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McVeytown Pennsylvania Map

Explore McVeytown, 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 McVeytown, Pennsylvania

How to Use This McVeytown, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.499242
Longitude	-77.741382
Population	344
Density	1398.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	17051
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 McVeytown, Pennsylvania

McVeytown is a locality in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 344. The population density is 1398.1 people per km². McVeytown is located at 40.4992°N, 77.7414°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. McVeytown is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 17051.

McVeytown occupies a quiet stretch of land where the Town Run slips past the edges of the grid, its waters carving a path through the valley floor. It lies 21.3 miles south-southeast of State College, PA (from State College, PA: bearing 163°T), and is situated 7.2 miles west-southwest of Granville. The air here holds the stillness of the Appalachian Mountains, which stand as a distant, folded horizon thirteen miles away, anchoring the landscape in a permanent, hazy blue. To the northeast, the terrain rises toward the rugged terrain of the Pennsylvania State University Experimental Forest, while the nearby Big Valley creates a wide, fertile basin that dictates the rhythm of the surrounding fields. Within the center of the local geography, McVeytown Community Park provides a green, open threshold where the light at dusk settles long and amber against the grass, casting shadows that seem to stretch back toward the quiet, earthen banks of the Town Run.

McVeytown emerged from the early patterns of regional settlement, maintaining a character defined by its slow, deliberate pace and the persistence of its original transit routes. While modern travelers might venture toward the Carlisle Gap Trail to walk the paths of earlier generations, the local economy remains tied to the quiet productivity of the land, reflecting the enduring legacy of the valley’s agricultural roots. Life here moves with the cycle of the seasons rather than the demands of a clock, a quality felt most keenly in the way the sunlight catches the brick and timber of the older buildings. Even as the decades turn, the influence of the nearby landscape remains constant, and those who spend their days here often find their way to Westover Pond, six miles distant, to witness the reflection of the clouds on a surface that has remained unchanged by the pressures of the wider world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

McVeytown Community Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 202° S
State Game Land 113 (State Resource Management Area) — 3.0 mi, 036° NE
Tuscarora State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 3.6 mi, 168° S
Longfellow Playground (Local Recreation) — 4.0 mi, 080° E
Middle Road Field (Local Recreation) — 6.4 mi, 050° NE
Stone Mountain Hawk Watch Platform (Viewpoint) — 6.7 mi, 318° NW
Rocky Ridge Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.1 mi, 306° NW
Three Sisters Rock Formation (Attraction) — 7.4 mi, 305° NW
Greenwood Furnace State Park (State Park) — 9.8 mi, 353° N
Revolutionary and Civil War Memorial (Monument) — 10.3 mi, 355° N
The Friends of Greenwood Furnace Pavilion (Monument) — 10.4 mi, 355° N
Lewistown Viscose WWII Memorial (Monument) — 10.9 mi, 052° NE
Miller Cinemas 6 (Cinema) — 11.0 mi, 052° NE
Embassy Theater (Theatre) — 11.1 mi, 052° NE
Former Jackstown Aquaduct (Historic Ruins) — 12.0 mi, 233° SW
Old Keystone Sand Plant (Historic Ruins) — 12.1 mi, 238° SW
Three Crosses of Mapleton (Attraction) — 12.6 mi, 233° SW
Raystown Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 12.7 mi, 252° W
Mapleton Historical Society (Museum) — 12.8 mi, 235° SW
Alan Seeger Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.2 mi, 357° N
Thickhead Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 13.9 mi, 357° N
Whipple Dam State Park (State Park) — 14.1 mi, 332° NW
Stone Valley Recreation Area (Nature Reserve) — 14.4 mi, 322° NW
Suzanne von Liebig Theatre (Theatre) — 14.5 mi, 271° W
Silent Descent (Public Artwork) — 14.5 mi, 270° W
Shavers Creek Environmental Center (Attraction) — 14.6 mi, 323° NW
Lincoln Caverns (Museum) — 17.4 mi, 272° W
Charcoal Hearth (Attraction) — 17.8 mi, 349° N
James C. Nelson Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 19.5 mi, 094° E
Rockhill Trolley Museum (Museum) — 19.7 mi, 205° SW

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