Explore St. Clair, 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 St. Clair, 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 St. Clair.
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 | St. Clair |
| State | Pennsylvania (PA) |
| County | Schuylkill County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.720645 |
| Longitude | -76.191054 |
| Population | 2,745 |
| Density | 859.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 17970 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| County Seat | Pottsville |
| School District | St. Clair Area School District |
St. Clair occupies a narrow, rugged crease in the landscape where the earth rises in sharp, tiered inclines toward the horizon. It lies 2.4 miles north of Pottsville, PA (from Pottsville, PA: bearing 5°T), and is situated 6.3 miles north of Schuylkill Haven. Mill Creek carves a path through the terrain, its water reflecting the slate-gray sky as it moves past the foundations of homes built into the steep slopes. The atmosphere here carries the weight of the inland air, cool and still, circulating through the shadows cast by the high ground. Residents gather at the Middleward Playground, a small patch of level earth that serves as a quiet center for activity against the backdrop of the rugged, unyielding hills. At dusk, the light catches the angles of the rooftops, turning the brick and shingle facades into sharp silhouettes against the darkening ridges that stretch toward the distant Appalachian Mountains.
St. Clair bears the unmistakable imprint of an anthracite legacy, having emerged from the grit and labor of a coal-centered economy that once dictated the pulse of every street. The deep, subterranean history of the region informs the current pace of life, where the remnants of mining infrastructure have long since softened into the landscape, replaced by the modest commerce of a working locality. While the extraction of wealth from the earth has largely receded, the town maintains a steady, deliberate rhythm, far removed from the pressures of larger metropolitan centers. Only a few miles away, the quiet surface of Wolf Creek Reservoir offers a contrast to the industrial character of the past, serving as a reminder of the quiet, natural persistence that defines the area. Life in St. Clair remains tethered to these roots, a place where the memory of heavy industry informs the resilience of those who reside in the shadow of the slopes.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of St. Clair, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.720645, -76.191054. 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 St. Clair includes the ZIP code (17970), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Schuylkill County (Pottsville), and school district assignment (St. Clair 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. |