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Stormstown Pennsylvania Map

Explore Stormstown, 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 Stormstown, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Stormstown, Pennsylvania Map

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

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.

CityStormstown
StatePennsylvania (PA)
CountyCentre County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude40.793393
Longitude-78.016672
Population2,468
Density119.9 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code16870
Area Code215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County SeatBellefonte
School DistrictState College Area School District

About Stormstown, Pennsylvania

Stormstown is a locality in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,468. The population density is 119.9 people per km². Stormstown is located at 40.7934°N, 78.0167°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 16870.

Stormstown unfolds across a landscape of quiet, agrarian patience, where the rhythmic pulse of Halfmoon Creek defines the low-lying terrain. It lies 8.2 miles west of State College, PA (from State College, PA: bearing 270°T), and is situated 5.3 miles west of Park Forest Village. The land here possesses a steady, limestone-based gravity, rising toward the distant, hazy blue outlines of the Allegheny Mountains that guard the horizon like silent sentinels. To the north, the verdant expanse of Moshannon State Forest exerts a cooling influence on the evening air, while the nearby Sunnyside Hollow creates a natural catchment for the soft, golden light that settles over the fields at dusk. Life in Stormstown moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, characterized by the simple geometry of plowed earth and the persistent, clear flow of water through the valley floor.

History remains a quiet presence in Stormstown, felt in the enduring stone foundations and the legacy of early agricultural settlement that shaped its identity. The local economy maintains a modest, steady equilibrium, rooted in the legacy of the surrounding land and the industrious spirit of those who manage the valley’s resources. Residents often gather at the Halfmoon Township Community Park, a space that serves as the social anchor for a population living in close proximity to the natural world. Further afield, the recreational appeal of Black Moshannon Lake and the winding path of Turkey Trail offer a reprieve into deeper wilderness, yet the core of the experience remains here, where the land and the day-to-day labor of its people form a seamless, unpretentious whole.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Halfmoon Township Community Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 306° NW
  • State Game Land 176 (State Resource Management Area) — 0.6 mi, 107° E
  • Barrens to Bald Eagle Wildlife Corridor (Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 059° NE
  • Autumn Meadow Park (Local Park) — 1.5 mi, 194° S
  • Port Matilda Open Space (Local Recreation) — 1.7 mi, 272° W
  • Port Matilda Community Playground (Local Recreation) — 2.0 mi, 277° W
  • Halfmoon Furnace (Historic Ruins) — 2.2 mi, 048° NE
  • Gray's Woods Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 2.6 mi, 085° E
  • Rothrock State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 4.6 mi, 214° SW
  • Michael E. Weston Memorial (Monument) — 5.5 mi, 098° E
  • Black Moshannon State Park (State Park) — 6.5 mi, 348° N
  • Ralph's Majestic Vista (Viewpoint) — 6.7 mi, 010° N
  • Matson Museum of Anthropology (Museum) — 7.7 mi, 087° E
  • Nittany Lion Shrine (Public Artwork) — 7.7 mi, 088° E
  • Carnivorous Pitcher Plant (Attraction) — 7.7 mi, 343° N
  • Pine Grove Mills Rail Station (Historic Ruins) — 7.8 mi, 122° SE
  • Playhouse Theater (Theatre) — 7.8 mi, 087° E
  • Recital Hall (Theatre) — 7.9 mi, 087° E
  • EMS Museum and Art Gallery (Museum) — 7.9 mi, 090° E
  • Edwin W. Zoller Gallery (Gallery) — 7.9 mi, 086° E
  • Patterson Gallery (Gallery) — 8.0 mi, 086° E
  • Armsby Respiration Calorimeter Museum (Museum) — 8.0 mi, 086° E
  • Old Botany (Monument) — 8.0 mi, 088° E
  • Science Technology and Society (Monument) — 8.0 mi, 088° E
  • Pennsylvania Agricultural College (PAC) Herbarium (Museum) — 8.0 mi, 087° E
  • The Land-Grant Frescoes (Gallery) — 8.1 mi, 088° E
  • The Frost Entomological Museum (Museum) — 8.1 mi, 085° E
  • Whipple Dam State Park (State Park) — 10.7 mi, 134° SE
  • Thickhead Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 12.7 mi, 111° E
  • Quehanna Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 27.4 mi, 344° N

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About This Stormstown Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Stormstown, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.793393, -78.016672. 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 Stormstown includes the ZIP code (16870), 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 (State College 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.