Explore Bellaire, Ohio, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Bellaire, Ohio. 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 Ohio 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 Bellaire.
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 | Bellaire |
| State | Ohio (OH) |
| County | Belmont County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.016184 |
| Longitude | -80.742305 |
| Population | 3,870 |
| Density | 903.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 43906 |
| Area Code | 740 |
| County Seat | St. Clairsville |
| School District | Bellaire Local School District |
Bellaire anchors itself to the western bank of the Ohio River, where the water moves with a heavy, deliberate gravity against the industrial memory of the valley. It lies 25.1 miles south-southwest of Steubenville, OH (from Steubenville, OH: bearing 193°T), and is situated 3.5 miles south-southwest of Wheeling. Steep slopes rise sharply from the water’s edge, leading the eye toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Key Ridge that marks the horizon. The landscape here is defined by the deep, shadowed creases of Dark Hollow and the dense, green reach of the Appalachian foothills. In the quiet hours of a humid afternoon, the light filters through the canopy with a bruised, golden quality, illuminating the way the town clings to the narrow shelf of land between the river and the rising earth. Union Park offers a singular point of stillness, a small patch of manicured grass that sits in quiet contrast to the rugged, untamed character of the surrounding terrain.
Bellaire carries the weight of a long industrial narrative, a legacy etched into the brick facades and the skeletal remains of iron works that once dictated the pulse of daily life. The economy, once tethered to the relentless output of coal and steel, now moves with a slower, more cautious cadence, shifting as the regional landscape adapts to a different kind of survival. History lingers in the architecture of the older streets, where the soot-stained masonry recalls an era when the river was the primary artery of commerce and movement. Beyond the town limits, the land remains largely indifferent to the shifts in human fortune, with the distant silence of Sunfish Creek State Forest and the calm, contained waters of Schenk Lake providing a respite from the intensity of the valley floor. People navigate their days with a steady, pragmatic resilience, moving through a geography that has been shaped as much by the slow erosion of the hills as by the enduring strength of those who remain.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bellaire, Ohio. Coordinates: 40.016184, -80.742305. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Bellaire includes the ZIP code (43906), telephone area code (740), county seat of Belmont County (St. Clairsville), and school district assignment (Bellaire Local School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |