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Petersburg Pennsylvania Map

Explore Petersburg, 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 Petersburg, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Petersburg, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.572598
Longitude	-78.050615
Population	419
Density	485.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	16130, 17356, 16669
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	York
School District	Juniata Valley School District

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About Petersburg, Pennsylvania

Petersburg is a locality in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 419. The population density is 485.8 people per km². Petersburg is located at 40.5726°N, 78.0506°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Petersburg is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 16130, 17356, 16669.

Petersburg occupies a sheltered basin where the persistent flow of Beaver Creek carves a path through the dense, verdant terrain of the interior. It lies 9.0 miles east-southeast of York, PA (from York, PA: bearing 118°T), and is situated 10.0 miles south-southwest of Columbia. The landscape surrounding Petersburg is defined by a rhythmic succession of ridges that stretch toward the distant silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains, visible only when the atmosphere thins under a crisp, autumn sky. Three miles to the east, the quiet surface of Red Lion Reservoir catches the pale, slanted light of late afternoon, mirroring the encroaching shadows of the woodland. The air here carries a distinct weight, a mixture of damp earth and cooling stone that settles over the valley floor as the sun dips below the horizon, sharpening the edges of the fields and darkening the timbered slopes.

History lingers in the stone foundations of the older structures near the Windsor Borough Old Jailhouse, a silent reminder of the administrative reach that once organized the life of the valley. Petersburg maintains a steady, deliberate pace of existence, its economy rooted in the modest but enduring labor of the land and the quiet trade that follows the passage of the creek. Residents observe the seasons with a practicality born of long cycles of planting and harvest, their lives punctuated by the occasional excursion toward the Camp Echo Trail or the seasonal shifts in the Dunkard Valley. The character of the place is built upon these small, persistent habits, a quiet consistency that remains largely undisturbed by the rapid currents of the wider world, favoring instead the slow, grounded reality of the plateau.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Petersburg Playground (Local Recreation) — 0.0 mi, 178° S
Petersburg Ball Field (Local Recreation) — 0.2 mi, 176° S
Warriors Ridge (Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 145° SE
State Game Land 322 (State Resource Management Area) — 1.0 mi, 146° SE
Rothrock State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 1.8 mi, 343° N
Little Juniata Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 288° W
The Lower Trail (Monument) — 3.8 mi, 264° W
Spruce Creek Rail Tunnel East Portal (Attraction) — 4.3 mi, 296° NW
Spruce Creek Rail Tunnel West Portal (Attraction) — 4.5 mi, 296° NW
Lincoln Caverns (Museum) — 4.6 mi, 195° S
Indian Lookout (Viewpoint) — 4.6 mi, 321° NW
Suzanne von Liebig Theatre (Theatre) — 5.3 mi, 160° S
Silent Descent (Public Artwork) — 5.3 mi, 160° S
Old Spruce Creek Station (Monument) — 5.5 mi, 300° NW
Raystown Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 8.8 mi, 175° S
Raystown Lake (Recreation Area) — 9.0 mi, 176° S
Stone Valley Recreation Area (Nature Reserve) — 9.7 mi, 049° NE
Shavers Creek Environmental Center (Attraction) — 9.9 mi, 048° NE
Three Sisters Rock Formation (Attraction) — 10.2 mi, 095° E
Tyrone Historical Society (Museum) — 11.9 mi, 304° NW
Whipple Dam State Park (State Park) — 12.1 mi, 052° NE
Canoe Creek State Park (State Park) — 12.3 mi, 245° SW
Grace Nature Trail (Nature Reserve) — 12.7 mi, 313° NW
Old Keystone Sand Plant (Historic Ruins) — 13.0 mi, 152° SE
PA Canal Lock Remains (Historic Ruins) — 13.2 mi, 153° SE
Triangle (Monument) — 13.6 mi, 155° SE
Mapleton Historical Society (Museum) — 13.7 mi, 155° SE
Trough Creek Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 14.7 mi, 184° S
Thickhead Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 16.9 mi, 057° NE
EMS Museum and Art Gallery (Museum) — 18.1 mi, 032° NE

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