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Sharpsburg Pennsylvania Map

Explore Sharpsburg, 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 Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.493243
Longitude	-79.921547
Population	3,187
Density	2547.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	17060, 15215
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Huntingdon
School District	Fox Chapel Area School District

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About Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania

Sharpsburg is a locality in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,187. The population density is 2547.6 people per km². Sharpsburg is located at 40.4932°N, 79.9215°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Sharpsburg is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 17060, 15215.

Sharpsburg occupies a quiet stretch of land where the persistent, low-slung course of Saddler Creek defines the local topography. It lies 18.9 miles south of State College, PA (from State College, PA: bearing 176°T), and is situated 9.6 miles east-northeast of Huntingdon. The landscape unfolds as a series of ridges and shallow depressions, anchored by the nearby Big Valley which lends a sense of openness to the terrain. Eighteen miles to the east, the hazy, blue-toned silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains rise against the horizon, providing a permanent backdrop to the modest rise and fall of the immediate soil. Residents often find their way toward the quiet surface of Westover Pond, a mile away, or seek the simple, open grounds of Allensville Playground. When autumn arrives, the air turns crisp and carries the scent of damp leaves, shifting the light until it glints sharply off the pavement in the late afternoon, turning the ordinary infrastructure into something momentarily gilded.

Sharpsburg grew from the grit of industrial ambition, forged by the labor that characterized the region’s move toward manufacturing and small-scale commerce. The local economy evolved through the decades, transitioning from the heavy, soot-stained rhythms of earlier production into a quieter, more measured pace of life. Those who traverse the local geography often look toward the distant Carbon Trail for a sense of connection to the wider, forested expanse, which eventually reaches toward the denser growth of The Pennsylvania State University Experimental Forest. Even as the modern day moves forward, the character of Sharpsburg remains tethered to its roots, where the brick foundations of older buildings hold the heat of the summer sun long into the evening. It is a place where the history of the land is not spoken aloud, but felt in the deliberate, steady way the day begins and ends.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Highland Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 163° S
Camp Guyasuta (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 046° NE
Guyasuta (Public Artwork) — 0.6 mi, 280° W
Field Avenue Recreation Field (Local Recreation) — 0.7 mi, 087° E
Safari Amphitheater (Theatre) — 0.7 mi, 174° S
Negley Memorial (Monument) — 0.8 mi, 164° S
Dinan Playground (Local Recreation) — 0.8 mi, 217° SW
Lookout Point (Attraction) — 1.0 mi, 288° W
Pittsburgh Glass Center (Museum) — 2.1 mi, 196° S
Kelly Strayhorn Theater (Theatre) — 2.2 mi, 185° S
Boom Concepts (Museum) — 2.2 mi, 208° SW
Row House Cinema (Cinema) — 2.6 mi, 232° SW
Paint Monkey (Arts Centre) — 2.7 mi, 232° SW
Roslyn Place (Monument) — 2.9 mi, 195° S
Mellon Memorial Gateway (Monument) — 3.0 mi, 047° NE
The Clemente Museum (Museum) — 3.2 mi, 229° SW
Car & Carraige Museum (Museum) — 3.3 mi, 162° S
Pittsburgh Yarn Company (Attraction) — 3.7 mi, 155° SE
Nationality Rooms (Museum) — 3.8 mi, 206° SW
The Manor (Cinema) — 3.9 mi, 181° S
Cynthia's School of Dance & Music (Arts Centre) — 4.7 mi, 291° W
Churchill Valley Greenway (Nature Reserve) — 5.1 mi, 126° SE
Allegheny Islands State Park (State Park) — 5.6 mi, 059° NE
Point State Park (State Park) — 5.7 mi, 233° SW
Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 28.5 mi, 289° W · 6,562 acres

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