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Throop Pennsylvania Map

Explore Throop, 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 Throop, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Throop, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	41.438227
Longitude	-75.592655
Population	4,065
Density	315.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	18447
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Scranton
School District	Mid Valley School District

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About Throop, Pennsylvania

Throop is a locality in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,065. The population density is 315.9 people per km². Throop is located at 41.4382°N, 75.5927°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Throop is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 18447.

Throop occupies a rugged expanse of the Lackawanna Valley, where the dark, insistent pulse of the Eddy Creek carves a path through the earth. It lies 2.4 miles north-northeast of Dunmore, PA (from Dunmore, PA: bearing 26°T), and is situated 3.9 miles northeast of Scranton. The air here holds the cooling weight of a landlocked interior, far from the reach of any salt breeze, feeling instead like the exhaled breath of deep, hidden coal seams. Sunlight catches the jagged edges of the landscape in the late afternoon, casting long, bruised shadows that stretch toward the distant silhouette of the Pocono Mountains. Within the town limits, the quiet greenery of Washington Street Park provides a pause in the topography, a small island of calm where the ground feels steady and rooted. A few miles away, the churn of Nay Aug Falls and the depths of the Nay Aug Park Gorge offer a reminder of the water’s persistent, patient labor against the stone, a force that shaped the valleys long before the first foundations were laid.

Anthracite memory defines the marrow of Throop, a legacy that lingers in the way the architecture clings to the steepening slopes and the specific, industrious tilt of the streets. The local economy, once fueled by the deep-earth extraction that blackened the hands of generations, has recalibrated into a quieter, modern cadence, though the remnants of that intense, subterranean labor remain etched into the town’s character. Residents often look toward the horizon where the land lifts toward the Pocono Mountains, or find a brief reprieve two miles away at Dunmore Reservoir Number One, where the water lies still and reflective. Life here moves with a deliberate, earned gravity, tempered by the long winters and the knowledge that the ground beneath is hollowed by time. Whether following the distant Pinnacle Trail or walking the neighborhood sidewalks, one senses that Throop persists through a quiet resilience, a place that keeps its own history as closely as it keeps the secrets of the valley floor.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Washington Street Park (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 307° NW
Veterans' Memorial (Monument) — 1.4 mi, 277° W
Worthington Scranton Statue (Public Artwork) — 1.5 mi, 274° W
Sherwood Park (Local Park) — 1.5 mi, 225° SW
Pinchot State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 1.6 mi, 201° S
Jim Crowley Recreation Site (Local Recreation) — 2.1 mi, 272° W
Moosic Mtn Barrens - Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve (Conservation Area) — 2.2 mi, 072° E
Pat Montana Memorial Plaque (Monument) — 2.2 mi, 240° SW
Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 2.4 mi, 305° NW
Top of the World (Viewpoint) — 2.5 mi, 159° S
Lackawanna County Trail (Local Recreation) — 2.5 mi, 182° S
Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve at Moosic Mountain (Nature Reserve) — 2.7 mi, 090° E
Galderi Memorial Fountain (Monument) — 3.4 mi, 224° SW
State Game Land 300 (State Resource Management Area) — 3.6 mi, 060° NE
Houdini Museum (Museum) — 3.7 mi, 264° W
Everhart Museum (Museum) — 3.7 mi, 226° SW
Smurfit Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 3.9 mi, 239° SW
Civil War Museum (Museum) — 4.0 mi, 241° SW
Laura Craig Gallery (Gallery) — 4.2 mi, 243° SW
Iron Horse Movie Bistro (Cinema) — 4.4 mi, 242° SW
Inspection Pit (Historic Ruins) — 4.6 mi, 242° SW
Archbald Pothole State Park (State Park) — 5.0 mi, 010° N
AT&T Long Lines RANSOM Facility Historical Site (Historic Ruins) — 5.7 mi, 283° W
The Pavilion at Montage Mountain (Theatre) — 7.2 mi, 210° SW
Rabbit Hollow Wildlife Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 7.8 mi, 318° NW
Lackawanna State Park (State Park) — 9.7 mi, 325° NW
Sgl 091 (State Recreation Area) — 11.6 mi, 199° S
Gouldsboro Train Station (Museum) — 15.1 mi, 151° SE
Weather Station (Attraction) — 15.7 mi, 106° E

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