Explore Mont Clare, 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 Mont Clare, 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 Mont Clare.
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 | Mont Clare |
| State | Pennsylvania (PA) |
| County | Montgomery County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.138993 |
| Longitude | -75.502411 |
| Population | 1,852 |
| Density | 596.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 19453, 19460 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| County Seat | Norristown |
| School District | Spring-Ford Area School District |
Mont Clare exhales a quiet, humid breath as the Schuylkill River pulls its dark, silty ribbon past the eastern edge of the bank. The landscape here is defined by a slow transition from the river’s muddy reach to the slight, verdant elevations that characterize the local topography. Sunlight catches the moisture rising off the water, casting a pale, pearlescent glow over the vegetation that clings to the riverbanks, while the nearby Pickering Creek Reservoir holds a deeper, glassier stillness. Residents move through Collegeville Road Park, where the flat, grassy expanses offer a threshold between the water’s edge and the denser, encroaching woodland. Even in the height of mid-summer, the air carries a weight that feels heavy with the scent of damp earth and the cooling presence of the water, grounding the land in a persistent, quiet humidity.
Mont Clare retains the architectural memory of a region once defined by the labor of the canal and the industrial grit of the nineteenth century. The remnants of a working history are still visible in the weathered stone and brickwork that dot the landscape, artifacts of a time when the movement of coal and raw materials dictated the local economy. Beyond the immediate riverfront, the terrain rises toward the distant, rolling features that lead toward the far-off Appalachian Mountains, though the immediate concerns of the locality remain tied to the modest, domestic rhythms of the valley. To the west, the subtle depressions of Jug Hollow suggest the ancient work of drainage and erosion, carving out a space that feels distinct from the bustle of larger, more frantic hubs. Life in Mont Clare proceeds with a deliberate pace, colored by the legacy of its industrial roots and the steady, unceasing passage of the water that anchors it to the land.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mont Clare, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.138993, -75.502411. 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 Mont Clare includes the ZIP code (19453, 19460), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Montgomery County (Norristown), and school district assignment (Spring-Ford 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. |