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Pottersdale Pennsylvania Map

Explore Pottersdale, 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 Pottersdale, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Pottersdale, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	41.165894
Longitude	-78.062504
Population	280
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	16871, 16855
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Clearfield

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About Pottersdale, Pennsylvania

Pottersdale is a locality in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Pottersdale is located at 41.1659°N, 78.0625°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 16871, 16855.

Pottersdale emerges from the dense, hardwood timber of the Pennsylvania highlands where the Upper Three Runs cuts a sharp, winding path through the heavy silt of the valley floor. It lies 27.8 miles north-northwest of State College, PA (from State College, PA: bearing 338°T), and is situated 31.6 miles southeast of Saint Marys. The air here holds a permanent, cool dampness, smelling of wet shale and the slow decay of autumn leaves that blanket the forest floor in shades of russet and deep ocher. To the east, the vast canopy of the Moshannon State Forest presses against the outskirts of the settlement, its dense thickets providing a green, impenetrable wall that muffles the sound of the wind. Beyond the immediate tree line, the terrain rises into the uneven, rocky folds of the landscape, creating a sense of isolation that feels both protective and absolute.

Pottersdale carries the quiet gravity of a place defined by its long-standing relationship with the earth, where the remnants of early extraction industries still mark the character of the soil. Local life shifts with the lengthening shadows of the afternoon, governed by the same steady, deliberate pace that once characterized the regional trade in coal and timber. While the distant, hazy silhouette of the Allegheny Mountains occasionally breaks the horizon during the clear, biting cold of midwinter, the daily focus remains on the immediate proximity of Rider Draft and the rugged paths of the Brown Trail. Life here is measured in the changing light that catches the surface of the Upper Three Runs, a constant, flickering movement that serves as the only real clock for a landscape that has largely outlived its industrial youth.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Moshannon State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 0.8 mi, 314° NW
Sproul State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 1.2 mi, 013° N
Quehanna Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 3.8 mi, 309° NW
Karthaus Furnace (Historic Ruins) — 4.1 mi, 220° SW
Three Runs Vista (Viewpoint) — 4.6 mi, 330° NW
Three Runs Fire Tower Site (Historic Ruins) — 4.7 mi, 324° NW
Lower Jerry Run Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.2 mi, 357° N
Bucktail State Park (State Park) — 7.9 mi, 359° N
Bucktail State Park Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.9 mi, 006° N
Wild Cat Rock (Monument) — 9.0 mi, 281° W
Burns Run Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 9.5 mi, 059° NE
Noble-Chambers Memorial Forest (Monument) — 9.7 mi, 311° NW
Michaella Marie Wolfe (1992-2007) (Monument) — 12.8 mi, 140° SE
Kettle Creek State Park (State Park) — 14.7 mi, 026° NE
Carnivorous Pitcher Plant (Attraction) — 18.3 mi, 179° S
Moshannon Valley Heritage Center (Museum) — 20.4 mi, 204° SW
Ritz Theater (Cinema) — 22.0 mi, 243° SW
The Liddle Gallery (Gallery) — 22.0 mi, 243° SW
Sinnemahoning S.P. Wildlife Viewing Area (Attraction) — 22.1 mi, 002° N
Bells Across PA - "Stories of Our Railroad" (Public Artwork) — 22.9 mi, 140° SE
American Philatelic Center (Museum) — 22.9 mi, 140° SE
Spring Creek Canyon (Nature Reserve) — 24.9 mi, 148° SE
Penn State All-Sports Museum (Museum) — 26.8 mi, 156° SE
The Frost Entomological Museum (Museum) — 27.2 mi, 157° SE
Edwin W. Zoller Gallery (Gallery) — 27.2 mi, 158° S
Playhouse Theater (Theatre) — 27.3 mi, 158° S
Allegheny National Forest (National Forest) — 39.3 mi, 294° NW · 514k acres

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