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Wiconsico Pennsylvania Map

Explore Wiconsico, 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 Wiconsico, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Wiconsico, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.574203
Longitude	-76.677275
Population	844
Density	299.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	17097
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Harrisburg
School District	Williams Valley School District

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About Wiconsico, Pennsylvania

Wiconsico is a locality in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 844. The population density is 299.0 people per km². Wiconsico is located at 40.5742°N, 76.6773°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 17097.

Wiconsico defines the landscape through the persistent, low-slung currents of the Wiconisco Creek, which carves a path through the valley floor with a deliberate, muddy patience. It lies 14.7 miles north of West Hanover, PA (from West Hanover, PA: bearing 11°T), and is situated 18.9 miles north-northeast of Lower Paxton. Beyond the immediate banks, the terrain rises into the uneven, fractured topography of the region, where the earth holds the weight of deep, geological silence. To the north, the distant silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains frame the horizon in shades of bruised violet and charcoal, while closer to home, the dense thickets of Haldeman State Forest offer a canopy of shifting shadow. Within the local limits, Walnut Street Park serves as a modest clearing where the light of late afternoon catches on the tall, unkempt grasses, turning them into a pale, flickering gold that seems to vibrate against the cooling air.

Anthracite coal once dictated the pulse of Wiconsico, leaving behind a legacy of iron-gray slag and the quiet, industrious grit of a place that knows the value of labor pulled from the dark. The economy has long since shifted away from the mine shafts, yet the rhythm of the days remains measured and steady, tethered to the slow passage of clouds over the ridge-and-valley terrain. Residents often seek the solitude of the Matter Trail, tracing paths through woods that feel older and more indifferent than the grid of streets below. Even as the modern world encroaches, the proximity to the quiet, still water of Bear Puddles ensures that the pace of life remains slow, marked by the changing seasons and the long, quiet evenings that settle over the valley like a heavy, woolen blanket.

Nearby Outdoor Places

State Game Land 264 (State Resource Management Area) — 0.1 mi, 343° N
Machamer Ball Fields (Local Recreation) — 0.7 mi, 230° SW
L & W Memorial Field (Local Recreation) — 0.9 mi, 253° W
Lykens Glen (Local Park) — 1.2 mi, 232° SW
West Borough Park (Local Park) — 1.7 mi, 253° W
Weiser State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 1.9 mi, 102° E
Dark Sky Viewing (Viewpoint) — 4.5 mi, 103° E
The General (Attraction) — 6.2 mi, 163° S
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 8.5 mi, 196° S · 110k acres
Swatara State Park (State Park) — 8.7 mi, 131° SE
Memorial Lake State Park (State Park) — 11.0 mi, 160° S
North Franklin Colliery (Monument) — 14.2 mi, 359° N
Trevorton WWII Memorial (Monument) — 14.4 mi, 000° N
Millersburg Historical Society (Museum) — 15.0 mi, 261° W
10th Ward Honor Roll (Monument) — 16.0 mi, 022° N
Artisan Alley Fine Arts Gallery (Gallery) — 16.5 mi, 024° NE
Skyline Park Movie Screen (Cinema) — 17.0 mi, 187° S
Lore Degenstein Art Gallery (Gallery) — 18.6 mi, 326° NW
Leedy Theater (Theatre) — 18.7 mi, 153° SE
"hot Dog" Frank Statue (Public Artwork) — 18.8 mi, 153° SE
Allen Theater (Cinema) — 19.0 mi, 153° SE
Buck Swank Stadium (Stadium) — 19.1 mi, 167° S
Union Canal Tunnel (Historic Ruins) — 19.3 mi, 144° SE
Music Express (Attraction) — 19.4 mi, 176° S
Auntie Mortem's Abattoir (Attraction) — 19.4 mi, 176° S
Tiny Tracks (Attraction) — 19.4 mi, 176° S
Light's Fort (Museum) — 20.2 mi, 140° SE
James C. Nelson Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 28.9 mi, 265° W

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