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South Gibson Pennsylvania Map

Explore South Gibson, 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 Gibson, Pennsylvania

How to Use This South Gibson, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	41.734247
Longitude	-75.630187
Population	480
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	18842
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Montrose

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About South Gibson, Pennsylvania

South Gibson is a locality in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². South Gibson is located at 41.7342°N, 75.6302°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 18842.

South Gibson reveals its character through the steady, insistent movement of the Tunkhannock Creek as it carves a path through the dense, verdant terrain. It lies 21.7 miles north of Dunmore, PA (from Dunmore, PA: bearing 0°T), and is situated 8.5 miles south-southwest of Jackson Susquehanna County. The land here rises and falls in long, muscular swells of earth, cloaked in thick deciduous woods that hold the morning mist until well past the hour of noon. Only a mile away, the quiet surface of Round Pond reflects the silver light of an overcast sky, its stillness offering a sharp contrast to the persistent, low-frequency rush of the nearby water. The air carries a heavy, damp scent of loam and decaying leaves, a reminder of the thousands of acres of forest that press close to the edges of the road, creating a landscape that feels ancient, deliberate, and entirely indifferent to the frantic pace of modern life.

South Gibson maintains a quiet, industrial inheritance, where the labor of earlier generations has left a legacy of modest structures and clear-cut fields that once sustained a local economy rooted in timber and seasonal harvests. Residents often find themselves within reach of the expansive woods of State Game Land 236, a five-mile buffer of wilderness that preserves the rugged solitude of the region. Life here does not seek the attention of the outside world, preferring the slow, methodical rhythms of maintenance and the seasonal shifts that transform the local flora from vibrant green to a stark, skeletal gray. To the far horizon, the faint, jagged silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains serves as a distant boundary, framing a life defined by the proximity of the earth and the simple, persistent gravity of the rural Pennsylvania landscape.

Nearby Outdoor Places

State Game Land 236 (State Resource Management Area) — 4.6 mi, 061° NE
Harford Baseball Field (Local Recreation) — 5.0 mi, 311° NW
Clifford Township Community Park (Local Park) — 5.2 mi, 163° S
State Game Land 326 (State Resource Management Area) — 6.8 mi, 042° NE
Rail Trail of Northeastern Pa. (Local Recreation) — 7.2 mi, 063° NE
Lackawanna State Park (State Park) — 10.3 mi, 195° S
Merli-Sarnoski County Park (Local Park) — 10.5 mi, 156° SE
H. James Saxton and Donald Sherwood monument (Monument) — 10.9 mi, 225° SW
Viewing Platform (Viewpoint) — 12.3 mi, 028° NE
Woodbourne Forest and Wildlife Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 12.8 mi, 277° W
Birthplace of First Aid (Monument) — 14.8 mi, 164° S
Borough Establishment (Monument) — 14.8 mi, 164° S
Banks Susquehanna River (Attraction) — 15.0 mi, 358° N
Rabbit Hollow Wildlife Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 15.0 mi, 193° S
Priesthood Restoration Site (Attraction) — 15.1 mi, 359° N
Culm Dump (Historic Ruins) — 15.1 mi, 164° S
Maple Tree Grove (Attraction) — 15.2 mi, 359° N
Unknown Structure (Historic Ruins) — 15.4 mi, 145° SE
Prompton State Park (State Park) — 16.0 mi, 116° SE
A Very Old Barn (Attraction) — 17.2 mi, 316° NW
Hawkins Pond State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 19.1 mi, 354° N
Nittany Lion Shrine (Public Artwork) — 20.3 mi, 179° S
Houdini Museum (Museum) — 20.9 mi, 185° S
Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve at Moosic Mountain (Nature Reserve) — 21.0 mi, 167° S
Laura Craig Gallery (Gallery) — 22.4 mi, 185° S
Civil War Museum (Museum) — 22.5 mi, 184° S
Smurfit Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 22.5 mi, 183° S
Iron Horse Movie Bistro (Cinema) — 22.6 mi, 185° S
Sgl 091 (State Recreation Area) — 31.5 mi, 183° S
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 50.3 mi, 133° SE · 58k acres

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