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Nanty Glo Pennsylvania Map

Explore Nanty Glo, 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 Nanty Glo, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Nanty Glo, Pennsylvania Map

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

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	Nanty Glo
State	Pennsylvania (PA)
County	Cambria County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	40.472294
Longitude	-78.833357
Population	2,530
Density	480.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	15943
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Ebensburg

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About Nanty Glo, Pennsylvania

Nanty Glo is a locality in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,530. The population density is 480.0 people per km². Nanty Glo is located at 40.4723°N, 78.8334°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 15943.

Nanty Glo reveals itself through the steady, rhythmic persistence of the South Branch Blacklick Creek, which cuts a purposeful path through the rugged terrain of the Allegheny Plateau. It lies 11.1 miles north-northeast of Johnstown, PA (from Johnstown, PA: bearing 25°T), and is situated 5.8 miles west of Ebensburg. The landscape surrounding Nanty Glo is defined by steep, forested slopes and deep ravines that hold the cool shadows of the morning long after the sun has climbed high above the horizon. To the west, the distant silhouettes of the Allegheny Mountains offer a jagged, violet boundary to the sky, while the local earth remains dense with the heavy, dark loam of the Appalachian highlands. At the Lloyd C. McCullen Memorial Field, the air carries a crisp, metallic edge, a reminder that the land here is shaped more by the ancient pressure of geology than by the soft, fleeting whims of the seasons.

Industrial ambition once carved the identity of Nanty Glo into the subterranean depths of the earth, where coal seams dictated the rise and fall of the local economy for generations. The legacy of those extraction years remains visible in the quiet, sturdy architecture of the houses and the lingering spirit of a workforce that understood the labor of the dark. While the heavy machinery has largely fallen silent, the rhythm of daily life persists in the small, deliberate movements of residents who navigate the hilly streets with a practiced, steady gait. Beyond the immediate reach of the village, the expansive State Forest Lands provide a quiet sanctuary, standing in stark contrast to the industrious history of the basin, while the waters of Williams Run Reservoir wait in the quiet distance, reflecting the wide, unhurried sky of central Pennsylvania.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lloyd C. McCullen Memorial Field (Local Recreation) — 0.2 mi, 203° SW
Nanty Glo Municipal Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 060° NE
Mayor Arthur C. Price Sr. Playground (Local Recreation) — 0.4 mi, 239° SW
State Game Land 079 (State Resource Management Area) — 0.6 mi, 090° E
Gallitzin State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 3.0 mi, 040° NE
Revloc Ball Park (Local Park) — 3.7 mi, 066° NE
Mine Entrance Memorial (Monument) — 4.2 mi, 279° W
Bendel-Davis-Curtis home (Monument) — 5.5 mi, 080° E
War Memorial (Monument) — 5.8 mi, 080° E
Cambria County Historical Society (Museum) — 5.8 mi, 078° E
Nathan's Divided Nature Education Center (Nature Reserve) — 6.4 mi, 071° E
Charles F. Lewis Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.3 mi, 238° SW
Laurel Ridge State Park (State Park) — 9.8 mi, 219° SW
Disaster’s Edge Environmental Education Center (Nature Reserve) — 10.0 mi, 158° S
Coal Miner's Museum and Memorial (Museum) — 10.0 mi, 159° S
Bottle Works (Arts Centre) — 10.4 mi, 208° SW
Wagner-Ritter House (Museum) — 10.4 mi, 209° SW
Keirn Family World War II Museum (Museum) — 10.7 mi, 077° E
Morley’s Dog (Public Artwork) — 11.1 mi, 204° SW
Yellow Creek State Park (State Park) — 11.2 mi, 308° NW
Cassandra Railroad Overlook (Viewpoint) — 11.3 mi, 113° SE
Memorial Auditorium (Theatre) — 11.3 mi, 204° SW
Cresson Railroad Observation Platform (Attraction) — 12.8 mi, 092° E
Roxbury Bandshell (Theatre) — 13.2 mi, 201° S
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (Museum) — 14.0 mi, 180° S
Clear Shade Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 18.6 mi, 162° S
IUP Arch (Attraction) — 19.6 mi, 301° NW
Old Duncansville Airmail field (Attraction) — 20.7 mi, 101° E

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