Moose Run Pennsylvania Map

About Moose Run, Pennsylvania

Moose Run is a locality in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 171. The population density is 183.4 people per km². Moose Run is located at 40.9514°N, 77.8000°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 16823.

Moose Run emerges from the landscape as a quiet confluence of water and earth, defined by the narrow, persistent passage of its namesake creek. It lies 11.4 miles north-northeast of State College, PA (from State College, PA: bearing 16°T), and is situated 2.9 miles north-northwest of Bellefonte. The topography here leans into the rugged character of the inland interior, where the land drops away into the shadowed depths of Holt Hollow before rising toward the far-off, hazy silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains. Light at dusk often pools in the low-lying basins, turning the damp soil a deep, bruised violet while the surrounding woodland remains tangled and dense. A few miles distant, the expansive surface of Foster Joseph Sayers Lake reflects the shifting temperaments of the sky, serving as a vast, glass-like anchor for the regional horizon.

Economic life in Moose Run has long been tethered to the timber and soil of the surrounding terrain, drawing a quiet persistence from the nearby Howard State Nursery where the cycle of growth is meticulously managed. The character of the locality is marked by a deliberate, measured pace, visible on weekends when the activity shifts toward the Bald Eagle Area Baseball Fields, where the sharp crack of a bat echoes against the stillness of the valley. While the more demanding terrain of the Sand Rock Trail beckons to those seeking a steeper ascent, the daily rhythm remains grounded in the modest, hardworking traditions of the plateau. Residents here move with an awareness of the changing seasons, finding a steady, unadorned beauty in the way the frost settles over the creek beds and the early autumn fog clings to the timberland.

About This Moose Run Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Moose Run, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.951369, -77.800001. 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 Moose Run includes the ZIP code (16823), 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 (Bald Eagle Area 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.