Explore Snydertown, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Snydertown, 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 Snydertown.
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 | Snydertown |
| State | Pennsylvania (PA) |
| County | Centre County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.987173 |
| Longitude | -77.599454 |
| Population | 539 |
| Density | 68.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 17821, 15425, 15688, 16841 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| County Seat | Bellefonte |
| School District | Bellefonte Area School District |
Snydertown occupies a quiet expanse of land where the persistent, clear current of Little Fishing Creek defines the movement of the local landscape. It lies 19.5 miles northeast of State College, PA (from State College, PA: bearing 47°T), and is situated 12.8 miles southwest of Lock Haven. The terrain here is shaped by the subtle shifts of the interior, characterized by firm earth and the reliable presence of nearby woodland zones like the Howard State Nursery. To the distance, the Appalachian Mountains create a jagged, hazy silhouette against the horizon, anchoring the view while Little Sugar Valley offers a gentler dip in the topography a few miles away. During the late afternoon, the light catches the moisture rising from the fields, casting a long, golden clarity over the vegetation that marks the boundary of State Game Land 295. The air carries the scent of damp soil and seasonal change, a reminder that the land is always occupied with the slow, quiet business of growth.
Snydertown maintains a character rooted in the practical rhythms of inland life, where the legacy of early regional settlement informs the current pace of the day. The economy has long moved in step with the surrounding earth, transitioning from the labor of earlier generations to a quieter existence that values the steady maintenance of property and the preservation of local traditions. Residents often look toward the nearby expanse of Foster Joseph Sayers Lake for recreation, a destination that provides a necessary contrast to the steady, workaday focus of the surrounding fields. Those who seek to traverse the terrain often follow the Sand Rock Trail, connecting the rhythm of the modern resident to the enduring physical features of the region. Life here moves with an intentional, unforced cadence, reflecting a place that has learned to thrive by respecting the limits and the gifts of its own geography.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Snydertown, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.987173, -77.599454. 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 Snydertown includes the ZIP code (17821, 15425, 15688), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Centre County (Bellefonte), and school district assignment (Bellefonte Area 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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |