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Nittany Pennsylvania Map

Explore Nittany, 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 Nittany, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Nittany, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.997565
Longitude	-77.556105
Population	624
Density	170.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	16841
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Bellefonte
School District	Bellefonte Area School District

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About Nittany, Pennsylvania

Nittany is a locality in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 624. The population density is 170.1 people per km². Nittany is located at 40.9976°N, 77.5561°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 16841.

Nittany emerges from the limestone-heavy earth where the terrain flattens into a persistent, quiet productivity. It lies 21.2 miles northeast of State College, PA (from State College, PA: bearing 48°T), and is situated 11.2 miles south-southwest of Lock Haven. Little Fishing Creek carves a narrow, silver path through the landscape, its waters pulling cool air across the fields even in the height of summer. Beyond the immediate pastures, the horizon is hemmed in by the distant, jagged silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains, which stand as a permanent, hazy blue boundary against the sky. To the north, the land rises toward the denser greenery of the Howard State Nursery, while the nearby expanse of State Game Land 295 offers a rugged, unmanicured buffer against the encroachment of modern sprawl. The light here at dusk possesses a peculiar, heavy amber quality, catching the dust of the valley and grounding the entire vista in a sense of absolute, weightless stillness.

Nittany maintains a rhythm dictated by the soil and the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons, echoing the agrarian discipline of the surrounding region. The local economy remains tethered to the land, drawing sustenance from the fertile floor of Little Sugar Valley and the quiet industry that has long defined these interior counties. Residents often look toward the broader expanse of Foster Joseph Sayers Lake for recreation, a man-made presence that refracts the pale Pennsylvania sky in a way that suggests a deeper, older history of water and ice. For those who seek the elevation of the ridges, the Sand Rock Trail provides a passage through the thickets, leading upward to vantage points that overlook the entire patchwork of Nittany. Life here is measured in the steady persistence of the harvest and the seasonal migration of hunters and hikers who find in these woods a respite from the faster, steel-driven pace of the industrial centers further west.

Nearby Outdoor Places

State Game Land 295 (State Resource Management Area) — 1.1 mi, 163° S
Northeast Fishery Center (Nature Reserve) — 1.2 mi, 073° E
Bald Eagle State Park (State Park) — 3.5 mi, 323° NW
State Game Land 255 (State Resource Management Area) — 3.6 mi, 357° N
Foster Joseph Sayers Reservoir (Recreation Area) — 4.3 mi, 321° NW
Jonas Panik Park (Local Park) — 4.8 mi, 257° W
Belles Springs Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 6.4 mi, 049° NE
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 8.3 mi, 149° SE
Penn's Cave & Wildlife Park (Attraction) — 8.5 mi, 200° S
Mill Hall Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 8.5 mi, 025° NE
James Cleveland Memorial (Monument) — 9.9 mi, 215° SW
Riansares Mountain Vista (Viewpoint) — 10.1 mi, 067° NE
Bald Eagle Statue (Public Artwork) — 11.1 mi, 026° NE
Penns Creek Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 11.8 mi, 154° SE
Bucktail State Park (State Park) — 12.5 mi, 001° N
Bucktail State Park Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.5 mi, 001° N
Railroad Bed Historical Marker (Historic Ruins) — 13.3 mi, 147° SE
American Philatelic Center (Museum) — 13.3 mi, 243° SW
The Hook Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.4 mi, 102° E
Smokestack (Historic Ruins) — 15.4 mi, 234° SW
Spring Creek Canyon (Nature Reserve) — 16.2 mi, 234° SW
Beer Tap (Attraction) — 17.4 mi, 206° SW
Deeded Square Inches (Attraction) — 17.8 mi, 224° SW
Thickhead Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 18.4 mi, 202° S
Thunderbird (Theatre) — 18.6 mi, 123° SE
Art Alliance (Arts Centre) — 18.9 mi, 227° SW
M60A3 Tank (Attraction) — 19.5 mi, 220° SW
Penn State All-Sports Museum (Museum) — 20.3 mi, 231° SW
The Frost Entomological Museum (Museum) — 20.9 mi, 230° SW

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