Pennsylvania Landmarks Map
A free printable illustrated map of Pennsylvania for kids. It shows 8 landmarks and natural places and 3 industries where they really are, along with the state symbols, 6 cities and a box of key facts. It comes in color and in ink-saving black and white, sized for US Letter paper.
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Color or black and white.
Both are free, sized for US Letter paper, and come as a PDF to print or a PNG image for slides.
Color
The full-color map, for a wall display or a color printer.
Black and white
The same map with no color or shading. Prints cleanly on a classroom printer and saves ink.
What is on the Pennsylvania map
Every picture sits at its real location in Pennsylvania, with a one-line fact beside it. Harrisburg, the capital, is marked with a star.
Landmarks and natural places
- Lake Erie: This Great Lake gives the state a busy port.
- Pine Creek Gorge: This deep canyon is called the Grand Canyon of PA.
- Pocono Mountains: These forested peaks are famous for recreation.
- Susquehanna River: This long river flows past the state capitol.
- Independence Hall: The Declaration of Independence was signed here.
- Gettysburg Battlefield: This 1863 battle was the Civil War turning point.
- Drake Well Museum: The first US commercial oil well was here.
- Amish Buggy: Lancaster County families travel by horse power.
What Pennsylvania makes and grows
- Steel Mills: Pittsburgh mills made steel for US skyscrapers.
- Hershey: This town grew up around a chocolate factory.
- Anthracite Coal: This hard coal is mined in the northeast hills.
State symbols
- Ruffed Grouse: It beats its wings to make a drumming sound.
- Mountain Laurel: Its star-shaped flowers bloom in June.
- Eastern Hemlock: This evergreen tree can live for 800 years.
- White-Tailed Deer: It raises its white tail to warn of danger.
- Firefly: This beetle uses flashes of light to signal.
Pennsylvania key facts
From the box on the map
- Nickname
- The Keystone State
- Capital
- Harrisburg
- Largest city
- Philadelphia
- Became a state
- December 12, 1787 (2nd)
- State bird
- Ruffed Grouse
- State flower
- Mountain Laurel
- State tree
- Eastern Hemlock
- Motto
- Virtue, Liberty, and Independence
Cities shown
- Harrisburg (capital)
- Philadelphia
- Pittsburgh
- Allentown
- Erie
- Scranton
The outline, rivers and cities are drawn from map data. Pictures of crops and industries are placed in a part of the state where each is typical.