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Tafton Pennsylvania Map

Explore Tafton, 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 Tafton, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Tafton, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	41.404534
Longitude	-75.182954
Population	1,200
Density	22.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	18464
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Milford

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About Tafton, Pennsylvania

Tafton is a locality in Pike County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,200. The population density is 22.0 people per km². Tafton is located at 41.4045°N, 75.1830°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 18464.

Tafton holds the quiet weight of the Allegheny Plateau, where the Fairview Outlet carves a narrow, persistent path through the earth. It lies 23.3 miles east of Dunmore, PA (from Dunmore, PA: bearing 92°T), and is situated 9.3 miles northwest of Hemlock Farms. The air here carries the scent of damp shale and cooling timber, a crisp stillness that settles over the landscape long before the sun dips behind the distant, hazy silhouette of the Pocono Mountains. To the west, the ground rises toward the quiet expanse of Gates Meadow, while the local geography is defined by the steady, unyielding presence of Lake Wallenpaupack. Visitors often drift toward the Palmyra Township Park, where the light at dusk turns the tall grasses into a pale, flickering silver, grounding the senses in a geography that feels both ancient and deeply settled.

Tafton draws its pulse from the rhythm of the seasons and the enduring legacy of the regional timber and water trades that once shaped these woods. While the industry has shifted away from the heavy labor of the past, the local economy remains tethered to the land, supported by those who navigate the White Deer Trail or seek the solitude of the interior. The echoes of an earlier, harder life linger in the architecture of the roads and the way the shadows stretch across the fields, suggesting a history written in the slow growth of the First Forest Tree Planting. Life in Tafton proceeds with a deliberate, measured cadence, defined not by the rush of modern transit, but by the subtle transition of color across the canopy and the persistent, cold clarity of the local streams.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Palmyra Township Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 220° SW
Delaware State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 1.1 mi, 093° E
To Private House (Attraction) — 1.2 mi, 076° E
State Game Land 183 (State Resource Management Area) — 1.4 mi, 025° NE
Swimming Rock (Attraction) — 3.0 mi, 334° NW
Palmyra Township Beach (Local Park) — 3.1 mi, 002° N
Bruce Lake Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 182° S
White Pines and Blueberries (Attraction) — 3.2 mi, 339° N
Costa's Family Fun Park (Attraction) — 3.4 mi, 065° NE
Wallenpaupack Lake Estates 9/11 Memorial (Monument) — 4.8 mi, 265° W
Promised Land State Park (State Park) — 5.3 mi, 194° S
Lacawac Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 5.5 mi, 252° W
Gertrude Walker Gift to the Lacawac Sanctuary (Monument) — 6.2 mi, 249° W
Little Mud Pond Swamp Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.0 mi, 096° E
Dorflinger Glass Museum (Museum) — 8.9 mi, 357° N
Franklin Memorial Wall (Monument) — 11.5 mi, 063° NE
Tobyhanna State Park (State Park) — 14.0 mi, 223° SW
Artists' Market Community Center (Arts Centre) — 14.6 mi, 071° E
Dvaa (Gallery) — 15.4 mi, 024° NE
Tusten Theatre (Theatre) — 15.5 mi, 024° NE
Old stone bridge (Historic Ruins) — 16.2 mi, 323° NW
Dwarfskill Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 16.5 mi, 116° SE
The Stonehenge Gallery (Gallery) — 17.5 mi, 197° S
Unknown Structure (Historic Ruins) — 17.6 mi, 305° NW
Gouldsboro Train Station (Museum) — 17.8 mi, 232° SW
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 17.8 mi, 131° SE · 58k acres
Cresco Station Museum (Museum) — 18.0 mi, 197° S
Stairway Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 18.3 mi, 091° E
Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve at Moosic Mountain (Nature Reserve) — 18.7 mi, 277° W
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 28.2 mi, 169° S · 110k acres

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