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Walnut Bottom Pennsylvania Map

Explore Walnut Bottom, 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 Walnut Bottom, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Walnut Bottom, Pennsylvania Map

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

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	Walnut Bottom
State	Pennsylvania (PA)
County	Cumberland County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	40.089534
Longitude	-77.403874
Population	480
Density	18.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	17266
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Carlisle

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About Walnut Bottom, Pennsylvania

Walnut Bottom is a locality in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Walnut Bottom is located at 40.0895°N, 77.4039°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 17266.

Walnut Bottom occupies a quiet expanse of fertile soil where the earth holds the morning moisture in a silver, clinging haze. It lies 13.7 miles southwest of Carlisle, PA (from Carlisle, PA: bearing 236°T), and is situated 6.7 miles east-northeast of Shippensburg. The Yellow Breeches Creek carves a deliberate, winding path through the landscape, its limestone-filtered waters moving with a steady, liquid clarity that reflects the changing seasons of the sky. To the west, the distant silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains frame the horizon, while the terrain itself dips toward the nearby depths of Watery Hollow. The proximity of Michaux State Forest, just a short distance away, colors the local air with the scent of pine and damp earth, grounding the environment in a profound, woodland stillness that persists even as the sun tracks across the fields.

Agriculture remains the silent pulse of Walnut Bottom, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the labor of the day and the character of the soil. History here is written in the stone foundations of old barns and the long, straight lines of split-rail fences that demarcate pastures once cleared by early settlers. Nearby, the presence of Big Pond offers a reflective stillness to the landscape, serving as a reminder of the quiet gravity that defines this corner of the Commonwealth. Residents often traverse the Pole Bridge Trail to reach the fringes of the Michaux State Forest, finding in those wooded paths a continuation of the same endurance that has kept this locality anchored to its agrarian roots for generations.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Michaux State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 1.8 mi, 164° S
Buzzard's Rocks (Viewpoint) — 3.7 mi, 163° S
Cumberland Valley Rail-Trail (Local Recreation) — 3.8 mi, 318° NW
Jackattack Monument (Monument) — 4.6 mi, 096° E
Southampton Park (Local Park) — 4.7 mi, 237° SW
Goshorn Property (Local Recreation) — 4.7 mi, 237° SW
Penn Township Volunteer Fire Company Park (Local Park) — 4.7 mi, 080° E
Tumpling Run Game Preserve (Conservation Area) — 4.8 mi, 158° S
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 4.9 mi, 166° S · 110k acres
Camp Michaux (Historic Castle / Fort) — 5.0 mi, 137° SE
Kings Gap State Park (State Park) — 5.1 mi, 095° E
Kings Gap Environmental Education Center (Recreation Easement) — 5.1 mi, 096° E
State Game Land 169 (State Resource Management Area) — 5.3 mi, 324° NW
Big Spring Bulldog 2 (Monument) — 5.7 mi, 013° N
Bigspring Bulldog 3 (Monument) — 5.8 mi, 013° N
Pine Grove Furnace State Park (State Park) — 6.2 mi, 135° SE
Votive 8 (Public Artwork) — 6.6 mi, 251° W
Huber Art Center (Arts Centre) — 6.6 mi, 252° W
Brickyard (Historic Ruins) — 6.8 mi, 127° SE
Frank E. Masland Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.2 mi, 335° NW
Henrys Tannery (Historic Ruins) — 13.3 mi, 346° N
The Trout Gallery (Gallery) — 13.5 mi, 055° NE
The Garden Gallery (Gallery) — 13.8 mi, 055° NE
Cave Hill Nature Center (Nature Reserve) — 14.6 mi, 051° NE
Allenberry Playhouse (Theatre) — 15.8 mi, 074° E
Voila! Children's Art & Creativity Center (Arts Centre) — 17.2 mi, 232° SW
Capitol Theatre (Theatre) — 17.3 mi, 232° SW
Eastern Museum of MotorSports Racing (Museum) — 17.6 mi, 105° E
Ticket to the Past - Unforgettable Journeys (Museum) — 20.0 mi, 153° SE
Gettysburg Museum of History (Museum) — 20.3 mi, 153° SE

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