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Saint Benedict Pennsylvania Map

Explore Saint Benedict, 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 Saint Benedict, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Saint Benedict, Pennsylvania Map

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

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	Saint Benedict
State	Pennsylvania (PA)
County	Cambria County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	40.627568
Longitude	-78.729469
Population	476
Density	173.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	15773
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Ebensburg

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About Saint Benedict, Pennsylvania

Saint Benedict is a locality in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 476. The population density is 173.4 people per km². Saint Benedict is located at 40.6276°N, 78.7295°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 15773.

Saint Benedict emerges from the high, craggy creases of the Allegheny Plateau, where the cool, persistent damp of the earth dictates the slow growth of timber and grass. It lies 19.1 miles west-northwest of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 293°T), and is situated 3.5 miles southeast of Northern Cambria. Fox Run carves a quiet, serpentine path through the immediate landscape, its waters reflecting the bruised purple of an autumn twilight before moving toward deeper, hidden channels. To the west, the dark, serrated silhouette of the Allegheny Mountains dominates the horizon, a constant reminder of the geological weight that presses down upon these highlands. Residents often find their way toward the Carrolltown Area Recreational Park to watch the light change over the fields, while the Bakerton Reservoir sits in a hollow nearby, its surface a motionless mirror of gray sky and skeletal trees.

Saint Benedict carries the weight of a history rooted in the extraction of coal, a legacy that lingers in the weathered brickwork and the sturdy, unadorned architecture of its older streets. The rhythm of the day here is measured not by the frenetic pace of urban centers, but by the steady, almost mechanical persistence of those who call these uplands home. While the industry that once fueled the region has evolved, the character of the place remains tethered to the rugged independence of the mountain frontier. Life in Saint Benedict moves with a deliberate, quiet cadence, shaped by the isolation of the high terrain and the long, cold winters that demand a particular, quiet resilience from everyone who dwells within these borders.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Carrolltown Area Recreational Park (Local Recreation) — 1.4 mi, 143° SE
Bakerton Recreation Park (Local Recreation) — 2.0 mi, 207° SW
Cambrian Hills Country Club (Local Park) — 2.0 mi, 004° N
Crawford Avenue Community Park (Local Park) — 2.5 mi, 296° NW
State Game Land 334 (State Resource Management Area) — 3.6 mi, 000° N
State Game Land 108 (State Resource Management Area) — 4.8 mi, 071° E
Prince Gallitzin State Park (State Park) — 7.6 mi, 080° E
Nathan's Divided Nature Education Center (Nature Reserve) — 8.6 mi, 176° S
Cambria County Historical Society (Museum) — 9.5 mi, 179° S
Keirn Family World War II Museum (Museum) — 9.7 mi, 149° SE
War Memorial (Monument) — 9.7 mi, 179° S
Bendel-Davis-Curtis home (Monument) — 9.7 mi, 180° S
Ashville Monumnet (Monument) — 10.7 mi, 116° SE
Coalport Area Coal Museum (Museum) — 13.3 mi, 051° NE
Cresson Railroad Observation Platform (Attraction) — 13.4 mi, 147° SE
Galliztin Tuneels Museum (Museum) — 13.7 mi, 137° SE
Yellow Creek State Park (State Park) — 14.5 mi, 257° W
Wopsononock Lookout (Viewpoint) — 15.7 mi, 105° E
Great Auk (Public Artwork) — 17.8 mi, 109° E
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (Museum) — 18.9 mi, 114° SE
Disaster’s Edge Environmental Education Center (Nature Reserve) — 20.1 mi, 185° S
Leap-The-Dips (Theme Park) — 20.6 mi, 122° SE
Old Duncansville Airmail field (Attraction) — 20.8 mi, 134° SE
IUP Arch (Attraction) — 22.2 mi, 268° W
Bottle Works (Arts Centre) — 22.4 mi, 208° SW
Waller Hall (Theatre) — 22.6 mi, 269° W
Clear Shade Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 28.5 mi, 179° S
Quehanna Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 45.5 mi, 032° NE
Allegheny National Forest (National Forest) — 51.3 mi, 354° N · 514k acres

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