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South Canaan Pennsylvania Map

Explore South Canaan, 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 South Canaan, Pennsylvania

How to Use This South Canaan, Pennsylvania Map

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

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	South Canaan
State	Pennsylvania (PA)
County	Wayne County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	41.505362
Longitude	-75.412126
Population	1,200
Density	22.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	18436, 18459
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Honesdale

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About South Canaan, Pennsylvania

South Canaan is a locality in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,200. The population density is 22.0 people per km². South Canaan is located at 41.5054°N, 75.4121°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 18436, 18459.

South Canaan occupies a high, quiet plateau where the air holds the sharp, metallic clarity of a long winter and the earth is defined by the deep, glacial patience of the terrain. It lies 12.8 miles east-northeast of Dunmore, PA (from Dunmore, PA: bearing 63°T), and is situated 6.6 miles southeast of Carbondale. The landscape is a mosaic of dense woodland and sudden clearings, marked by the proximity of the Varden Conservation Area, where the forest floor thickens with ferns and the quiet is broken only by the movement of deer. Middle Creek carves a narrow, persistent path through the surrounding acreage, its cold waters reflecting the somber gray of the sky as it pulls toward the lower elevations. Eight miles away, the geological anomaly of the Archbald Pothole serves as a silent reminder of the immense forces that once scoured this ground, while the distant, hazy silhouette of the Pocono Mountains defines the southern horizon like a bruised spine against the dusk.

South Canaan remains a place of deliberate persistence, where the legacy of hard-wrought agrarian life continues to shape the rhythm of the days. The local economy draws its character from the land itself, balancing small-scale husbandry with the quiet mechanics of trade that have long sustained these inland ridges. Nearby, the still, reflective surface of Lake Quinn provides a point of stillness in the landscape, a contrast to the seasonal labor that occupies the residents throughout the changing light of the year. There is a particular weight to the history here, felt in the way the architecture clings to the hillsides and the manner in which the winters demand a sturdy, self-reliant endurance from those who choose to remain. When the light fades, the shadows lengthen across the fields, and the silence that settles over the region carries the same ancient, unbothered quality that has persisted long before the first homesteads were cleared from the timber.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Varden Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 133° SE
State Game Land 300 (State Resource Management Area) — 2.2 mi, 281° W
State Game Land 310 (State Resource Management Area) — 2.8 mi, 180° S
Lake Township Recreation Complex (Local Recreation) — 3.3 mi, 168° S
Scenic Overlook (Carbondale) (Viewpoint) — 5.4 mi, 308° NW
Aylesworth Park (Local Park) — 5.7 mi, 284° W
Moosic Mtn Barrens - Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve (Conservation Area) — 5.7 mi, 227° SW
Old stone bridge (Historic Ruins) — 6.3 mi, 019° N
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 6.5 mi, 262° W
Prompton Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 6.9 mi, 036° NE
Prompton Lake (Recreation Area) — 6.9 mi, 036° NE
Rail Trail of Northeastern Pa. (Local Recreation) — 7.1 mi, 333° NW
World War One Memorial (Monument) — 7.1 mi, 282° W
Culm Dump (Historic Ruins) — 7.3 mi, 280° W
Borough Establishment (Monument) — 7.3 mi, 283° W
Birthplace of First Aid (Monument) — 7.3 mi, 283° W
Prompton State Park (State Park) — 7.3 mi, 033° NE
Archbald Pothole State Park (State Park) — 7.7 mi, 273° W
Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve at Moosic Mountain (Nature Reserve) — 8.1 mi, 235° SW
Floating Weather Station (Attraction) — 10.5 mi, 144° SE
Weather Station (Attraction) — 10.6 mi, 147° SE
Deagan Chimes (Attraction) — 10.8 mi, 145° SE
Osprey Nest (Attraction) — 10.9 mi, 145° SE
Dorflinger Glass Museum (Museum) — 11.5 mi, 081° E
Nittany Lion Shrine (Public Artwork) — 11.7 mi, 247° SW
Houdini Museum (Museum) — 13.9 mi, 249° W
Everhart Museum (Museum) — 14.0 mi, 239° SW
Smurfit Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 14.3 mi, 242° SW
Civil War Museum (Museum) — 14.5 mi, 243° SW
Laura Craig Gallery (Gallery) — 14.6 mi, 243° SW

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