Mattawana Pennsylvania Map

About Mattawana, Pennsylvania

Mattawana is a locality in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 193. The population density is 95.4 people per km². Mattawana is located at 40.4962°N, 77.7294°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 17054.

Mattawana holds its own against the steady, rhythmic passage of the Juniata River, which carves a path through the valley floor with a deliberate and unyielding weight. It lies 21.6 miles south-southeast of State College, PA (from State College, PA: bearing 162°T), and is situated 6.7 miles southwest of Granville. {SYSTEM_NAVIGATION_SENTENCE} The landscape around Mattawana is defined by the heavy, wooded silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains that rise twelve miles away, their shadows stretching long and thin across the fields as the sun dips behind the ridges. In the quiet hours of the afternoon, the air takes on a crisp, cooling density, carrying the scent of damp earth and the subtle, lingering musk of the distant Pennsylvania State University Experimental Forest. A mile to the west, the flat expanse of McVeytown Community Park offers a pause in the terrain, while the surrounding slopes suggest a geography formed by ancient, patient pressure rather than sudden accident.

Mattawana emerged from the necessity of iron and transit, anchored by the rails that once hummed with the labor of the valley’s industrial pulse. Life here retains a certain gravity, a byproduct of an economy that has shifted from the soot and iron of earlier decades to the slower, more deliberate turn of modern commerce and small-scale agriculture. The nearby Ferguson Valley provides a pastoral counterpoint to the town’s utilitarian origins, and hikers often look toward the Carlisle Gap Trail to find a path through the dense, upward-reaching timber. Whether the light hits the water of the Juniata River or catches the surface of Minehart Reservoir seven miles distant, the quality of the illumination remains stark and honest, revealing a place that does not ask for attention but commands a steady, quiet respect for its endurance.

About This Mattawana Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mattawana, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.496186, -77.729437. 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 Mattawana includes the ZIP code (17054), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Mifflin County (Lewistown), and school district assignment (Mifflin County 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.