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Tharptown Pennsylvania Map

Explore Tharptown, 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 Tharptown, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Tharptown, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.8028
Longitude	-76.572
Population	358
Density	575.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	17866
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Sunbury

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About Tharptown, Pennsylvania

Tharptown is a locality in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 358. The population density is 575.0 people per km². Tharptown is located at 40.8028°N, 76.5720°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 17866.

Tharptown occupies a quiet stretch of Brush Valley, where the land settles into a series of long, rhythmic swells that define the local horizon. It lies 15.2 miles south-southwest of Bloomsburg, PA (from Bloomsburg, PA: bearing 204°T), and is situated 1.2 miles northwest of Shamokin. The Shamokin Creek carves a persistent, dark ribbon through the valley floor, its waters reflecting the heavy, slate-colored clouds that often congregate over the region. Beyond the immediate fields, the distant, hazy blue outlines of the Appalachian Mountains anchor the view, providing a permanent backdrop to the modest architecture of the local dwellings. At dusk, the light here turns a thin, metallic gold, catching the damp earth of the surrounding fields and illuminating the quiet proximity of Number Four Reservoir. Residents often walk the perimeter of Unknown Park, where the stillness of the landscape feels less like an absence of activity and more like a deliberate, heavy patience held by the soil itself.

Tharptown carries the quiet weight of an industrial legacy, echoing the anthracite history that once dictated the pace of life for generations of laborers. While the economy has shifted away from the intensive extraction that defined the early regional identity, the physical character of the place remains marked by the sturdy, unadorned masonry of its older buildings and the disciplined layout of its streets. There is a distinct, frugal beauty in the way the local infrastructure accommodates the natural drainage of the valley, a practical inheritance from those who first organized the settlement around the flow of the creek. On weekends, those seeking a longer route might venture toward the James Path to traverse the wooded ridges that buffer the town from the wider world. Life in Tharptown moves with a predictable, grounded cadence, favoring the slow accumulation of seasonal change over the frantic speed of the modern era.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Unknown Park (Local Park) — 0.0 mi, 009° N
Claude Kehler Community Park (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 153° SE
10th Ward Honor Roll (Monument) — 1.1 mi, 155° SE
Big Cannon (Monument) — 1.2 mi, 143° SE
Stanley Coveleski Monument (Monument) — 1.2 mi, 144° SE
Artisan Alley Fine Arts Gallery (Gallery) — 1.3 mi, 123° SE
Sunbury Street Playground (Local Recreation) — 1.3 mi, 119° SE
State Game Land 165 (State Resource Management Area) — 1.7 mi, 263° W
Weiser State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 1.7 mi, 145° SE
Northumberland County Anthracite Outdoor Adventure Area (Local Recreation) — 2.0 mi, 181° S
Anthracite Outdoor Adventure Area (Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 178° S
Downdraft (Attraction) — 6.2 mi, 034° NE
Fandango (Attraction) — 6.2 mi, 034° NE
Tumbling Timbers (Attraction) — 6.2 mi, 034° NE
Gasoline Alley Antique Cars (Attraction) — 6.2 mi, 033° NE
Pennsylvania Mining Museum (Museum) — 6.3 mi, 033° NE
Knoebels History Museum (Museum) — 6.3 mi, 033° NE
Knoebels Carousel Museum (Museum) — 6.3 mi, 033° NE
Time Machine Theatre (Theatre) — 6.3 mi, 033° NE
XD Theater (Cinema) — 6.4 mi, 034° NE
St. Joseph's Fine Art Studio (Gallery) — 8.6 mi, 093° E
Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine & Steam Train (Museum) — 11.6 mi, 098° E
Ashland Historical Society (Museum) — 12.3 mi, 096° E
Shikellamy State Park (State Park) — 12.5 mi, 296° NW
Sgl 326 (State Recreation Area) — 14.3 mi, 105° E
AMC CLASSIC Selinsgrove 12 (Cinema) — 14.6 mi, 276° W
Civil War Memorial (Public Artwork) — 15.0 mi, 023° NE
Swatara State Park (State Park) — 19.5 mi, 167° S
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 21.2 mi, 177° S · 110k acres
Penns Creek Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 37.9 mi, 274° W

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