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Towanda Pennsylvania Map

Explore Towanda, 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 Towanda, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Towanda, Pennsylvania Map

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

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.

CityTowanda
StatePennsylvania (PA)
CountyBradford County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude41.767575
Longitude-76.442719
Population2,798
Density949.3 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code18848
Area Code215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County SeatTowanda
School DistrictTowanda Area School District

About Towanda, Pennsylvania

Towanda is a locality in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,798. The population density is 949.3 people per km². Towanda is located at 41.7676°N, 76.4427°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Towanda is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 18848.

Towanda occupies a quiet bend where the Susquehanna River carves a deliberate path through the earth, marking the landscape with a wide, reflective ribbon of water. It lies 44.9 miles northwest of Kingston, PA (from Kingston, PA: bearing 321°T), and is situated 2.3 miles west-southwest of Wysox. The air here holds a distinct coolness that lingers long after the sun dips behind the western ridges, casting deep shadows across the fields. Two miles to the east, the low-lying expanse of the Towanda Flats provides a flat, fertile contrast to the rising ground, while the quiet waters of Shores Pond remain tucked away in the nearby woods. At River Park, the ground meets the water’s edge with a simple, unadorned grace, offering a place to watch the current move steadily toward the south.

Towanda carries the weight of a long tenure in this corner of the state, its architecture reflecting a history built on the industry of the land and the transit of goods. The courthouse square serves as the functional center of public life, where the rhythm of the day is dictated by the steady pulse of local commerce and the changing seasons. While the distant Appalachian Mountains provide a faint, jagged silhouette on the far horizon, the immediate economy remains tied to the soil and the resources extracted from the deep bedrock beneath the surface. Life in Towanda moves with a measured, deliberate pace, defined by the enduring presence of the river and the quiet persistence of those who call these wooded slopes home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Civil War Memorial (Monument) — 0.0 mi, 200° S
  • Black Box Theatre (Theatre) — 0.1 mi, 184° S
  • Veterans Memorial Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 179° S
  • Towanda Memorial Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 218° SW
  • SCI/YMCA Recreation Center (Local Recreation) — 0.4 mi, 191° S
  • Third Ward Playground (Local Recreation) — 0.7 mi, 350° N
  • North Branch Canal Lock Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 1.9 mi, 350° N
  • Sullivan's Troops Destruction of Oscalui Village (Monument) — 2.2 mi, 327° NW
  • Pond Hill Run (Viewpoint) — 3.7 mi, 048° NE
  • State Game Land 036 (State Resource Management Area) — 5.5 mi, 191° S
  • Loyalsock State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 5.6 mi, 173° S
  • Luther's Mills Covered Bridge (Attraction) — 5.8 mi, 283° W
  • Sheshequin Ulster Armed Forces Memorial (Monument) — 6.1 mi, 329° NW
  • Mount Pisgah State Park (State Park) — 11.0 mi, 280° W
  • Laquin Lumber Co. mill (Historic Ruins) — 14.2 mi, 228° SW
  • Sayre Historical Society (Museum) — 15.2 mi, 346° N
  • Wildwood Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 16.4 mi, 352° N
  • Two Rivers State Park (State Park) — 17.8 mi, 343° N
  • Manley-Bohlayer House (Museum) — 19.7 mi, 246° SW
  • Amphitheater (Theatre) — 21.7 mi, 198° S
  • Rialto (Cinema) — 22.5 mi, 250° W
  • Newtown Battlefield (Registered Battlefield) — 24.5 mi, 322° NW
  • Eagles Mere Air Museum and Eagles Mere Auto Museum (Museum) — 24.7 mi, 191° S
  • Signal Culture (Arts Centre) — 25.0 mi, 022° N
  • Kettle Creek Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 25.9 mi, 205° SW
  • McIntyre Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 26.4 mi, 238° SW
  • Labrador Duck (Public Artwork) — 28.6 mi, 321° NW
  • Chemung Valley History Museum (Museum) — 28.8 mi, 320° NW
  • Finger Lakes National Forest (National Forest) — 49.5 mi, 338° N · 16k acres

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About This Towanda Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Towanda, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 41.767575, -76.442719. 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 Towanda includes the ZIP code (18848), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Bradford County (Towanda), and school district assignment (Towanda 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.