Explore Pine Forge, 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 Pine Forge, 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 Pine Forge.
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 | Pine Forge |
| State | Pennsylvania (PA) |
| County | Berks County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.282873 |
| Longitude | -75.690744 |
| Population | 1,200 |
| Density | 55.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 19512, 19548 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| County Seat | Reading |
Pine Forge occupies a landscape defined by the persistent, rhythmic movement of the Manatawny Creek as it carves a path through the verdant Pennsylvania earth. It lies 3.4 miles northwest of Pottstown, PA (from Pottstown, PA: bearing 320°T), and is situated 9.6 miles west-northwest of Limerick. The terrain surrounding Pine Forge offers a tactile contrast between the dense, shaded woodland and the open fields that stretch toward the horizon, where the distant Appalachian Mountains appear as faint, indigo smudges against the sky. Sunlight here possesses a peculiar, honeyed quality in the late afternoon, catching the surface of the Manatawny Creek and turning the water into a ribbon of hammered silver. Just a mile away, the quietude of Berks County Park provides a sanctuary of oak and maple, while the nearby Oley Valley maintains a pastoral stillness that feels largely untouched by the frenetic pace of larger metropolitan centers.
Iron ore and the ingenuity of early settlers once drove the pulse of Pine Forge, leaving behind a legacy of industrial ambition that echoes in the sturdy, weathered stone of the older structures. This heritage of production has long since transitioned into the rhythms of a quieter, more deliberate existence, where the local economy draws its strength from the enduring fertility of the soil and the careful management of the land. Residents find their recreation in the proximity of Trout Run Reservoir, a serene body of water that mirrors the changing seasons, or by traversing the winding path of the Old Dutchman Trail. The character of Pine Forge remains defined by this balance between a deep, silent memory of its forge-driven past and the slow, steady progression of daily life in a landscape that demands both patience and respect.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pine Forge, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.282873, -75.690744. 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 Pine Forge includes the ZIP code (19512, 19548), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Berks County (Reading), and school district assignment.
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. |