Explore White Haven, 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 White Haven, 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 White Haven.
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 | White Haven |
| State | Pennsylvania (PA) |
| County | Luzerne County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 41.0597 |
| Longitude | -75.786946 |
| Population | 1,166 |
| Density | 375.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 18661 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| County Seat | Wilkes-Barre |
| School District | Crestwood School District |
White Haven anchors itself where the persistent Lehigh River carves a deep, deliberate path through the rugged terrain of the Pennsylvania interior. It lies 9.2 miles southeast of Mountain Top, PA (from Mountain Top, PA: bearing 144°T), and is situated 7.1 miles east-northeast of Freeland. The landscape here is defined by the sharp, dramatic descent of the gorge, where the water churns against dark stone, creating a constant, low-frequency hum that vibrates through the bedrock. To the east, the horizon is dominated by the distant silhouette of the Pocono Mountains, their ridges softened by a permanent haze of deep forest greens. Sunlight in White Haven often feels filtered, caught in the steep incline of the slopes until it pools in the valley floor, illuminating the damp moss and the rugged, unyielding character of the earth. Beyond the immediate banks, the topography rises toward Long Hollow, a basin that holds the cool, quiet shadows of the morning long after the surrounding peaks have caught the day.
White Haven maintains a quiet vigilance over its past, a legacy deeply tied to the movement of heavy timber and coal that once defined the regional economy. The presence of Lehigh Gorge State Park serves as a modern guardian of this industrial heritage, preserving the narrow corridors where iron rails once carried the weight of a growing nation. Residents here navigate a rhythm dictated by the changing seasons and the proximity to the outdoors, whether they are traversing the rugged Boulder Field Trail or seeking the secluded, vertical rush of Hawk Falls. While the local industry has shifted from the extraction of raw materials to a more contemplative pace, the town remains tethered to the water and the woods; even the nearby stillness of Bryants Pond reflects a landscape that has traded the clamor of the nineteenth century for the patient, steady growth of the Delaware-Lehigh State Experimental Forest.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of White Haven, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 41.0597, -75.786946. 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 White Haven includes the ZIP code (18661), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Luzerne County (Wilkes-Barre), and school district assignment (Crestwood 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 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. |