Explore New Castle, 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 New Castle, 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 Castle.
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 Castle |
| State | Pennsylvania (PA) |
| County | Clearfield County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.995617 |
| Longitude | -80.345807 |
| Population | 21,926 |
| Density | 1019.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 16101, 16666, 17901, 16102 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| County Seat | Clearfield |
| School District | New Castle Area School District |
New Castle occupies a rugged expanse of the Allegheny Plateau, where the earth rises in slow, deliberate folds of limestone and shale. It lies 25.0 miles north of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 6°T), and is situated 6.5 miles west-southwest of Philipsburg. The landscape is defined by the quiet persistence of Morgan Run, which carves a narrow path through the terrain a mile away, its waters moving with a heavy, deliberate pace toward the horizon. To the east, the distant silhouette of the Allegheny Mountains creates a jagged boundary against the sky, while the muted light of dusk settles over the hollows, turning the surrounding woodlands into charcoal shapes. Nearby, the stillness of Brisbin Dam Park offers a sanctuary of tall grasses and damp earth, a stark contrast to the distant, brooding presence of Moshannon State Forest, which waits in the shadows of the regional canopy.
New Castle carries the weight of a former industrial life, a legacy built upon the deep, subterranean pulse of iron and steel that once dictated the rhythm of the streets. The architecture remains heavy and grounded, marked by brick facades that absorb the long shadows of late afternoon, reflecting an economy that has shifted from the roar of furnaces to a quieter, more measured existence. History is legible in the weathered stone of the courthouse square, where the commerce of the present day brushes against the ghosts of manufacturing prosperity. Farther out, the waters of Osceola Reservoir gather in a basin of quietude, providing a focal point for the surrounding geography that feels untouched by the frantic pace of the modern world, grounding New Castle in a landscape that values endurance over speed.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of New Castle, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.995617, -80.345807. 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 New Castle includes the ZIP code (16101, 16666, 17901), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Clearfield County (Clearfield), and school district assignment (New Castle Area School District).
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. |