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Upper Black Eddy Pennsylvania Map

Explore Upper Black Eddy, 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 Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Upper Black Eddy, 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 Upper Black Eddy.

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	Upper Black Eddy
State	Pennsylvania (PA)
County	Bucks County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	40.56538
Longitude	-75.099617
Population	480
Density	18.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	18972
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Doylestown

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About Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania

Upper Black Eddy is a locality in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Upper Black Eddy is located at 40.5654°N, 75.0996°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 18972.

Upper Black Eddy emerges from the dense, hardwood-laden terrain as a quiet sentinel overlooking the Delaware River. It lies 10.6 miles southeast of Easton, PA (from Easton, PA: bearing 143°T), and is situated 9.7 miles west of Hunterdon. The river’s steady, dark current defines the eastern edge of the landscape, carving a path through the valley floor where the air remains heavy with the scent of damp earth and river moss. Beyond the immediate banks, the terrain rises into an intricate series of ridges and wooded slopes that stretch toward the distant, hazy blue silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains. Light at dusk here possesses a peculiar, amber quality, catching the suspended dust of the afternoon and casting long, skeletal shadows across the rocky soil. Residents often traverse the Upper Black Eddy Access-Delaware River, a space that offers a direct connection to the water’s edge, where the silence is broken only by the rhythmic lapping of the current against the shale.

History in Upper Black Eddy feels less like a recorded ledger and more like a layer of silt deposited by the cycles of the river. The local economy, once tethered to the movement of goods and the labor of the nearby mills, has evolved into a quiet patchwork of small-scale artisan shops and rural residential life. To the west, the topography dips into the gentle depression of Sweet Hollow, a landform that has long sheltered those seeking a reprieve from the faster pace of the larger regional centers. While the proximity to Lake Warren provides a secondary, stiller focus for the local landscape, the fundamental character of the place remains fixed to the movement of the Delaware River. Life in Upper Black Eddy proceeds with a deliberate, unassuming cadence, shaped by the seasonal shifts in the canopy and the persistent, unhurried flow of the water that serves as the region’s primary artery.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Delaware Canal State Park (State Park) — 0.1 mi, 210° SW
Milford Borough Athletic Facility (Local Recreation) — 0.3 mi, 061° NE
Milford Borough Trail (Local Recreation) — 0.3 mi, 047° NE
Milford Bluffs (State Conservation Area) — 0.4 mi, 343° N
Milford Bluffs Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 0.4 mi, 327° NW
Milford Borough Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 0.6 mi, 100° E
Bridgeton Township Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 264° W
Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park (State Park) — 0.9 mi, 125° SE
Holland Township (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 348° N
State Game Land 056 (State Resource Management Area) — 1.8 mi, 203° SW
Schick Reserve (Local Conservation Area) — 2.7 mi, 034° NE
Hunterdon County Forest (Local Resource Management Area) — 2.9 mi, 358° N
Alpha Grasslands Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 7.6 mi, 326° NW
Gnome Home (Monument) — 7.7 mi, 212° SW
Bump Track (Monument) — 7.8 mi, 214° SW
Swayze Mine Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 8.0 mi, 032° NE
Watt's Cabin (Historic Ruins) — 8.7 mi, 180° S
Totem Pole (Public Artwork) — 8.9 mi, 175° S
Great Buck Lake (Monument) — 9.2 mi, 176° S
Cabin Run covered bridge (Attraction) — 9.2 mi, 184° S
The Artsy Palette (Arts Centre) — 9.7 mi, 345° N
Delaware River Railroad Excursions (Attraction) — 10.0 mi, 328° NW
Dam Vista (Viewpoint) — 10.1 mi, 310° NW
The Journey Home (Arts Centre) — 10.3 mi, 327° NW
Crayola Experience (Attraction) — 10.4 mi, 326° NW
Stokes House (Museum) — 10.4 mi, 238° SW
Gallery on Fourth (Gallery) — 10.5 mi, 326° NW
Springfield Township Historical Society (Museum) — 10.6 mi, 256° W
Weiss Theater (Theatre) — 10.6 mi, 327° NW
Brick + Mortar Design Studio (Gallery) — 11.3 mi, 324° NW

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