Pleasant Gap Pennsylvania Map

About Pleasant Gap, Pennsylvania

Pleasant Gap is a locality in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,208. The population density is 763.4 people per km². Pleasant Gap is located at 40.8681°N, 77.7467°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 16823.

Pleasant Gap occupies a distinct limestone valley where the earth holds a quiet, heavy moisture, anchoring the horizon beneath the distant, hazy blue of the Appalachian Mountains. It lies 7.9 miles northeast of State College, PA (from State College, PA: bearing 49°T), and is situated 9.9 miles east-northeast of Park Forest Village. The landscape unfolds in a series of green, terrestrial folds, defined by the steady, low-slung presence of the ridges that hem in the sky. To the west, the landscape deepens toward the basin of Big Hollow, while the proximity of the Bald Eagle State Forest lends an air of ancient, timbered permanence to the perimeter. Life here is punctuated by the soft, rhythmic gurgle of Logan Branch, a waterway that cuts through the limestone shelf, carving a path through the valley floor. During the long, golden hours of late afternoon, the light catches the limestone dust in the air, turning the fields toward Rockview Reservoir into a pale, reflective gray that seems to suspend the day in a state of perpetual, amber stillness. Pleasant Gap retains a character forged by the geology beneath its feet, where the industry of water and stone has long dictated the rhythm of local labor. The legacy of the region is written in the utilitarian architecture of its older buildings and the persistent, industrious hum of its regional operations, which draw sustenance from the natural abundance of the surrounding terrain. On summer evenings, the focus shifts to the open green expanse of Gettig's Little League Fields, where the sharp crack of a bat against a ball marks the passage of time more reliably than any clock. There is a profound, unadorned honesty in the way the residents move between the quiet stretches of the countryside and the modest, necessary commerce of the main thoroughfares. It is a place that demands little of the observer, offering instead a sense of continuity that persists regardless of the shifting seasons or the slow, tectonic crawl of the modern world beyond the valley.

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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pleasant Gap, Pennsylvania — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 40.868118, -77.746666. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Pleasant Gap and Centre County.

Detailed location data for Pleasant Gap includes the ZIP code (16823), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Centre County (Bellefonte), and school district assignment (Bellefonte Area School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Pleasant Gap is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.