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Raystown Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 0.3 mi, 123° SE
Raystown Lake (Recreation Area) — 0.8 mi, 157° SE
State Game Land 073 (State Resource Management Area) — 1.2 mi, 309° NW
State Game Land 118 (State Resource Management Area) — 1.4 mi, 334° NW
Trough Creek Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 3.5 mi, 145° SE
Trough Creek State Park (State Park) — 3.6 mi, 136° SE
Tatman Run Playground (Local Park) — 4.9 mi, 179° S
Recreation Drive Park (Local Recreation) — 5.6 mi, 346° N
Lower Trail (Local Recreation) — 5.9 mi, 344° N
Canoe Creek State Park (State Park) — 8.0 mi, 322° NW
Hawn's Overlook (Viewpoint) — 8.7 mi, 068° E
Quarry (Historic Ruins) — 9.4 mi, 322° NW
Captain Phillips' Rangers Memorial (Monument) — 9.8 mi, 210° SW
Lincoln Caverns (Museum) — 10.1 mi, 031° NE
Korean War Memorial (Monument) — 10.2 mi, 298° NW
Post Office and General Store (Historic Ruins) — 10.8 mi, 141° SE
The Paper Trail (Public Artwork) — 10.9 mi, 049° NE
Suzanne von Liebig Theatre (Theatre) — 11.6 mi, 045° NE
Triangle (Monument) — 12.2 mi, 087° E
Mapleton Historical Society (Museum) — 12.3 mi, 087° E
Three Crosses of Mapleton (Attraction) — 12.7 mi, 088° E
Leap-The-Dips (Theme Park) — 13.2 mi, 297° NW
Little Juniata Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.5 mi, 014° N
Old Duncansville Airmail field (Attraction) — 14.6 mi, 279° W
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (Museum) — 15.1 mi, 307° NW
Spruce Creek Rail Tunnel East Portal (Attraction) — 15.2 mi, 010° N
Spruce Creek Rail Tunnel West Portal (Attraction) — 15.2 mi, 009° N
East Broad Top Railroad (Museum) — 17.5 mi, 124° SE
Rockhill Trolley Museum (Museum) — 17.5 mi, 124° SE
Thickhead Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 30.4 mi, 042° NE

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