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North Philipsburg Pennsylvania Map

Explore North Philipsburg, 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 North Philipsburg, Pennsylvania

How to Use This North Philipsburg, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.907558
Longitude	-78.207791
Population	617
Density	322.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	16866
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Bellefonte
School District	Philipsburg-Osceola Area School District

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About North Philipsburg, Pennsylvania

North Philipsburg is a locality in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 617. The population density is 322.4 people per km². North Philipsburg is located at 40.9076°N, 78.2078°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 16866.

North Philipsburg emerges from the rugged topography of the Allegheny Plateau, defined by the persistent, cold pulse of the Cold Stream as it carves through the local earth. It lies 19.8 miles west-northwest of State College, PA (from State College, PA: bearing 294°T), and is situated 1.0 miles northeast of Philipsburg. The landscape surrounding North Philipsburg is defined by deep, shadowed terrain like Barlow Hollow, where the light at dusk flattens into shades of bruised violet and slate gray. Beyond the immediate clearings, the dense, verdant expanse of Moshannon State Forest asserts a quiet dominance over the horizon, while the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Allegheny Mountains anchor the western sky. On calm mornings, the air carries a crisp, mineral sharpness that seems to rise directly from the damp soil and the nearby waters of Emigh Lake, lending a singular, bracing clarity to the atmosphere of the region.

North Philipsburg carries the weight of a legacy built upon the extraction of coal and the slow, deliberate labor of the timber industry, echoes of which still linger in the architecture of the older houses. Life here moves with the measured, pragmatic pace of a place that understands the necessity of self-reliance, with the Rush Township Municipal Park serving as a central point where the rhythms of the present day intersect with the quietude of the surroundings. Residents often traverse the local paths, including the Black Bear Trail, where the forest floor is marked by the seasonal debris of oak and pine, providing a tactile connection to the wilder reaches of the plateau. The economic character of North Philipsburg remains tethered to these traditional industries, maintaining a functional, unadorned identity that values the steady endurance of the land over the fleeting ambitions of urban sprawl.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Slab Town Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 215° SW
Cold Stream Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 195° S
Union Church (Monument) — 0.8 mi, 217° SW
Halehurst (Monument) — 0.9 mi, 218° SW
Philipsburg (Monument) — 1.0 mi, 222° SW
Moshannon Valley Heritage Center (Museum) — 1.1 mi, 225° SW
State Game Land 033 (State Resource Management Area) — 1.2 mi, 160° S
Homer Maney Memorial Field (Private Recreation) — 1.4 mi, 223° SW
Moshannon State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 2.4 mi, 077° E
Morris Township Recreation Park (Local Recreation) — 2.7 mi, 345° N
Allport Recreation Park (Local Recreation) — 4.0 mi, 004° N
Black Moshannon State Park (State Park) — 6.4 mi, 096° E
Beaver Dam Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 7.3 mi, 092° E
Carnivorous Pitcher Plant (Attraction) — 7.8 mi, 093° E
Halfmoon Furnace (Historic Ruins) — 13.3 mi, 119° SE
Ritz Theater (Cinema) — 14.4 mi, 303° NW
The Liddle Gallery (Gallery) — 14.4 mi, 303° NW
Grace Nature Trail (Nature Reserve) — 14.6 mi, 184° S
Karthaus Furnace (Historic Ruins) — 15.6 mi, 019° N
Tyrone Historical Society (Museum) — 16.6 mi, 186° S
Quehanna Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 18.0 mi, 360° N
Caterpillar (Public Artwork) — 19.0 mi, 112° E
Matson Museum of Anthropology (Museum) — 19.2 mi, 113° SE
Playhouse Theater (Theatre) — 19.3 mi, 113° SE
Recital Hall (Theatre) — 19.3 mi, 113° SE
Edwin W. Zoller Gallery (Gallery) — 19.4 mi, 112° E
Patterson Gallery (Gallery) — 19.4 mi, 112° E
Restricted Area (State Wilderness) — 21.7 mi, 357° N
Prince Gallitzin State Park (State Park) — 21.9 mi, 218° SW
Allegheny National Forest (National Forest) — 44.1 mi, 320° NW · 514k acres

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