Monument Pennsylvania Map

About Monument, Pennsylvania

Monument is a locality in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 171. The population density is 758.9 people per km². Monument is located at 41.1112°N, 77.7044°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 16822.

Monument reveals its character through the steady, insistent carving of Beech Creek, which slices through the landscape to define the local topography. It lies 23.4 miles north-northeast of State College, PA (from State College, PA: bearing 20°T), and is situated 13.5 miles west of Lock Haven. The land here folds into the deep, quiet embrace of Slide Hollow, where the earth holds a cool, damp memory of the ancient forests that once dominated the region. Sunlight often catches the mica in the soil, casting a metallic glint over the uneven ground that marks the transition from the low-lying basin to the expansive, rugged terrain of the Sproul State Forest. On the distant horizon, the silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains provides a jagged, charcoal-colored boundary that anchors the view, ensuring that Monument remains firmly tethered to the interior wilderness.

Monument carries the heavy, soot-stained legacy of an era defined by the extraction of natural resources, where the economy was once forged in the labor of the earth. Today, the pace of life reflects a quieter, more deliberate existence, far removed from the frantic pulse of industrial centers. Residents often find their way toward the Slide Hollow Trail to traverse the dense, timbered ridges that define the local geography, or they seek the stillness of Foster Joseph Sayers Lake when the evening air turns brittle and thin. This region persists not as a relic of its past, but as a place where the rhythm of the seasons—the slow browning of ferns in autumn and the sudden, sharp clarity of winter—dictates the daily habits of those who remain.

About This Monument Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Monument, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 41.111175, -77.704438. 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 Monument includes the ZIP code (16822), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Centre County (Bellefonte), and school district assignment (Keystone Central School District).

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.