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Muir Pennsylvania Map

Explore Muir, 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 Muir, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Muir, Pennsylvania Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Muir, 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 Muir.

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	Muir
State	Pennsylvania (PA)
County	Schuylkill County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	40.59231
Longitude	-76.518572
Population	429
Density	333.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	17957
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Pottsville
School District	Williams Valley School District

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About Muir, Pennsylvania

Muir is a locality in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 429. The population density is 333.3 people per km². Muir is located at 40.5923°N, 76.5186°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 17957.

Muir occupies a quiet expanse of land where the earth rises in slow, deliberate swells toward the distant, hazy blue of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It lies 18.1 miles west-southwest of Pottsville, PA (from Pottsville, PA: bearing 249°T), and is situated 4.2 miles south-southwest of Hegins. A persistent stillness defines the landscape, broken only by the thin, melodic passage of Wiconisco Creek as it carves a path through the valley floor. Sunlight here has a particular clarity, catching the edges of the fields and casting long, thin shadows that stretch across the open ground toward the quiet perimeter of Unknown Park. Beyond the immediate terrain, the horizon suggests the presence of the wider Allegheny ridges, their forms softened by the atmospheric haze that gathers in the low-lying basin of Monroe Valley.

Muir holds the quiet gravity of a place built upon the deep, anthracite-stained history of the region, where the labor of the past remains etched in the very grain of the local earth. While the economy has shifted away from the heavy industry that once defined these valleys, the legacy of the coal era lingers in the sturdy, unadorned architecture of the older streets. Residents move through their days with a steady, pragmatic rhythm, often finding their way toward the water at Lebanon Reservoir or setting out to traverse the Hostler Trail when the season permits. Life in Muir unfolds with a modest, persistent character, shaped by the proximity of the Haldeman State Forest and the enduring, quiet cycle of the changing seasons.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Porter-Tower Playground (Local Recreation) — 0.6 mi, 263° W
State Game Land 211 (State Resource Management Area) — 0.7 mi, 147° SE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 235° SW
Veterans Park (Local Park) — 1.2 mi, 252° W
Weiser State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 2.7 mi, 241° SW
Hegins Park Association Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 3.9 mi, 017° N
Dark Sky Viewing (Viewpoint) — 4.6 mi, 240° SW
Swatara State Park (State Park) — 4.7 mi, 159° S
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 7.0 mi, 170° S · 110k acres
The General (Attraction) — 9.7 mi, 222° SW
Memorial Lake State Park (State Park) — 12.2 mi, 198° S
William F. Shanaman Monument (Monument) — 12.4 mi, 118° SE
Stanley Coveleski Monument (Monument) — 13.8 mi, 351° N
10th Ward Honor Roll (Monument) — 13.8 mi, 350° N
Artisan Alley Fine Arts Gallery (Gallery) — 13.9 mi, 353° N
Kanati Elite Taxidermy (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 14.7 mi, 130° SE
Minersville Area Historical Society (Museum) — 15.0 mi, 063° NE
St. Joseph's Fine Art Studio (Gallery) — 15.2 mi, 022° N
Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine & Steam Train (Museum) — 15.5 mi, 034° NE
Sgl 326 (State Recreation Area) — 15.5 mi, 045° NE
Ashland Historical Society (Museum) — 16.2 mi, 036° NE
Sgl 110 (State Recreation Area) — 16.3 mi, 103° E
Union Canal Tunnel (Historic Ruins) — 17.1 mi, 170° S
Anthracite Philharmonic (Arts Centre) — 17.3 mi, 070° E
Schuylkill County Council for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 17.3 mi, 070° E
Light's Fort (Museum) — 17.4 mi, 165° S
"hot Dog" Frank Statue (Public Artwork) — 17.9 mi, 179° S
Leedy Theater (Theatre) — 18.0 mi, 180° S
Majestic Theater (Theatre) — 18.1 mi, 069° E
James C. Nelson Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 37.3 mi, 264° W

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