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Pleasant View Pennsylvania Map

Explore Pleasant View, 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 Pleasant View, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Pleasant View, Pennsylvania Map

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

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	Pleasant View
State	Pennsylvania (PA)
County	Franklin County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	40.609262
Longitude	-79.575054
Population	677
Density	453.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	17082, 16823, 17356, 15690
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Chambersburg
School District	Kiski Area School District

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About Pleasant View, Pennsylvania

Pleasant View is a locality in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 677. The population density is 453.8 people per km². Pleasant View is located at 40.6093°N, 79.5751°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 17082, 16823, 17356.

Pleasant View rises from the quiet, undulating topography of the land, where the horizon is softened by the distant, hazy blue silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains. It lies 2.2 miles west-southwest of Chambersburg, PA (from Chambersburg, PA: bearing 244°T), and is situated 9.3 miles north of Greencastle. The air here holds a crisp, terrestrial weight, cooling quickly as shadows stretch across the fields toward the banks of Conococheague Creek, which meanders through the landscape just a mile away. Only three miles distant, the surface of Wolf Lake catches the fractured amber light of late afternoon, mirroring the shifting clouds that drift over the expanse. Residents often walk the nearby paths of Mill Creek Acres Park, where the soil retains the damp, earthy scent of the inland woods, and the terrain remains largely defined by the steady, patient erosion of the regional basin.

Pleasant View carries the quiet gravity of a settlement grown from the soil of the Pennsylvania interior, where the economy has long leaned into the rhythms of agriculture and local trade. Decades of industry have left their mark in the sturdy, unadorned architecture that lines the streets, reflecting a history tied to the surrounding acreage rather than the reach of larger metropolises. While those seeking the more rigorous topography of the region might venture toward the Hendrix Gap Trail or the deeper canopy of Mont Alto State Forest, the pulse of Pleasant View remains centered on the immediate, daily persistence of its people. It is a place where the passage of time is measured not by grand events, but by the subtle, seasonal shifts in the color of the wheat fields and the persistent, low-humming activity of a community that prefers the steady familiarity of the plains to the frantic pace of the city.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Community Park 7 (Local Recreation) — 0.6 mi, 252° W
Veterans Memorial Park (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 133° SE
Franklin Park (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 195° S
Vandergrift Community Swimming Pool (Local Recreation) — 1.0 mi, 195° S
Nellie Bly (1864-1922) (Monument) — 1.7 mi, 160° S
The Hyde Park Foot Bridge (Monument) — 1.7 mi, 317° NW
Pennsylvania Canal (Western Division) (Monument) — 1.8 mi, 317° NW
Large Scale Systems Museum (LSSM) (Museum) — 10.5 mi, 253° W
Marshall Auditorium (Theatre) — 11.7 mi, 248° W
GQT Cinemas 18 (Cinema) — 11.8 mi, 258° W
Barking Slopes Overlook (Viewpoint) — 12.6 mi, 245° SW
Allegheny Islands State Park (State Park) — 13.3 mi, 248° W
Giant Cowboy (Public Artwork) — 14.1 mi, 019° N
The Oaks Theater (Theatre) — 15.5 mi, 245° SW
Cooper Hall (Saxonburg Museum) (Museum) — 15.7 mi, 309° NW
Saxonburg Museum (Museum) — 15.8 mi, 309° NW
Bloop Museum (Museum) — 16.0 mi, 234° SW
Penn Hills Cinemas (Cinema) — 16.7 mi, 233° SW
Churchill Valley Greenway (Nature Reserve) — 17.9 mi, 232° SW
Keystone State Park (State Park) — 18.6 mi, 152° SE
In Tune With The Arts Studios (Arts Centre) — 19.4 mi, 272° W
Coke Ovens (Historic Ruins) — 19.6 mi, 205° SW
Depreciation Lands Museum (Museum) — 19.6 mi, 267° W
Westinghouse Atom Smasher (Attraction) — 19.7 mi, 226° SW

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