Explore Waterville, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Waterville, 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 Waterville.
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 | Waterville |
| State | Pennsylvania (PA) |
| County | Delaware County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 39.880112 |
| Longitude | -75.370469 |
| Density | N/A /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 17814, 19086, 17776 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| County Seat | Media |
Waterville emerges from the dense, verdant canopy of the Pennsylvania interior as a quiet intersection of land and water. The landscape surrounding Waterville is defined by the steady, persistent flow of Ridley Creek, which carves a path through the earth just a mile from the center of the settlement. To the west, the distant silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains marks the horizon, a silent, jagged reminder of the scale of the region. The ground here is textured by light that filters through thick deciduous cover, casting long, lean shadows across the soil as the sun dips toward the Mud Island basin nine miles away. Nearer to the center of life here, the stillness of Ridley Park Lake provides a reflective surface that mirrors the changing seasons, offering a tranquil counterpoint to the more active, wandering currents of the nearby creek.
Waterville maintains a character forged by the slow, deliberate pace of regional industry and the persistent legacy of its early inhabitants. While modern life moves with a different velocity, the local economy remains anchored to the rhythms of the land, supported by a quiet resilience that has defined the region for generations. Residents find a common point of gathering at the Creekside Swim Club, where the daily concerns of the inhabitants give way to the simple, communal enjoyment of the local environment. There is a distinct sobriety to the architecture and the layout of the streets, reflecting a history of labor and endurance that avoids the ornamental in favor of the functional. Even as the years pass, the essential spirit of Waterville persists in the way the air holds the scent of damp earth and the unadorned honesty of its small-scale commerce.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Waterville, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 39.880112, -75.370469. 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 Waterville includes the ZIP code (17814, 19086, 17776), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Delaware County (Media), and school district assignment.
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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |