Mountain Home Pennsylvania Map
Explore Mountain Home, 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 Mountain Home, Pennsylvania
How to Use This Mountain Home, Pennsylvania Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Mountain Home, 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 Mountain Home.
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 | Mountain Home |
| State | Pennsylvania (PA) |
| County | Berks County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.316452 |
| Longitude | -76.043902 |
| Population | 2,800 |
| Density | 120.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 19608, 18342 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| County Seat | Reading |
About Mountain Home, Pennsylvania
Mountain Home is a locality in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,800. The population density is 120.0 people per km². Mountain Home is located at 40.3165°N, 76.0439°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 19608, 18342.Mountain Home exists where the Cacoosing Creek carves a persistent, winding path through the dense, verdant terrain of the Pennsylvania interior. It lies 4.2 miles west-southwest of Wyomissing, PA (from Wyomissing, PA: bearing 258°T), and is situated 6.3 miles west-southwest of Reading. The land here does not rise in sudden, jagged peaks, but rather stretches in long, deliberate swells of earth that catch the amber light of late afternoon, casting long shadows across the fields of Spring Meadows Park. While the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains marks the far horizon, the immediate landscape is defined by the steady, rhythmic movement of the creek, which acts as a quiet artery for the surrounding woodlands. The air in Mountain Home holds the scent of damp soil and ancient stone, a physical weight that anchors the locality to the slow, seasonal shifts of the inland plains.
Generations of labor have defined the character of Mountain Home, where the legacy of regional industry lingers in the sturdy, unadorned architecture of the older dwellings. The local economy, once tethered to the industrious pulse of the nearby river valleys, has transitioned into a quieter existence, marked by the careful stewardship of the land and the preservation of communal spaces. Residents frequently gather near the Cacoosing Creek Trail, a path that invites a contemplative pace, or look toward the quiet expanse of Blue Marsh Lake for a sense of stillness. Unlike the bustling, brick-laden centers of larger regional hubs, life in Mountain Home follows the internal clock of the fields and the creek, maintaining a deliberate distance from the frantic pace of the wider world.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Baseball Fields behind Liberty Fire Company (Local Recreation) — 0.8 mi, 055° NE
- Sinking Spring Playground (Local Recreation) — 0.9 mi, 061° NE
- LenOak Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 092° E
- Berks County Park (Local Park) — 1.8 mi, 048° NE
- State Game Land 274 (State Resource Management Area) — 2.4 mi, 196° S
- The Wilson Bulldog (Monument) — 2.5 mi, 064° NE
- Blue Marsh Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 3.1 mi, 002° N
- Blue Marsh Lake (Recreation Area) — 3.1 mi, 002° N
- Sherk Bench (Monument) — 3.6 mi, 091° E
- Sgl 280 (State Recreation Area) — 3.7 mi, 344° N
- State Game Land 280 (State Resource Management Area) — 3.7 mi, 344° N
- Clymer Bench (Monument) — 3.8 mi, 088° E
- Lion Shrine (Public Artwork) — 4.7 mi, 052° NE
- Rock Outcrop (Viewpoint) — 5.5 mi, 117° SE
- Texter Mountain Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 5.6 mi, 266° W
- Reading Science Center (Museum) — 6.4 mi, 078° E
- Stone Crusher (Historic Ruins) — 7.2 mi, 086° E
- Neversink Station (Historic Ruins) — 7.3 mi, 089° E
- Peace Rock (Attraction) — 7.5 mi, 076° E
- Freedman Gallery (Gallery) — 7.7 mi, 066° NE
- Wachovia Theatre (Theatre) — 7.7 mi, 066° NE
- American Museum of Veterinary Medicine (Museum) — 8.0 mi, 100° E
- Wishing Well (Attraction) — 8.8 mi, 324° NW
- Berks Nature - Ephraim Malickson Wildlife Sanctuary (Tekene 2) (Nature Reserve) — 11.0 mi, 120° SE
- Conservation Heritage Museum (Museum) — 11.3 mi, 254° W
- Cornfields (Attraction) — 12.7 mi, 194° S
- Schaeffer Farm (Attraction) — 13.6 mi, 264° W
- French Creek State Park (State Park) — 13.9 mi, 126° SE
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 17.8 mi, 004° N · 110k acres
- Marsh Creek State Park (State Park) — 22.5 mi, 136° SE
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About This Mountain Home Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mountain Home, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.316452, -76.043902. 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 Mountain Home includes the ZIP code (19608, 18342), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Berks County (Reading), 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. |
