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Mattawana Pennsylvania Map

Explore Mattawana, 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 Mattawana, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Mattawana, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.496186
Longitude	-77.729437
Population	193
Density	95.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	17054
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Lewistown
School District	Mifflin County School District

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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.

Nearby Outdoor Places

McVeytown Community Park (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 257° W
State Game Land 113 (State Resource Management Area) — 2.9 mi, 024° NE
Tuscarora State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 3.4 mi, 178° S
Longfellow Playground (Local Recreation) — 3.4 mi, 075° E
Middle Road Field (Local Recreation) — 6.1 mi, 045° NE
Stone Mountain Hawk Watch Platform (Viewpoint) — 7.3 mi, 316° NW
Rocky Ridge Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.8 mi, 305° NW
Three Sisters Rock Formation (Attraction) — 8.0 mi, 304° NW
Greenwood Furnace State Park (State Park) — 10.1 mi, 350° N
Lewistown Viscose WWII Memorial (Monument) — 10.5 mi, 049° NE
Revolutionary and Civil War Memorial (Monument) — 10.6 mi, 352° N
Miller Cinemas 6 (Cinema) — 10.7 mi, 049° NE
The Friends of Greenwood Furnace Pavilion (Monument) — 10.7 mi, 352° N
Embassy Theater (Theatre) — 10.7 mi, 049° NE
Former Jackstown Aquaduct (Historic Ruins) — 12.4 mi, 235° SW
Old Keystone Sand Plant (Historic Ruins) — 12.5 mi, 240° SW
Three Crosses of Mapleton (Attraction) — 13.0 mi, 235° SW
Mapleton Historical Society (Museum) — 13.2 mi, 237° SW
Raystown Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 13.3 mi, 254° W
Thickhead Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 14.1 mi, 355° N
Whipple Dam State Park (State Park) — 14.6 mi, 330° NW
Stone Valley Recreation Area (Nature Reserve) — 15.0 mi, 321° NW
The Paper Trail (Public Artwork) — 15.1 mi, 268° W
Suzanne von Liebig Theatre (Theatre) — 15.1 mi, 271° W
Shavers Creek Environmental Center (Attraction) — 15.2 mi, 321° NW
Lincoln Caverns (Museum) — 18.1 mi, 273° W
Charcoal Hearth (Attraction) — 18.1 mi, 347° N
James C. Nelson Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 18.9 mi, 093° E
Rockhill Trolley Museum (Museum) — 19.8 mi, 207° SW
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 37.6 mi, 151° SE · 110k acres

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