Explore Oaks, 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 Oaks, 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 Oaks.
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 | Oaks |
| State | Pennsylvania (PA) |
| County | Montgomery County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.131772 |
| Longitude | -75.459632 |
| Population | 943 |
| Density | 277.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 19460, 19456 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| County Seat | Norristown |
| School District | Spring-Ford Area School District |
Oaks emerges from a landscape defined by the persistent, winding path of Crossmans Run, which carves a quiet trajectory through the terrain. It lies 2.1 miles west-southwest of Lower Providence, PA (from Lower Providence, PA: bearing 248°T), and is situated 6.4 miles west of Norristown. The air here holds the cooling influence of the interior, far removed from any maritime reach, circulating through the open spaces of MacFarlan Park where the earth remains undisturbed by the frantic pace of modern expansion. In the distance, the silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains provides a vague, serrated edge to the horizon, grounding the geography in a vast, continental scale. Within this span, the light during the late afternoon takes on a heavy, amber quality, catching the reeds along the water’s edge and turning the surface of the land into a patchwork of muted greens and deep, shadow-filled browns.
Oaks reflects the steady, functional evolution of regional industry, having transitioned from its earlier colonial-era foundations into a modern crossroads of commerce and assembly. The nearby Impounding Basin Number Twenty-One and the waters of Pickering Creek Reservoir serve as quiet anchors for the local topography, marking the intersection of human engineering and the natural drainage of the plateau. Daily life in Oaks maintains a deliberate, measured rhythm, where the hum of local logistics and the steady transit of goods replace the louder, more frantic cycles of larger urban centers. The character of the place is marked by this pragmatic utility, a quiet persistence that favors endurance over spectacle, ensuring that the legacy of the land remains visible in the simple, sturdy architecture that dots the surrounding fields and roadsides.
Loading news…
Loading news-world…
Loading news-world…
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Oaks, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.131772, -75.459632. 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 Oaks includes the ZIP code (19460, 19456), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Montgomery County (Norristown), and school district assignment (Spring-Ford 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. |