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Wallaceton Pennsylvania Map

Explore Wallaceton, 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 Wallaceton, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Wallaceton, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.959779
Longitude	-78.288904
Population	297
Density	150.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	16876
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Clearfield
School District	Philipsburg-Osceola Area School District

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About Wallaceton, Pennsylvania

Wallaceton is a locality in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 297. The population density is 150.1 people per km². Wallaceton is located at 40.9598°N, 78.2889°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Wallaceton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 16876.

Wallaceton occupies a quiet stretch of the Pennsylvania landscape where the earth rises in slow, deliberate folds toward the distant, hazy prominence of the Allegheny Mountains. It lies 25.2 miles west-northwest of State College, PA (from State College, PA: bearing 297°T), and is situated 9.1 miles east-southeast of Clearfield. Light here has a particular weight, casting long, bruised shadows across the fields as the sun dips behind the high ridges to the west. A mile from the center of Wallaceton, the water of Laurel Run moves with a persistent, low-frequency hum through the stones, carving a path that has defined the local drainage for centuries. Four miles away, Emigh Lake holds the sky in a flat, dark mirror, undisturbed by the modern velocity that defines the wider world. To the east, the thick, tangled verdure of Moshannon State Forest anchors the horizon, while the local topography dips into the quiet seclusion of Barlow Hollow, where the air stays cool and damp well into the morning hours.

Wallaceton emerged from the necessity of extraction, shaped by the industries that sought iron and coal beneath the stubborn, rocky soil. The rhythm of daily life still echoes the disciplined, industrious character of those early laborers, though the smoke of the furnaces has long since cleared, leaving behind a persistent, grounded stillness. Residents often gather at Boggs Township Community Park, a patch of managed green that serves as a focal point for the neighborhood, providing a contrast to the wilder reaches of the Black Bear Trail located eight miles out. The economy, once tethered to the raw pulse of the earth, now persists in a modest, quiet fashion, favoring the endurance of private enterprise and the steady maintenance of local life. In Wallaceton, the passage of time is measured not by grand events, but by the way the seasons alter the color of the ridge lines and the slow, inevitable return of the frost.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Boggs Township Community Park (Local Park) — 2.1 mi, 170° S
State Game Land 078 (State Resource Management Area) — 2.2 mi, 029° NE
State Game Land 098 (State Resource Management Area) — 2.9 mi, 242° SW
Morris Township Recreation Park (Local Recreation) — 3.6 mi, 104° E
Allport Recreation Park (Local Recreation) — 4.5 mi, 086° E
John Henry Simler House (Monument) — 5.6 mi, 141° SE
Moshannon Valley Heritage Center (Museum) — 5.6 mi, 142° SE
Philipsburg (Monument) — 5.6 mi, 141° SE
Union Church (Monument) — 5.7 mi, 139° SE
Cold Stream Park (Local Park) — 5.8 mi, 135° SE
Ritz Theater (Cinema) — 8.9 mi, 299° NW
The Liddle Gallery (Gallery) — 8.9 mi, 299° NW
Black Moshannon State Park (State Park) — 11.4 mi, 112° E
Beaver Dam Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 12.1 mi, 108° E
Carnivorous Pitcher Plant (Attraction) — 12.7 mi, 109° E
Karthaus Furnace (Historic Ruins) — 14.4 mi, 039° NE
C.C.C. Camp (Historic Ruins) — 14.5 mi, 349° N
Quehanna Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 14.9 mi, 014° N
Restricted Area (State Wilderness) — 18.2 mi, 007° N
Grace Nature Trail (Nature Reserve) — 18.4 mi, 170° S
Coalport Area Coal Museum (Museum) — 19.3 mi, 221° SW
Tyrone Historical Society (Museum) — 20.3 mi, 173° S
Prince Gallitzin State Park (State Park) — 21.4 mi, 216° SW
Caterpillar (Public Artwork) — 24.3 mi, 116° SE
Matson Museum of Anthropology (Museum) — 24.6 mi, 117° SE
Playhouse Theater (Theatre) — 24.6 mi, 116° SE
Recital Hall (Theatre) — 24.7 mi, 117° SE
Edwin W. Zoller Gallery (Gallery) — 24.7 mi, 116° SE
Allegheny National Forest (National Forest) — 38.6 mi, 321° NW · 514k acres

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