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Walnutport Pennsylvania Map

Explore Walnutport, 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 Walnutport, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Walnutport, Pennsylvania Map

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

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.

CityWalnutport
StatePennsylvania (PA)
CountyNorthampton County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude40.754262
Longitude-75.598797
Population2,067
Density1061.3 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code18088
Area Code215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County SeatEaston
School DistrictNorthern Lehigh School District

About Walnutport, Pennsylvania

Walnutport is a locality in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,067. The population density is 1061.3 people per km². Walnutport is located at 40.7543°N, 75.5988°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Walnutport is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 18088.

Walnutport maintains a steady, deliberate posture where the Lehigh River carves a deep, purposeful path through the earth. It lies 7.1 miles northwest of Northampton, PA (from Northampton, PA: bearing 311°T), and is situated 9.5 miles northwest of Catasauqua. The air here holds a crisp, mineral quality, smelling of damp shale and the quiet persistence of the Appalachian landscape. To the west, the horizon is anchored by the distant, hazy blue silhouettes of the Pocono Mountains, which stand as silent sentinels over the valley floor. Within the immediate frame of the land, Earl F Snyder Park offers a stretch of green that follows the water’s edge, providing a place where the light catches the moving current in long, silver ribbons at dusk. Beyond the immediate banks, the terrain rises into higher ground, marked by the geological creases of Nis Hollow, where the shadows linger longer and the trees thicken against the sky.

Walnutport remembers its industrial lineage through the lingering echoes of the canal era and the heavy, earth-bound work that once defined the regional economy. The memory of the towpath remains a tangible feature of the landscape, a reminder of the days when coal and raw materials moved steadily toward the bustling markets of the east. While the frantic pace of the old mills has faded, the spirit of the place remains tied to the deliberate, methodical labor that built these foundations. Residents now navigate a life that balances this quiet history with the modern requirements of a regional junction, moving through days that feel as predictable and essential as the flow of the river itself. Even the proximity of the Delaware-Lehigh State Experimental Forest, nineteen miles away, suggests a continuity of the natural world that has always governed the rhythm of existence here, far from the reach of salt or tide.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Walnutport Playground (Local Recreation) — 0.2 mi, 067° NE
  • Walnutport Borough Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 332° NW
  • Walnut Street Playground (Local Recreation) — 0.4 mi, 232° SW
  • Fireman's Drinking Fountain (Public Artwork) — 0.8 mi, 258° W
  • Lehigh County Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 342° N
  • Vigilant Fire Company Firemen's Monument (Monument) — 1.3 mi, 216° SW
  • Sgl 217 (State Recreation Area) — 1.7 mi, 335° NW
  • State Game Land 217 (State Resource Management Area) — 1.7 mi, 335° NW
  • Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 1.9 mi, 354° N · 110k acres
  • State Game Land 168 (State Resource Management Area) — 2.0 mi, 004° N
  • Lehigh Gap Wildlife Refuge (Conservation Area) — 2.4 mi, 344° N
  • Lehigh Gap Nature Center (Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 000° N
  • Halls of Horror (Attraction) — 3.3 mi, 350° N
  • Old Chain Bridge (Monument) — 3.4 mi, 351° N
  • Community Enhancement 2006 Greening Award (Monument) — 3.4 mi, 350° N
  • Lehigh Gap Historical Society (Museum) — 3.6 mi, 348° N
  • Boulder Overlook (Viewpoint) — 4.3 mi, 290° W
  • Lower Tract (Nature Reserve) — 4.6 mi, 122° SE
  • Nagle Tract (Nature Reserve) — 4.8 mi, 123° SE
  • Dragon Cement Co. Inc. No 1 (Attraction) — 6.5 mi, 164° S
  • Beltzville State Park (State Park) — 6.7 mi, 343° N
  • Roxy (Cinema) — 6.9 mi, 131° SE
  • Penns Peak concert Ampitheatre (Theatre) — 10.0 mi, 335° NW
  • 100 Mile View (Attraction) — 10.2 mi, 312° NW
  • Galerie B (Gallery) — 10.6 mi, 316° NW
  • Anita Shapolsky Art Foundation (Arts Centre) — 10.7 mi, 316° NW
  • Lehigh Gorge State Park (State Park) — 10.8 mi, 318° NW
  • The NB Center (Museum) — 12.1 mi, 140° SE
  • Lehigh Assembly (Theatre) — 12.1 mi, 142° SE
  • Da Vinci Science Center (Museum) — 12.4 mi, 148° SE

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About This Walnutport Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Walnutport, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.754262, -75.598797. 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 Walnutport includes the ZIP code (18088), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Northampton County (Easton), and school district assignment (Northern Lehigh 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.