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Trappe Pennsylvania Map

Explore Trappe, 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 Trappe, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Trappe, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.198992
Longitude	-75.476293
Population	4,002
Density	749.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	19426
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Norristown
School District	Perkiomen Valley School District

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About Trappe, Pennsylvania

Trappe is a locality in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,002. The population density is 749.7 people per km². Trappe is located at 40.1990°N, 75.4763°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Trappe is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 19426.

Trappe maintains a quiet composure across a landscape of gentle, firm earth that rises and falls in long, rhythmic swells toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains. It lies 3.3 miles southeast of Limerick, PA (from Limerick, PA: bearing 132°T), and is situated 9.0 miles northwest of Norristown. The atmosphere holds a stillness peculiar to these inland latitudes, where the light at dusk settles in thin, amber layers over the Borough Hall Tot-Lot, casting elongated shadows across the grass. Nearby, the modest waters of Donny Brook carve a narrow path through the soil, providing a constant, low-frequency hum to the environment that persists regardless of the season. The horizon remains wide and open, defined by the steady transition from cultivated fields to patches of dense, dark woodland that seem to breathe in the cool air moving down from the north.

Trappe carries a weight of colonial memory in its architecture, where the stoic stone facades and clean lines of older buildings reflect a legacy of early settlement and steady, deliberate industry. While the local economy has shifted away from its agrarian roots, the character of Trappe remains tethered to a sense of regional permanence, far removed from the frantic pace of larger hubs. Life here moves with a measured cadence, punctuated by the occasional passage of a traveler moving toward the Impounding Basin Number Twenty-One or the waters of Pickering Creek Reservoir. There is a distinct, unadorned beauty in the way the morning mist clings to the low-lying hollows, a reminder that the land dictates the rhythm of the day as much as the people who dwell upon it.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Trappe Schoolhouse Monument (Monument) — 0.3 mi, 304° NW
Center for Pennsylvania German Studies (Gallery) — 0.3 mi, 119° SE
Hunsberger Woods (Local Recreation) — 0.9 mi, 079° E
Schoolhouse Run Greenway (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 003° N
Clayhor Avenue Open Space (Local Recreation) — 0.9 mi, 158° S
Central Perkiomen Valley Park (Local Park) — 1.3 mi, 078° E
Anderson Park Amphiteatre (Theatre) — 1.3 mi, 192° S
Perkiomen Valley Middel School (Recreation Easement) — 1.5 mi, 027° NE
Swamp White Oak (Attraction) — 1.6 mi, 055° NE
Spring-Ford Senior High School (Recreation Easement) — 2.4 mi, 253° W
Evansburg State Park (State Park) — 2.7 mi, 143° SE
Black Rock Sanctuary (Local Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 207° SW
State Game Land 234 (State Resource Management Area) — 3.6 mi, 331° NW
Washington Revolutionary War Encampment Monument (Monument) — 3.8 mi, 013° N
Revolutionary War Soldier's Grave Marker (Monument) — 3.8 mi, 014° N
Jaycee Operation Bandshell (Theatre) — 5.2 mi, 202° S
Spring Mounatin Ski Area (Viewpoint) — 5.3 mi, 015° N
The Training Center - WC Eagles (Attraction) — 5.8 mi, 274° W
Pawling Sycamore (Attraction) — 6.2 mi, 171° S
Rock Snake (Public Artwork) — 6.3 mi, 225° SW
Valley Forge National Historical Park Visitor Center (Museum) — 7.3 mi, 157° SE
SoulJoel's at Sunnybrook (Arts Centre) — 7.8 mi, 295° NW
Wharton Esherick Museum (Museum) — 8.0 mi, 186° S
John Brown Lime Kiln (Historic Ruins) — 8.2 mi, 172° S
Ifly Indoor Skydiving (Attraction) — 8.3 mi, 151° SE
Salford Township Open Space (Nature Reserve) — 9.0 mi, 023° NE
McKaig Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 9.8 mi, 151° SE
French Creek State Park (State Park) — 13.0 mi, 277° W

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