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Wanamie Pennsylvania Map

Explore Wanamie, 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 Wanamie, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Wanamie, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	41.173416
Longitude	-76.03548
Population	580
Density	228.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	18634
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Wilkes-Barre
School District	Greater Nanticoke Area School District

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About Wanamie, Pennsylvania

Wanamie is a locality in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 580. The population density is 228.3 people per km². Wanamie is located at 41.1734°N, 76.0355°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 18634.

Wanamie occupies a quiet corner of the landscape where the South Branch Newport Creek carves a persistent path through the earth, marking the terrain with its steady, unadorned flow. It lies 2.7 miles southwest of Nanticoke, PA (from Nanticoke, PA: bearing 216°T), and is situated 9.5 miles west-southwest of Wilkes-Barre. Sunlight here often catches the mist rising from the creek bed, casting a pale, pearlescent glow over the vegetation that clings to the banks. To the east, the distant silhouettes of the Pocono Mountains provide a jagged, hazy boundary against the sky, while the nearby Fairchild Pond offers a still, reflective surface that mirrors the shifting colors of the canopy throughout the changing seasons. Residents of Wanamie often gather at Main Avenue Community Park, a space that serves as the local anchor for outdoor activity and communal stillness under the broad, open expanse of the regional sky.

Wanamie carries the echoes of the anthracite era, a time when the rhythmic pulse of mining defined the daily toil and social structure of the local population. The economy has transitioned away from those subterranean foundations, yet the character of the settlement remains marked by the resilience of those who built their lives amidst the geological wealth of the Wyoming Valley. Sturdy homes and narrow streets reflect an era of industrial labor, now softened by the quiet passage of time and the slow return of greenery to the surrounding hills. Life in Wanamie moves with a deliberate, measured pace, grounded in a history that values persistence and the understated beauty of a landscape that has endured significant transformation.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Main Avenue Community Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 258° W
Wanami Tract (State Resource Management Area) — 0.4 mi, 171° S
Pinchot State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 0.4 mi, 171° S
Unknown Ballfields (Local Recreation) — 0.6 mi, 255° W
Newport Township Park (Local Park) — 1.6 mi, 272° W
LCCC Walk of Honor (Monument) — 2.4 mi, 057° NE
Honeypot Field (Local Recreation) — 2.6 mi, 020° N
Scenic View (Viewpoint) — 5.6 mi, 249° W
Buttonwood Honor Roll (Monument) — 5.9 mi, 055° NE
Pinchot (State Wilderness) — 7.4 mi, 104° E
Joe Palooka Monument (Monument) — 7.8 mi, 078° E
Nescopeck State Park (State Park) — 8.8 mi, 141° SE
Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts (Arts Centre) — 9.0 mi, 057° NE
The Mary Stegmaier Mansion (Attraction) — 9.1 mi, 057° NE
Hyperview (Public Artwork) — 9.2 mi, 058° NE
The Big Cow (Attraction) — 9.2 mi, 066° NE
Wilkes-Barre Movies 14 (Cinema) — 9.2 mi, 058° NE
Seven Tubs Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 9.5 mi, 068° E
Arts Center of Wilkes-Barre (Arts Centre) — 10.6 mi, 057° NE
KISS Theatre Company (Theatre) — 10.9 mi, 062° NE
Sgl 091 (State Recreation Area) — 12.7 mi, 080° E
Berwick Historic Society (Museum) — 13.2 mi, 232° SW
Battle of Wyoming (Registered Battlefield) — 13.5 mi, 047° NE
Ricketts Glenn State Park (State Park) — 14.2 mi, 329° NW
Tannery (Historic Ruins) — 19.2 mi, 300° NW
Saw Mill (Historic Ruins) — 19.2 mi, 299° NW
The Pavilion at Montage Mountain (Theatre) — 22.8 mi, 058° NE
Split Rock (Attraction) — 22.8 mi, 110° E
Iron Horse Movie Bistro (Cinema) — 25.1 mi, 050° NE

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