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Wapwallopen Pennsylvania Map

Explore Wapwallopen, 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 Wapwallopen, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Wapwallopen, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	41.074528
Longitude	-76.130763
Population	1,200
Density	35.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	18660
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Wilkes-Barre

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About Wapwallopen, Pennsylvania

Wapwallopen is a locality in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,200. The population density is 35.0 people per km². Wapwallopen is located at 41.0745°N, 76.1308°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 18660.

Wapwallopen commands a singular presence where the land yields to the persistent, winding course of the Susquehanna River. It lies 5.5 miles east-northeast of Berwick, PA (from Berwick, PA: bearing 75°T), and is situated 4.2 miles north of Sugarloaf. The air here holds a cool, heavy clarity, often caught in the low-slung geography of Sybert Hollow, where the shadows lengthen early against the dense, encroaching woodlands. Within Wapwallopen Park, the earth retains a quiet, untamed quality, serving as a verdant anchor for the surrounding acreage. The light at dusk possesses a bruised, metallic quality, reflecting off the river’s surface as the day’s warmth bleeds out into the cooling fields, leaving the landscape in a state of solemn, suspended stillness.

Agriculture and the remnants of a localized, industrious past define the cadence of life in Wapwallopen, where the soil has long supported the quiet persistence of family homesteads. While the nearby Appalachian Mountains appear as a hazy, distant serration against the horizon, the immediate economy remains tied to the rhythms of the valley and the small-scale commerce that sustains the inhabitants. Residents look toward the seasonal shifts of the landscape, occasionally venturing toward the quiet expanse of Cranberry Pond to mark the passing of the year. The character of the place is forged in this deliberate isolation, where the absence of urban clamor allows the fundamental, rugged nature of the terrain to remain the primary occupant of the traveler’s attention.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Wapwallopen Park (Local Park) — 0.0 mi, 114° SE
Hollenback Township Community Park (Local Park) — 2.6 mi, 085° E
State Game Land 260 (State Resource Management Area) — 3.1 mi, 341° N
Pinchot State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 3.3 mi, 357° N
Scenic View (Viewpoint) — 4.8 mi, 357° N
Berwick Historic Society (Museum) — 5.6 mi, 258° W
Sugarloaf Massacre Grave (Monument) — 7.3 mi, 144° SE
Beltrami Land Acquision - (Recreation Complex) (Local Recreation) — 7.4 mi, 119° SE
Nittany Lion Shrine (Public Artwork) — 8.1 mi, 140° SE
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 9.2 mi, 135° SE
Lattimer Massacre Monument (Monument) — 10.3 mi, 124° SE
Nescopeck State Park (State Park) — 10.4 mi, 095° E
Catawissa Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 11.3 mi, 164° S
Pinchot (State Wilderness) — 13.1 mi, 067° NE
Ricketts Glenn State Park (State Park) — 16.2 mi, 335° NW
The Big Cow (Attraction) — 17.1 mi, 051° NE
Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts (Arts Centre) — 17.2 mi, 047° NE
The Mary Stegmaier Mansion (Attraction) — 17.3 mi, 047° NE
Gross Auditorium (Theatre) — 17.3 mi, 254° W
Wilkes-Barre Movies 14 (Cinema) — 17.4 mi, 048° NE
Mahanoy Area Historical Society (Museum) — 18.1 mi, 182° S
Bloomsburg Fair (Attraction) — 18.5 mi, 253° W
Sgl 141 (State Recreation Area) — 18.5 mi, 135° SE
Arts Center of Wilkes-Barre (Arts Centre) — 18.7 mi, 048° NE
KISS Theatre Company (Theatre) — 18.9 mi, 051° NE
Saw Mill (Historic Ruins) — 20.0 mi, 324° NW
Tannery (Historic Ruins) — 20.1 mi, 324° NW
Battle of Wyoming (Registered Battlefield) — 21.8 mi, 043° NE
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 31.0 mi, 163° S · 110k acres

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