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Zion Pennsylvania Map

Explore Zion, 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 Zion, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Zion, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.914229
Longitude	-77.684721
Population	2,197
Density	294.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	16823
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Bellefonte
School District	Bellefonte Area School District

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About Zion, Pennsylvania

Zion is a locality in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,197. The population density is 294.4 people per km². Zion is located at 40.9142°N, 77.6847°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 16823.

Zion holds a quiet vigil over the low-slung geography where the Nittany Creek carves a persistent path through the limestone-rich soil. It lies 12.4 miles northeast of State College, PA (from State College, PA: bearing 48°T), and is situated 4.9 miles east of Bellefonte. The landscape leans into the austerity of the ridge-and-valley province, where the air at dusk takes on a sharp, metallic clarity that seems to sharpen the outlines of the distant Appalachian Mountains against the bruised purple of the horizon. To the north, the heavy timber of Bald Eagle State Forest anchors the horizon, while the terrain softens into the basin of Greens Valley, a place where the shadows stretch long and thin across the fields as the sun dips behind the rise. Within a mile, the modest expanse of Ridgecrest Park offers a patch of maintained green that bridges the gap between the wilder, wooded edges of the county and the singular, focused domesticity of the houses.

Zion maintains a pace dictated by the seasonal turning of the earth and the memory of the limestone kilns that once defined the industrial reach of the valley. The local economy has long since shifted away from the heavy extraction that marked the early development of the region, yet the sturdy, unadorned architecture of the older structures persists as a record of those who first cleared the timber and broke the ground. A short distance away, the waters of Foster Joseph Sayers Lake gather in a wide, reflective basin, serving as a silent counterpoint to the more hurried movement of the Sand Rock Trail where hikers trace the spine of the land. Life in Zion moves with a deliberate, steady cadence, unconcerned with the noise of distant centers, finding its purpose instead in the maintenance of the fields and the slow, cyclical rhythm of a landscape that demands both labor and respect.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Ridgecrest Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 355° N
Spingfield Subdivision Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 291° W
Bald Eagle State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 1.6 mi, 176° S
Airport Road Soccer Fields (Local Recreation) — 2.2 mi, 251° W
James Cleveland Memorial (Monument) — 2.6 mi, 156° SE
State Game Land 323 (State Resource Management Area) — 3.4 mi, 346° N
Penn's Cave & Wildlife Park (Attraction) — 4.4 mi, 120° SE
Via Air Mail (Public Artwork) — 4.9 mi, 268° W
PSU Land Acquisition (Local Recreation) — 5.0 mi, 187° S
Bald Eagle State Park (State Park) — 5.0 mi, 351° N
Bellefonte Governors' Memorial (Monument) — 5.0 mi, 268° W
Foster Joseph Sayers Reservoir (Recreation Area) — 5.0 mi, 348° N
Abraham Lincoln Bust (Monument) — 5.1 mi, 267° W
American Philatelic Center (Museum) — 5.1 mi, 266° W
Smokestack (Historic Ruins) — 6.7 mi, 240° SW
Spring Creek Canyon (Nature Reserve) — 7.5 mi, 240° SW
Tom Smith Overlook (Viewpoint) — 8.4 mi, 219° SW
Deeded Square Inches (Attraction) — 9.0 mi, 218° SW
Beer Tap (Attraction) — 9.9 mi, 186° S
Northeast Fishery Center (Nature Reserve) — 9.9 mi, 052° NE
Art Alliance (Arts Centre) — 10.0 mi, 224° SW
M60A3 Tank (Attraction) — 10.8 mi, 212° SW
Thickhead Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 11.2 mi, 182° S
Penn State All-Sports Museum (Museum) — 11.4 mi, 231° SW
Poe Valley State Park (State Park) — 12.0 mi, 122° SE
The Frost Entomological Museum (Museum) — 12.1 mi, 230° SW
Pilato Studios (Gallery) — 12.1 mi, 228° SW
The Center for Arts & Crafts at Penn State (Arts Centre) — 12.2 mi, 229° SW
Penns Creek Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 12.8 mi, 112° E

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