Explore Marlin, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Marlin, 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 Marlin.
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 | Marlin |
| State | Pennsylvania (PA) |
| County | Schuylkill County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.678423 |
| Longitude | -76.245225 |
| Population | 299 |
| Density | 901.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 17951 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| County Seat | Pottsville |
| School District | Pottsville Area School District |
Marlin emerges from the deep, verdant folds of the landscape where the West Branch Schuylkill River carves a deliberate path through the earth. It lies 2.7 miles west of Pottsville, PA (from Pottsville, PA: bearing 259°T), and is situated 5.1 miles northwest of Schuylkill Haven. The currents of this waterway reflect a sky that often holds the heavy, slate-gray promise of afternoon rain, casting long shadows across the fields that define the immediate horizon. Two miles to the east, the stillness of Indian Run Reservoir offers a quiet counterpoint to the persistent motion of the river, its surface acting as a silvered mirror for the surrounding woodland. Marlin Playground serves as the social anchor of the terrain, a patch of managed green where the soil feels dense and ancient underfoot. Even as the Appalachian Mountains remain a distant, hazy silhouette nearly sixty-seven miles away, the land here maintains a rugged, uncompromising character that demands a steady hand from those who walk its slopes.
Marlin persists as a place defined by the quiet tenacity of its inhabitants, who have long looked toward the land for their sustenance and identity. The memory of anthracite extraction lingers in the architecture of the older houses, where foundations of local stone suggest a time when the economy was tethered to the dark, subterranean wealth of the region. Life in Marlin moves with a measured pace, far removed from the bustle of the industrial centers that once relied on these hollows, yet the influence of that era remains visible in the sturdy, unadorned facades of the storefronts. Residents occasionally venture toward Werts Hollow or follow the Yellick Path to reconnect with the wilder edges of the territory, finding a familiar solace in the solitude of the woods. The air here carries the faint, crisp scent of dampened pine and turned earth, a sensory reminder that despite the changing tides of commerce, the fundamental rhythm of life in Marlin remains dictated by the seasons and the cycle of the light.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Marlin, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.678423, -76.245225. 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 Marlin includes the ZIP code (17951), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Schuylkill County (Pottsville), and school district assignment (Pottsville Area School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |