Explore Mechanicsville, 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 Mechanicsville, 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 Mechanicsville.
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 | Mechanicsville |
| State | Pennsylvania (PA) |
| County | Montour County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.690826 |
| Longitude | -76.180687 |
| Population | 461 |
| Density | 546.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 17821, 18902, 19154, 18934, 17901 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| County Seat | Danville |
| School District | Pottsville Area School District |
Mechanicsville maintains a stubborn, quiet posture where the Blizzards Run carves a narrow, persistent path through the local topography. It lies 7.3 miles west-southwest of Bloomsburg, PA (from Bloomsburg, PA: bearing 250°T), and is situated 1.4 miles east of Danville. The landscape surrounding Mechanicsville is defined by the heavy, iron-rich earth of the region, where the terrain slopes toward the low shadow of Furnace Hollow four miles to the west. On clear days, the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains marks the horizon, a serrated edge against the pale sky. The air here holds the damp chill of the inland interior, often settling into the lowlands as a gray, clinging mist that lingers long after the morning sun has crested the trees. Myron Hopewell Memorial Park occupies the immediate ground, providing a stretch of managed woodland that softens the transition between the built environment and the wilder, wooded creases of the countryside.
The economy of Mechanicsville remains tied to the steady, cyclical labor that characterized the earlier industrial development of the interior plateau. Generations of families have measured their time by the seasonal shifts in the fields and the slow, rhythmic maintenance of local infrastructure, echoing a history of trade and craft that gave the place its name. While the bustling commerce of larger hubs remains far removed, the local character is shaped by a self-reliance born of isolation and the long, quiet winters. Residents often travel the eight miles to Lake Glory when the heat breaks, finding a brief respite in the stillness of the water. Life in Mechanicsville moves with a deliberate, unadorned pace, grounded by the weight of the soil and the persistent, murmuring presence of the water that flows just beyond the edge of the street.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mechanicsville, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.690826, -76.180687. 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 Mechanicsville includes the ZIP code (17821, 18902, 19154), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Montour County (Danville), 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. |