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Smicksburg Pennsylvania Map

Explore Smicksburg, 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 Smicksburg, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Smicksburg, Pennsylvania Map

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

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.

CitySmicksburg
StatePennsylvania (PA)
CountyIndiana County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude40.869787
Longitude-79.17087
Population56
Density148.1 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code16256
Area Code215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County SeatIndiana
School DistrictArmstrong School District

About Smicksburg, Pennsylvania

Smicksburg is a locality in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 56. The population density is 148.1 people per km². Smicksburg is located at 40.8698°N, 79.1709°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Smicksburg is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 16256.

Smicksburg rests upon a landscape defined by the quiet accumulation of earth and the patient carving of water, where the horizon holds the distant, hazy silhouette of the Allegheny Mountains. It lies 17.2 miles north of Indiana, PA (from Indiana, PA: bearing 357°T), and is situated 11.6 miles west-southwest of Punxsutawney. The ground here rises and falls in long, muscular swells of soil that support dense stands of timber and patches of cultivated meadow. Mahoning Creek Lake stretches out with a glassy stillness, its edges softened by the encroaching woods, while the nearby Mahoning Creek moves with a deliberate, low-frequency current that seems to dictate the pace of the afternoon. At Old Smicksburg Park, the light filters through the canopy in thin, golden needles, catching the dust motes that hover over the grass and illuminating the precise, unhurried geometry of a place that remains indifferent to the frantic velocity of the modern world.

Smicksburg maintains a character forged by the persistence of an Amish and Mennonite presence, an influence that manifests in the meticulous order of the farmsteads and the sturdy, unadorned utility of the local craft shops. The economy functions through the steady rotation of seasons, favoring the tangible output of woodworking, quilt-making, and small-scale agriculture over the ephemeral nature of industrial commerce. History here is not a collection of monuments but a lived experience, visible in the way the architecture favors function and the deliberate preservation of traditional methods. Visitors often find themselves recalibrating to the local rhythm, where the significance of a day is measured by the quality of a harvest or the completion of a piece of furniture, rather than the relentless tick of a digital clock.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Old Smicksburg Park (Local Park) — 0.0 mi, 350° N
  • Mahoning Creek Lake (Recreation Area) — 0.1 mi, 353° N
  • Wayne Twp. Fairground Parcel 2 (Local Park) — 3.6 mi, 272° W
  • Plumville Community Ballfield (Local Recreation) — 5.1 mi, 183° S
  • State Game Land 320 (State Resource Management Area) — 5.2 mi, 006° N
  • Mahoning Shadow Trail (Local Recreation) — 7.4 mi, 066° NE
  • Patsy's Park Phil (Public Artwork) — 11.4 mi, 064° NE
  • Jackson Theater (Cinema) — 11.7 mi, 063° NE
  • Barclay Square (Monument) — 11.7 mi, 064° NE
  • Fishbasket Indian Town (Monument) — 11.8 mi, 327° NW
  • State Game Land 262 (State Resource Management Area) — 11.8 mi, 105° E
  • U.S. Military Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 12.0 mi, 069° E
  • Roundhouse (Historic Ruins) — 13.1 mi, 066° NE
  • Waller Hall (Theatre) — 17.4 mi, 178° S
  • IUP Arch (Attraction) — 17.4 mi, 177° S
  • Fisher Auditorium (Theatre) — 17.4 mi, 178° S
  • MovieScoop Indiana Mall Cinemas (Cinema) — 18.1 mi, 182° S
  • Traister Petroglyphs (Historic Ruins) — 19.6 mi, 301° NW
  • Yellow Creek State Park (State Park) — 19.8 mi, 164° S
  • Reynoldsville Historical Society (Museum) — 21.5 mi, 043° NE
  • Mill Creek, Pennsylvania Wild And Scenic River Study Area (Wild & Scenic River) — 22.9 mi, 005° N · 6,529 acres
  • Community park (Attraction) — 24.1 mi, 208° SW
  • Cornplanter's Defeat (Registered Battlefield) — 24.3 mi, 288° W
  • Clarion, Pennsylvania Wild And Scenic River Study Area (Wild & Scenic River) — 25.4 mi, 339° N · 12k acres
  • University Gallery (Gallery) — 25.9 mi, 335° NW
  • Belltower (Attraction) — 26.0 mi, 335° NW
  • Cook Forest State Park (State Park) — 26.6 mi, 344° N
  • DuBois Area Historical Society (Museum) — 27.4 mi, 051° NE
  • Winkler's Gallery of Fine Art (Gallery) — 27.4 mi, 051° NE
  • Allegheny National Forest (National Forest) — 33.0 mi, 005° N · 514k acres

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About This Smicksburg Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Smicksburg, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.869787, -79.17087. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Smicksburg includes the ZIP code (16256), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Indiana County (Indiana), and school district assignment (Armstrong School District).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.