Explore Mount Pleasant Adams County, 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 Mount Pleasant Adams County, 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 Mount Pleasant Adams County.
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 | Mount Pleasant Adams County |
| State | Pennsylvania (PA) |
| County | Adams County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 39.822839 |
| Longitude | -77.113998 |
| Population | 480 |
| Density | 8.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 17325, 17236 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| County Seat | Gettysburg |
Mount Pleasant Adams County unfolds across a landscape of disciplined agricultural fields and modest elevations that define the quiet character of the Pennsylvania interior. It lies 7.1 miles west-northwest of Hanover, PA (from Hanover, PA: bearing 282°T), and is situated 6.2 miles east of Gettysburg. Swift Run carves a narrow, persistent path through the local topography, its waters moving with a steady, unhurried purpose toward the lower reaches of the basin. To the west, the silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains etch a soft, violet serration against the evening sky, a constant reminder of the geological depth inherent to this province. Visitors seeking the stillness of the outdoors often turn toward the maintained green spaces of Norm Weaver Memorial Park, where the air feels cool and damp, redolent of turned earth and the impending change of seasons. The proximity of Kaiser Lake, resting only two miles from the center, provides a singular, reflective mirror for the clouds, while the broader expanse of Michaux State Forest waits seventeen miles away as a dense, dark anchor of timber against the horizon.
Economic life in Mount Pleasant Adams County remains tethered to the rhythms of the soil and the legacy of early settlers who recognized the fertility of these inland plains. The passage of time here is marked not by the clamor of industry, but by the seasonal shifting of crops and the maintenance of homesteads that have occupied these acres for generations. While the influence of larger regional centers occasionally brushes against the periphery, the daily existence of those residing in Mount Pleasant Adams County maintains a deliberate, agrarian composure. The local history is written in the sturdy stone foundations of older structures and the quiet persistence of family-run operations that continue to work the land. Even as the modern world accelerates, the atmosphere remains defined by the low light of autumn afternoons and the persistent, rhythmic flow of nearby streams, anchoring the identity of the region firmly to its inland roots.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mount Pleasant Adams County, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 39.822839, -77.113998. 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 Mount Pleasant Adams County includes the ZIP code (17325, 17236), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Adams County (Gettysburg), and school district assignment.
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. |