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Nicktown Pennsylvania Map

Explore Nicktown, 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 Nicktown, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Nicktown, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.613402
Longitude	-78.80336
Population	143
Density	90.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	15762
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Ebensburg
School District	Northern Cambria School District

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About Nicktown, Pennsylvania

Nicktown is a locality in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 143. The population density is 90.7 people per km². Nicktown is located at 40.6134°N, 78.8034°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 15762.

Nicktown occupies a high, quiet plateau where the air holds a sharp, clean clarity that seems to sharpen the edges of the surrounding fields. It lies 18.3 miles east of Indiana, PA (from Indiana, PA: bearing 92°T), and is situated 3.4 miles south-southwest of Northern Cambria. The landscape unfolds in long, deliberate swells of earth, periodically broken by the quick, silver-tongued movement of Moss Creek as it cuts through the local topography. Only a mile away, the stillness of Browns Run Reservoir reflects the changing sky, offering a muted mirror to the dense, dark green of the horizon. In the distance, the Allegheny Mountains etch a jagged, indigo line against the sunset, while the nearby expanse of State Game Land 079 provides a vast, unpopulated sanctuary for the deer and hawks that define the local wild. The light here at dusk settles heavily and gold, turning the harvested corn stubble into rows of glowing amber that stretch toward the shadows of the woods.

Economic life in Nicktown remains tethered to the patient cycles of agriculture and the legacy of the earth beneath its feet. Generations have built their lives upon this soil, their labor forming a quiet, persistent rhythm that avoids the frantic pulse of the distant industrial centers. While the memory of coal extraction lingers in the deep strata of the region, the current pace of Nicktown is dictated by the turning seasons and the careful stewardship of the land. It is a place where individual houses stand with a sturdy, unpretentious posture, their windows catching the morning sun as if keeping watch over the valley floors like Driscoll Hollow. Life proceeds with a deliberate, singular focus, grounded by a long-standing commitment to the land that provides for the inhabitants, ensuring that the character of the settlement remains as fixed and reliable as the bedrock itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

State Game Land 079 (State Resource Management Area) — 1.7 mi, 231° SW
Spangler Ballfield (Local Recreation) — 2.5 mi, 028° NE
Crawford Avenue Community Park (Local Park) — 2.6 mi, 037° NE
Bakerton Recreation Park (Local Recreation) — 2.9 mi, 105° E
Duman Lake Park (Local Park) — 3.0 mi, 206° SW
State Game Land 334 (State Resource Management Area) — 6.0 mi, 040° NE
Nathan's Divided Nature Education Center (Nature Reserve) — 8.8 mi, 150° SE
Cambria County Historical Society (Museum) — 9.5 mi, 154° SE
Bendel-Davis-Curtis home (Monument) — 9.6 mi, 156° SE
War Memorial (Monument) — 9.7 mi, 155° SE
Yellow Creek State Park (State Park) — 10.5 mi, 257° W
Mine Entrance Memorial (Monument) — 10.8 mi, 212° SW
Keirn Family World War II Museum (Museum) — 11.5 mi, 130° SE
Prince Gallitzin State Park (State Park) — 11.6 mi, 078° E
Cresson Railroad Observation Platform (Attraction) — 15.2 mi, 132° SE
Galliztin Tuneels Museum (Museum) — 16.0 mi, 124° SE
Cassandra Railroad Overlook (Viewpoint) — 16.7 mi, 148° SE
Coalport Area Coal Museum (Museum) — 17.0 mi, 056° NE
IUP Arch (Attraction) — 18.4 mi, 271° W
Jimmy Stewart Statue (Public Artwork) — 18.5 mi, 272° W
Waller Hall (Theatre) — 18.7 mi, 271° W
Fisher Auditorium (Theatre) — 18.7 mi, 271° W
Disaster’s Edge Environmental Education Center (Nature Reserve) — 19.2 mi, 173° S
Coal Miner's Museum and Memorial (Museum) — 19.2 mi, 174° S
Bottle Works (Arts Centre) — 20.0 mi, 199° S
MovieScoop Indiana Mall Cinemas (Cinema) — 20.0 mi, 269° W
Clear Shade Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 27.8 mi, 172° S
Quehanna Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 48.8 mi, 034° NE
Allegheny National Forest (National Forest) — 52.0 mi, 359° N · 514k acres

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