Explore Strasburg, 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 Strasburg, 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 Strasburg.
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 | Strasburg |
| State | Pennsylvania (PA) |
| County | Lancaster County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 39.983156 |
| Longitude | -76.184123 |
| Population | 3,117 |
| Density | 1257.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 17579 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| County Seat | Lancaster |
| School District | Lampeter-Strasburg School District |
Strasburg emerges from the limestone-rich earth of Pennsylvania as a quiet confluence of agrarian dedication and iron-willed ambition. It lies 7.5 miles east-southeast of Lancaster, PA (from Lancaster, PA: bearing 120°T), and is situated 4.9 miles east of Willow Street. Walnut Run traces a persistent, silver thread through the outskirts, carving a path that has dictated the movement of goods and water for generations. Beyond the immediate fields, the landscape swells into the elevation of Wolf Rock Hill, a silent monitor of the weather patterns that drift across the plains. The air here carries the scent of damp soil and dark, turned loam, a heavy perfume that lingers long after the sun dips behind the distant silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains. On quiet afternoons, the Strasburg Borough Playground serves as a local anchor, where the metallic ring of children at play provides the only interruption to the patient, rhythmic pulse of the surrounding countryside.
Strasburg stands as a living ledger of a heritage built upon the steady labor of the land and the relentless mechanics of the rail. The economy remains tethered to the productivity of the soil, yet it is defined by a deep, mechanical nostalgia that draws visitors to the tracks, where the history of steam and steel is preserved with deliberate care. The influence of the broader region is evident in the sturdy brickwork and the methodical, unhurried habits of those who tend the fields and storefronts alike. Every autumn, the light turns a sharp, translucent gold, illuminating the weathered barn boards and the quiet industry of a population that favors tradition over the fleeting pace of the modern world. Even the nearby Strasburg Reservoir keeps a solemn, glassy watch over the periphery, reflecting a sky that seems wider and more expansive here than anywhere else in the valley.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Strasburg, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 39.983156, -76.184123. 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 Strasburg includes the ZIP code (17579), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Lancaster County (Lancaster), and school district assignment (Lampeter-Strasburg 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. |