Oval Pennsylvania Map

About Oval, Pennsylvania

Oval is a locality in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 366. The population density is 128.9 people per km². Oval is located at 41.1512°N, 77.1691°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 17740.

Oval emerges from the landscape as a collection of quiet roads and steady fields, defined by the slow, deliberate work of the earth. It lies 10.7 miles southwest of Williamsport, PA (from Williamsport, PA: bearing 235°T), and is situated 6.1 miles southeast of Jersey Shore. The horizon remains wide and open, though the distant Appalachian Mountains provide a jagged, blue-tinted frame to the west that catches the fading light of late afternoon. Near the edges of the property lines, McMurrin Run carves a shallow, mossy path through the soil, its water moving with a persistent, low-toned clarity. Beyond the cultivated plots, the land rises toward the denser canopy of the Tiadaghton State Forest, where the air holds a sharper, pine-scented chill even in the height of the summer.

Oval maintains a rhythm dictated by the seasons and the cycle of the surrounding acreage, where the economy remains tethered to the patient yield of the ground. The proximity of Sand Spring Flat keeps the drainage patterns predictable, allowing for a tradition of small-scale agriculture that has persisted without much fanfare. Residents often traverse the Horse Path when the weather permits, moving between the cleared fields and the wooded boundaries of the Tiadaghton State Forest, a SRMA that preserves the local wildness. Life here is marked by the stillness of the Mosquito Valley Reservoir, a place where the mirror-like surface reflects the changing colors of the sky, grounding the daily routine in a geography that demands little more than observation and care.

About This Oval Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Oval, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 41.151186, -77.169136. 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 Oval includes the ZIP code (17740), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Lycoming County (Williamsport), and school district assignment (Jersey Shore Area School District).

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.