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Port Matilda Pennsylvania Map

Explore Port Matilda, 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 Port Matilda, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Port Matilda, Pennsylvania Map

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

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	Port Matilda
State	Pennsylvania (PA)
County	Centre County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	40.799504
Longitude	-78.054174
Population	578
Density	396.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	16870
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Bellefonte
School District	Bald Eagle Area School District

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About Port Matilda, Pennsylvania

Port Matilda is a locality in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 578. The population density is 396.4 people per km². Port Matilda is located at 40.7995°N, 78.0542°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Port Matilda is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 16870.

Port Matilda emerges from the landscape where the steady, rhythmic pulse of Bald Eagle Creek defines the valley floor, carving a quiet path through the surrounding terrain. It lies 10.2 miles west of State College, PA (from State College, PA: bearing 272°T), and is situated 7.2 miles west of Park Forest Village. The earth here holds a distinct, deep-rooted character, shaped by the proximity of Sunnyside Hollow and the broad, shadowed presence of the Allegheny Mountains visible on the western horizon. During the golden hour, the light catches the moisture rising from the lowlands, casting a cooling, silver haze over the fields and the modest infrastructure of the Port Matilda Community Playground. Beyond the immediate clearing, the density of the landscape deepens into the Moshannon State Forest, where the trees stand in dense, unyielding ranks, and the air carries the sharp, clean scent of pine and damp soil, a reminder of the vast, wooded wilderness that defines this inland geography.

History clings to Port Matilda not through grand monuments, but through the enduring legacy of the timber and rail industries that once drew settlers to this transit corridor. The local economy has evolved from its early reliance on the extraction of natural resources to a quieter, modern existence, though the vestiges of those industrial years remain in the layout of the streets and the sturdy, unadorned architecture of the older dwellings. Residents often look toward the nearby Black Moshannon Lake for recreation, or follow the Turkey Trail when the season allows for a long, meditative walk through the brush. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of a place that values its own solitude, where the changing seasons dictate the tempo of daily errands and the quiet, steady persistence of people who have chosen to remain in this particular pocket of the Pennsylvania interior.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Port Matilda Community Playground (Local Recreation) — 0.1 mi, 216° SW
Port Matilda Open Space (Local Recreation) — 0.2 mi, 206° SW
Halfmoon Township Community Park (Local Park) — 1.6 mi, 099° E
Autumn Meadow Park (Local Park) — 2.5 mi, 142° SE
Barrens to Bald Eagle Wildlife Corridor (Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 090° E
State Game Land 176 (State Resource Management Area) — 2.7 mi, 126° SE
Moshannon State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 3.6 mi, 336° NW
Halfmoon Furnace (Historic Ruins) — 3.8 mi, 073° E
Gray's Woods Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 4.5 mi, 092° E
Black Moshannon State Park (State Park) — 5.6 mi, 358° N
Ralph's Majestic Vista (Viewpoint) — 6.9 mi, 027° NE
Carnivorous Pitcher Plant (Attraction) — 7.0 mi, 358° N
Michael E. Weston Memorial (Monument) — 7.5 mi, 099° E
Matson Museum of Anthropology (Museum) — 9.6 mi, 090° E
Caterpillar (Public Artwork) — 9.7 mi, 087° E
Pine Grove Mills Rail Station (Historic Ruins) — 9.7 mi, 118° SE
Playhouse Theater (Theatre) — 9.8 mi, 090° E
Recital Hall (Theatre) — 9.8 mi, 090° E
EMS Museum and Art Gallery (Museum) — 9.9 mi, 092° E
Edwin W. Zoller Gallery (Gallery) — 9.9 mi, 089° E
Patterson Gallery (Gallery) — 9.9 mi, 090° E
Armsby Respiration Calorimeter Museum (Museum) — 9.9 mi, 090° E
Pure Food Laws (Monument) — 9.9 mi, 090° E
Old Botany (Monument) — 9.9 mi, 091° E
Pennsylvania Agricultural College (PAC) Herbarium (Museum) — 10.0 mi, 090° E
The Land-Grant Frescoes (Gallery) — 10.0 mi, 091° E
The Frost Entomological Museum (Museum) — 10.0 mi, 089° E
Whipple Dam State Park (State Park) — 12.5 mi, 129° SE
Thickhead Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 14.7 mi, 110° E
Quehanna Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 26.4 mi, 347° N

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