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Mertztown Pennsylvania Map

Explore Mertztown, 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 Mertztown, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Mertztown, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.505929
Longitude	-75.665468
Population	600
Density	220.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	19539
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Reading
School District	Brandywine Heights Area School District

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About Mertztown, Pennsylvania

Mertztown is a locality in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 600. The population density is 220.2 people per km². Mertztown is located at 40.5059°N, 75.6655°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 19539.

Mertztown maintains a quiet composure where the low-slung landscape of the Pennsylvania interior meets the persistent, rhythmic flow of Toad Creek. It lies 9.2 miles west-southwest of Emmaus, PA (from Emmaus, PA: bearing 255°T), and is situated 9.8 miles southwest of Hilltown. The land here holds the damp, cool weight of fertile earth, characterized by fields that stretch toward the horizon with a steady, unadorned grace. During the long, golden afternoons of late summer, the light seems to thicken against the grain of the hay, casting long, bruised shadows that stretch across the open pasture. Beyond the immediate fields, the terrain rises into the modest, verdant folds of the countryside, a landscape shaped by the slow, deliberate pace of the seasons rather than the dramatic upheaval of distant, jagged ranges like the Appalachian Mountains.

Longswamp Park provides a quiet anchor for the local spirit, offering a space where the stillness of the afternoon is broken only by the rustle of wind through the tall grasses. Mertztown carries the quiet echoes of a heritage rooted in the industrious, pragmatic labor of earlier generations, who built their livelihoods upon the strength of the soil and the proximity of the rail lines. While the pulse of commerce has shifted from the heavy, soot-stained engines of the past, the rhythm of the day remains defined by the steady work of those who tend the land or commute through the nearby gaps in the terrain. Life here moves with a certain gravity, a patient awareness of the distance between this place and the frantic pace of the larger world, centered always on the enduring, simple necessity of the earth beneath one's feet.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Longswamp Park (Local Park) — 0.0 mi, 172° S
Berks County Park (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 139° SE
Michael Sexton Eagle Scout Project (Monument) — 2.1 mi, 260° W
Alburtis Swimming Pool (Local Recreation) — 3.0 mi, 087° E
Alburtis Lock Ridge Historical Society (Museum) — 3.6 mi, 086° E
The Hex (Nature Reserve) — 3.7 mi, 044° NE
Lock Ridge Furnace Museum (Museum) — 3.8 mi, 087° E
Hills at Lock Ridge Open Space (Local Recreation) — 4.2 mi, 084° E
State Game Land 315 (State Resource Management Area) — 4.3 mi, 192° S
Strand Theatre (Cinema) — 6.0 mi, 277° W
Avalanche Statue (Public Artwork) — 6.1 mi, 272° W
Portland Cement (Monument) — 6.2 mi, 025° NE
Sgl 182 (State Recreation Area) — 7.4 mi, 282° W
Laura Brady Gallery (Gallery) — 8.3 mi, 056° NE
Bertoia Studio (Gallery) — 8.3 mi, 150° SE
Road Rally (Attraction) — 8.5 mi, 053° NE
Native American statue (Monument) — 8.7 mi, 089° E
Patriot's Plunge (Attraction) — 8.7 mi, 055° NE
Wildwater Rapids (Attraction) — 8.7 mi, 055° NE
Thunder Canyon (Attraction) — 8.8 mi, 054° NE
Ray Buss Stadium (Stadium) — 8.9 mi, 249° W
The Seed Farm of Lehigh County (Nature Reserve) — 8.9 mi, 094° E
Pines Dinner Theatre (Theatre) — 9.3 mi, 055° NE
Greek Theater (Theatre) — 9.5 mi, 054° NE
Sgl 106 (State Recreation Area) — 15.0 mi, 301° NW
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 15.8 mi, 334° NW · 110k acres
French Creek State Park (State Park) — 18.1 mi, 198° S
Nockamixon State Park (State Park) — 20.7 mi, 102° E
Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 28.6 mi, 034° NE · 11k acres

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