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Wampum Pennsylvania Map

Explore Wampum, 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 Wampum, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Wampum, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.888118
Longitude	-80.33812
Population	559
Density	219.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	16157
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	New Castle
School District	Ellwood City Area School District

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About Wampum, Pennsylvania

Wampum is a locality in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 559. The population density is 219.1 people per km². Wampum is located at 40.8881°N, 80.3381°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Wampum is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 16157.

Wampum emerges from the limestone-heavy earth of the Allegheny Plateau, defined by the steady, persistent carve of Wampum Run as it winds through the verdant, broken topography. It lies 8.0 miles south of New Castle, PA (from New Castle, PA: bearing 177°T), and is situated 9.5 miles north of Beaver Falls. The air here holds a distinct, heavy dampness in the morning, a cool breath that rises off the damp soil and clings to the dense hardwood thickets that climb the slopes toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Allegheny Mountains. Wampum Borough Park serves as the quiet center of the local landscape, offering a patch of managed green where the sunlight flattens against the grass in the late afternoon, casting long, lean shadows that stretch across the walking paths. Six miles to the east, the earth drops away into the profound, jagged depth of Slippery Rock Creek Gorge, a reminder of the raw, geological force that once shaped the broader regional basin.

Industrial ambition once fueled the growth of Wampum, as the local economy leaned heavily into the extraction of minerals and the production of cement, leaving behind a landscape marked by the quiet, weathered remnants of kilns and quarries. These scars have softened over decades, colonized by moss and hardy shrubs, while the pace of daily life has retreated into a steady, muted hum far removed from the frantic pulse of larger industrial hubs. History here is kept in the quiet persistence of older brick facades and the way the light catches the dust motes in the late day, illuminating a quietude that feels both earned and inevitable. While Wildwood Lake remains a distant destination for those seeking a wider expanse of water, the residents of Wampum find their rhythm in the immediate, terrestrial scale of their own hills and the seasonal turn of the hardwood canopy.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Wampum Borough Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 320° NW
State Game Land 148 (State Resource Management Area) — 1.1 mi, 208° SW
Beaver River (Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 155° SE
Rock Point Acquisition (Conservation Area) — 2.3 mi, 148° SE
Trail Acquisition-Pennsylvania Power Co. Property (Local Recreation) — 2.6 mi, 150° SE
Trail Acquisition-Pennsylvania Power Co. (Local Park) — 2.6 mi, 150° SE
Circle Playground (Local Recreation) — 3.3 mi, 124° SE
Ellwood City Area Historical Society (Museum) — 3.4 mi, 128° SE
State Game Land 336 (State Resource Management Area) — 3.5 mi, 354° N
McConnells Mill State Park (State Park) — 5.5 mi, 084° E
Mahoningtown War Memorial (Monument) — 6.1 mi, 341° N
Lawrence County War Memorial (Monument) — 7.6 mi, 359° N
Lawrence County Spanish–American War Memorial (Monument) — 7.7 mi, 357° N
155mm Gun M1 (Attraction) — 9.5 mi, 174° S
Indian Rock (Attraction) — 9.5 mi, 227° SW
Merrick Art Gallery (Museum) — 10.8 mi, 172° S
Moraine State Park (State Park) — 11.0 mi, 074° E
Rock Overlook (Viewpoint) — 11.7 mi, 121° SE
Beaver Creek State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 13.3 mi, 232° SW
North Side School (Historic Ruins) — 14.6 mi, 316° NW
Culbertson Mill (Historic Ruins) — 16.1 mi, 222° SW
General Thaddeus Kosciuszko & General Casimir Pulaski (Public Artwork) — 17.2 mi, 303° NW
Sample Schoolhouse (Museum) — 17.8 mi, 137° SE
Woodworth Ampitheater (Theatre) — 17.9 mi, 292° W
Columbiana Arts Theater (Theatre) — 18.6 mi, 270° W
Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 18.8 mi, 196° S · 6,562 acres
Boardman Spartan Stadium (Stadium) — 19.2 mi, 297° NW
Tri-State Black Museum (Museum) — 21.0 mi, 213° SW
Reach for the Stars Dance Studio (Arts Centre) — 21.5 mi, 164° S
Youngstown Sign (Attraction) — 21.7 mi, 311° NW

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