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South Temple Pennsylvania Map

Explore South Temple, 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 Temple, Pennsylvania

How to Use This South Temple, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.398813
Longitude	-75.922542
Population	1,560
Density	1803.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	19560
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Reading
School District	Muhlenberg School District

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About South Temple, Pennsylvania

South Temple is a locality in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,560. The population density is 1803.4 people per km². South Temple is located at 40.3988°N, 75.9225°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 19560.

South Temple emerges from the landscape as a quiet assembly of rooftops and pavement, defined by the persistent, unyielding presence of the Pennsylvania interior. It lies 4.7 miles north-northeast of Reading, PA (from Reading, PA: bearing 18°T), and is situated 6.0 miles northeast of Wyomissing.

The earth here holds the weight of a long-settled history, where the land slopes toward the path of Laurel Run, a waterway that marks the quiet drainage of the local basin. Residents find a familiar rhythm in the proximity of Laureldale Municipal Park, a green expanse that serves as a common anchor for the neighborhood. On afternoons when the sky turns a bruised, heavy gray, the air takes on a metallic clarity, grounding the architecture of the streets against the distant, hazy suggestion of the Appalachian Mountains on the horizon. Beyond the immediate geometry of the houses, the Muhlenberg Rail Trail offers a corridor for movement, cutting through the terrain like a thread pulled through heavy fabric, while the Muhlenberg Swimming Association Pool provides a singular, artificial stillness in the summer heat.

South Temple functions with the steady, unassuming persistence of a place built on the foundations of mid-century industry and the steady movement of goods. The legacy of the region’s past lingers in the red brick and the utilitarian layout of the commercial corridors, where the local economy has transitioned from the heavy output of earlier eras into a mosaic of modern services and small-scale trade. Life in South Temple moves at the pace of a slow-turning gear, punctuated by the seasonal shift toward Shalters Grove, where the low-lying basin traps the morning mist and keeps the soil cool. There is a distinct, quiet beauty in the way the dusk light catches the siding of a modest home or the way the evening commute filters through the intersection, revealing a locality that remains deeply tethered to its own geography, indifferent to the rush of the wider world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Berks County Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 219° SW
Muhlenburg Twp. Athletic Assn. (Local Recreation) — 0.3 mi, 132° SE
Laureldale Playground (Local Recreation) — 0.5 mi, 144° SE
Laureldale Municipal Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 104° E
Mount Penn Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 2.4 mi, 131° SE
Freedman Gallery (Gallery) — 2.6 mi, 166° S
Wachovia Theatre (Theatre) — 2.7 mi, 166° S
Rachel Trois Memorial (Monument) — 3.6 mi, 319° NW
Fraternal Order of Police Memorial (Monument) — 3.6 mi, 237° SW
Der Distelfink Statue (Public Artwork) — 3.7 mi, 237° SW
Peace Rock (Attraction) — 4.0 mi, 167° S
Reading Police Memorial (Monument) — 4.3 mi, 174° S
Reading Science Center (Museum) — 4.4 mi, 181° S
Blue Marsh Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 4.8 mi, 249° W
Blue Marsh Lake (Recreation Area) — 4.8 mi, 249° W
Stone Crusher (Historic Ruins) — 5.2 mi, 172° S
Sgl 280 (State Recreation Area) — 5.4 mi, 264° W
Concrete Stanchions (Historic Ruins) — 5.6 mi, 170° S
Ray Buss Stadium (Stadium) — 6.7 mi, 050° NE
American Museum of Veterinary Medicine (Museum) — 7.3 mi, 168° S
Rock Outcrop (Viewpoint) — 8.4 mi, 191° S
Crystal Cave (Attraction) — 9.8 mi, 026° NE
Strand Theatre (Cinema) — 11.1 mi, 043° NE
The Art & Craft Gallery of Hamburg (Gallery) — 11.3 mi, 344° N
Berks Nature - Ephraim Malickson Wildlife Sanctuary (Tekene 2) (Nature Reserve) — 11.5 mi, 164° S
Wishing Well (Attraction) — 11.7 mi, 277° W
French Creek State Park (State Park) — 12.4 mi, 146° SE
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 12.9 mi, 353° N · 110k acres
Marsh Creek State Park (State Park) — 23.4 mi, 155° SE

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