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Potlicker Flats Pennsylvania Map

Explore Potlicker Flats, 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 Potlicker Flats, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Potlicker Flats, Pennsylvania Map

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

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	Potlicker Flats
State	Pennsylvania (PA)
County	Mifflin County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	40.7269
Longitude	-77.6077
Population	174
Density	392.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	17063
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Lewistown
School District	Mifflin County School District

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About Potlicker Flats, Pennsylvania

Potlicker Flats is a locality in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 174. The population density is 392.9 people per km². Potlicker Flats is located at 40.7269°N, 77.6077°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 17063.

Potlicker Flats occupies a low-lying basin where the persistent, quiet currents of Laurel Creek carve a silver path through the dark, loamy soil. It lies 14.0 miles east-southeast of State College, PA (from State College, PA: bearing 109°T), and is situated 9.0 miles north-northwest of Lewistown. The landscape is defined by this steady waterway and the encroaching wildness of Bald Eagle State Forest, which wraps the perimeter in a dense, hushed congregation of oak and hemlock. To the west, the distant, hazy blue silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains anchor the horizon, acting as a permanent backdrop to the fields. The light here tends to pool in the hollows during the late afternoon, turning the tall grasses into a pale, bruised gold that shimmers before the evening chill settles over the ground. One mile to the north, the waters of Laurel Creek Reservoir hold the reflection of the sky with a mirror-like clarity, undisturbed by the modern velocity that defines the world beyond these ridges.

Potlicker Flats retains the quiet, industrious character of a settlement built upon the necessity of the land, with a history rooted in the slow labor of timber and small-scale agriculture. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons and the rugged utility of the surrounding timberlands, where the heritage of the local woodcraft persists in the barns and sturdy framing of the older houses. Residents often find their way to the Coxes Valley Trail, a path that traces the history of the region through the silent transition from cleared farmland back into the encroaching shadows of the woods. Life moves with a measured, deliberate pace, dictated by the turning of the forest canopy and the maintenance of the creek banks. It is a place where the stillness is not a void but a presence, felt in the way the air remains cool and heavy with the scent of damp earth and pine needles, lingering long after the sun has retreated behind the jagged crests of the Appalachian Mountains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Bald Eagle State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 0.3 mi, 348° N
Rothrock State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 0.4 mi, 258° W
Milroy Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 147° SE
Rothrock Woods (Conservation Area) — 1.4 mi, 302° NW
Laurel Run Vista (Viewpoint) — 1.6 mi, 331° NW
Naginey Playground (Local Park) — 3.0 mi, 119° SE
Thickhead Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 4.4 mi, 288° W
Penn Roosevelt State Park (State Park) — 4.8 mi, 271° W
CCC Monument (stone fireplace and chimney) (Historic Ruins) — 5.0 mi, 270° W
Hobart King Kistler (Monument) — 5.2 mi, 309° NW
Beer Tap (Attraction) — 5.9 mi, 302° NW
Detweiler Run Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.2 mi, 267° W
Reeds Gap State Park (State Park) — 6.5 mi, 093° E
Don Andrews Memorial Rock Work (Monument) — 7.3 mi, 278° W
Bear Meadows Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.6 mi, 277° W
Tom Thwaites Monument (Monument) — 7.9 mi, 281° W
PSU Land Acquisition (Local Recreation) — 8.6 mi, 331° NW
Embassy Theater (Theatre) — 9.1 mi, 169° S
Miller Cinemas 6 (Cinema) — 9.2 mi, 169° S
Yoda Statue (Public Artwork) — 9.2 mi, 285° W
M114A2 Towed 155mm Howitzer (Attraction) — 10.5 mi, 291° W
M60A3 Tank (Attraction) — 10.5 mi, 291° W
Charcoal Hearth (Attraction) — 10.5 mi, 279° W
Penns Creek Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 11.2 mi, 044° NE
Railroad Bed Historical Marker (Historic Ruins) — 12.4 mi, 053° NE
Art Alliance (Arts Centre) — 12.4 mi, 298° NW
Pilato Studios (Gallery) — 13.9 mi, 290° W
3 Dots (Gallery) — 14.0 mi, 290° W
Douglas Albert Gallery (Gallery) — 14.0 mi, 290° W
Penn State Downtown Theatre Center (Theatre) — 14.0 mi, 289° W

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