Monroe County PA Tax Map: Parcel Lookup, GIS Viewer, and Copies

The Monroe County, PA tax map is available free through the county’s online GIS viewer at monroegis.org, where you can search any parcel by ID number, address, owner name, or street and see its boundaries laid over aerial imagery.¹ The Mapping Department inside the county Assessment Office at One Quaker Plaza in Stroudsburg maintains the maps and handles printed copies and corrections.²

Find Your Parcel ID First

Every property in the county carries a Parcel ID in a dotted format like 12.14C.25.8 or 09.3.4.12, with the first two digits identifying the municipality.³ You’ll find it on your real estate tax bill or your recorded deed.

You can search without it, but an exact Parcel ID jumps straight to the right property. Name and address searches sometimes return several hits you’ll need to sort through. If you don’t have the number, the Assessment Office’s online property search will find it by owner name, address, or Map Number.²

Searching the GIS Viewer

Open the public GIS viewer from the Assessment Office’s GIS page or go directly to monroegis.org.¹ You’ll accept a disclaimer before the data loads, then the map opens with parcel lines drawn over satellite imagery.

The search tool takes four kinds of input, and the formatting matters:³

Parcel ID, entered with the dots and at least the two-digit municipality code.
Address, using abbreviated street types (123 MAIN ST, not 123 MAIN STREET).
Owner name, formatted last name then first name with no comma (Doe Jane).
Street name, abbreviated (MAIN ST, or just MAIN).

Once the map centers on your parcel, you can toggle layers to switch between aerial photos and line-drawn boundary views. A ruler icon opens a measurement tool that reports distance or area in English or metric units as you click points along a path. A print button generates a letter-size map in portrait orientation.³

What the Map Shows

Solid lines mark parcel borders. Dashed lines indicate easements or rights-of-way. Each parcel carries its assigned Map Number along with calculated acreage and lot dimensions, all of which feed into how the Assessment Office values the property.

The map also overlays municipal boundaries and school district lines, so you can see which local governments and school district collect taxes on the parcel. That matters most when a lot sits near a border between two townships or districts. Neighboring parcels are visible too, which helps if you’re comparing lot sizes or trying to understand how surrounding land is laid out.

Tax Maps Are Not Surveys

The parcel lines on the GIS portal have no legal weight for establishing where your property actually starts or stops on the ground. Tax maps are compiled from deed descriptions for assessment and reference. They may not match field conditions exactly.

If you’re building a fence, resolving a boundary dispute with a neighbor, or applying for a zoning permit, hire a licensed land surveyor. A surveyor carries legal liability for the accuracy of the work; the GIS viewer does not. The same caution applies to the measurement tool inside the viewer: the numbers are approximate.

Getting a Printed or Certified Copy

For a printed or certified copy suitable for a legal proceeding, mortgage, or zoning application, contact the Assessment Office at One Quaker Plaza, Room 102, Stroudsburg, PA 18360. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.²

Under Pennsylvania’s Right-to-Know Law, the statewide fee schedule caps black-and-white copies at $0.25 per page, color copies at $0.50 per page, and certification at $5.00. Specialized documents such as large-format plots are charged at actual cost, and no fee applies to searching or retrieving the records.⁴ You can request records in person or by mail; a mailed request should include the Parcel ID and a self-addressed stamped envelope.

Higher-quality or large-format map products, and raw GIS data, are sold separately. The GIS page directs buyers to complete a Geospatial Data Disclaimer form and submit the request to the Mapping Department.¹

Fixing an Error on the Map

If a boundary on the tax map doesn’t match your recorded deed, or a recently approved subdivision hasn’t shown up yet, the Mapping Department handles corrections. Call the GIS Coordinator at (570) 517-3156 or the senior mapper at (570) 517-3144.¹ Expect to provide the recorded deed or the approved subdivision plan so staff can verify the change against county records.

There’s no published timeline for how quickly the GIS portal reflects an update after a deed is recorded, so it’s worth checking back after a closing rather than assuming the change is instant.

When a Map Error Affects Your Assessment

Wrong acreage or the wrong lot dimensions on the map can flow through to the assessed value on your tax bill. Correcting the map and appealing the assessment are two separate steps, and if the map is off you may need to do both.

Monroe County accepts assessment appeals filed with the Assessment Office. For the 2027 tax year, the deadline is August 1, 2026, or 40 days from the date on your Assessment Change Notice, whichever applies to you. Appeal forms are available on the Assessment Office’s website.²

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Monroe County, PA. GIS
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Monroe County. About the Assessment Office
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Monroe County, Pennsylvania GIS. Public GIS Viewer
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Pennsylvania Office of Open Records. Official RTKL Fee Schedule