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New Boston Pennsylvania Map

Explore New Boston, 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 New Boston, Pennsylvania

How to Use This New Boston, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.797033
Longitude	-76.15216
Population	231
Density	641.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	17948
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Pottsville
School District	Mahanoy Area School District

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About New Boston, Pennsylvania

New Boston is a locality in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 231. The population density is 641.7 people per km². New Boston is located at 40.7970°N, 76.1522°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 17948.

New Boston occupies a rugged expanse of high ground where the earth appears to hold its breath beneath a heavy, slate-colored sky. It lies 8.0 miles north-northeast of Pottsville, PA (from Pottsville, PA: bearing 16°T), and is situated 9.6 miles west of Tamaqua. The landscape around New Boston is defined by the sharp, angular character of the terrain, where deep shadows stretch across the hillsides as the afternoon light wanes. Only a mile away, Mahanoy Creek cuts a persistent, dark path through the soil, carving its way through the bedrock with a steady, unyielding determination. To the north, the terrain softens slightly toward the openness of Ringtown Valley, while the stillness of Eisenhuth Reservoir sits two miles distant, its surface often mirroring the somber clouds that drift above the canopy. Within the immediate perimeter, the grounds of New Boston Park provide a quiet clearing where the wind shifts through the trees, creating a rhythmic, dry rustle that serves as the primary soundtrack to the afternoon.

Anthracite coal once defined the pulse of New Boston, leaving behind a legacy of deep extraction that informs the very contour of the earth and the grit in the local memory. The economy has long since shifted away from the industrial intensity of the past, leaving a quiet, deliberate pace where the residents attend to the small, practical needs of daily life without the clamor of former decades. A sense of solitude persists here, bolstered by the knowledge that the Appalachian Mountains loom seventy-four miles away, acting as a distant, hazy silhouette that demarcates the broader horizon. Travelers seeking the sudden motion of water might journey eight miles to observe the steady, vertical descent of Tomhicken Falls, yet the core of New Boston remains anchored to its own internal gravity. Life here moves with a certain gravity, marked by the changing seasons that turn the surrounding woods from a stark, skeletal gray to a dense, humid green, grounding the inhabitants in a cycle that feels both ancient and entirely their own.

Nearby Outdoor Places

New Boston Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 003° N
Locust Lake State Park (State Park) — 0.7 mi, 178° S
Mahanoy Area Historical Society (Museum) — 1.2 mi, 026° NE
New Boston Playground (Local Park) — 1.3 mi, 239° SW
Unknown Ball Park (Local Recreation) — 1.3 mi, 044° NE
State Game Land 326 (State Resource Management Area) — 2.1 mi, 217° SW
Sgl 326 (State Recreation Area) — 2.1 mi, 217° SW
Turkey Runs Everlasting Tribute (Monument) — 2.6 mi, 287° W
1902 Anthracite Coal Strike (Monument) — 2.8 mi, 306° NW
Father Walter J. Ciszek Birthplace and Boyhood Home (Monument) — 2.9 mi, 297° NW
Anthony P. Domato Mural (Public Artwork) — 3.1 mi, 303° NW
Rec. Park-Sandy Beach Swim Ctr (Local Recreation) — 3.2 mi, 316° NW
State Game Land 308 (State Resource Management Area) — 5.2 mi, 034° NE
Tuscarora State Park (State Park) — 5.6 mi, 094° E
Catawissa Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 6.0 mi, 056° NE
Strawberry Playhouse (Theatre) — 6.4 mi, 108° E
Majestic Theater (Theatre) — 8.0 mi, 197° S
Schuylkill County Council for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 8.7 mi, 200° S
Anthracite Philharmonic (Arts Centre) — 8.7 mi, 200° S
Minersville Area Historical Society (Museum) — 9.4 mi, 218° SW
Ashland Historical Society (Museum) — 9.7 mi, 264° W
Shellhamer Ice Dam (Historic Ruins) — 10.1 mi, 096° E
Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine & Steam Train (Museum) — 10.6 mi, 263° W
St. Joseph's Fine Art Studio (Gallery) — 13.4 mi, 270° W
Sunset Overlook (Viewpoint) — 13.6 mi, 142° SE
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 14.6 mi, 136° SE · 110k acres
Berwick Historic Society (Museum) — 18.5 mi, 346° N
The Art & Craft Gallery of Hamburg (Gallery) — 18.9 mi, 152° SE
Sklooosh (Attraction) — 19.1 mi, 287° W

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