Explore Valley View, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Valley View, 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 Valley View.
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 | Valley View |
| State | Pennsylvania (PA) |
| County | Centre County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.64592 |
| Longitude | -76.539128 |
| Population | 1,595 |
| Density | 164.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 19073, 16823, 17983, 17403 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| County Seat | Bellefonte |
| School District | Tri-Valley School District |
Valley View emerges from the landscape as a quiet intersection of limestone earth and the persistent, low-slung geography of the Pennsylvania interior. It lies 7.4 miles north-northeast of State College, PA (from State College, PA: bearing 12°T), and is situated 7.8 miles northeast of Park Forest Village. The Buffalo Run traces a path just past the outskirts, its waters cutting a narrow, rhythmic course through the soil that dictates the orientation of the local streets and the lean of the older fences. To the west, the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains serves as a constant, stoic backdrop against the evening sky, while the immediate terrain is defined by the steep, shadowed descent into Brower Hollow. On days when the humidity lifts, the air carries a crisp, mineral quality, smelling faintly of damp shale and the deep, silent growth of the nearby Howard State Nursery, where the saplings wait in orderly, disciplined rows.
Valley View sustains itself through a steady, pragmatic relationship with the land, echoing the long-standing traditions of agriculture and regional industry that have defined these inland plains for generations. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of those accustomed to the shifting seasons, punctuated by the weekend activity at Benner Township Municipal Park, which serves as the primary gathering point for residents. The economic heartbeat remains tethered to the broader regional networks, though a local affinity for self-reliance persists in the way the storefronts and homes are maintained. Visitors seeking a different pace often head toward the waters of Rockview Reservoir or test their endurance on the Sand Rock Trail, finding in the quietude of these landmarks a reflection of the same endurance that keeps Valley View anchored firmly to its foundation.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Valley View, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.64592, -76.539128. 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 Valley View includes the ZIP code (19073, 16823, 17983), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Centre County (Bellefonte), and school district assignment (Tri-Valley 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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |