Explore Aliquippa, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Aliquippa, 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 Aliquippa.
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 | Aliquippa |
| State | Pennsylvania (PA) |
| County | Beaver County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.615827 |
| Longitude | -80.255162 |
| Population | 9,238 |
| Density | 850.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 15001 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| County Seat | Beaver |
| School District | Aliquippa School District |
Aliquippa commands a position along the banks of the Ohio River, where the landscape rises in steep, verdant slopes from the water’s edge. It lies 8.2 miles north of Carnot-Moon, PA (from Carnot-Moon, PA: bearing 352°T), and is situated 8.8 miles west-northwest of Franklin Park. The air here holds a particular weight in the late afternoon, when the shadows from the high bluffs stretch across the valley floor to touch the quiet streets. Beyond the immediate riverside, the terrain transitions into the rugged, uneven topography characteristic of the interior plateau. Residents looking toward the distant horizon might catch a faint, hazy suggestion of the Allegheny Mountains far to the east. For those seeking open space, the Baker Street Playground offers a modest patch of green for recreation, while the nearby Coony Hollow provides a deeper sense of the region's natural, unmanicured character.
Aliquippa emerged as a formidable center of heavy industry, defined for decades by the massive, smoke-wreathed silhouette of the steel mills that once dominated the riverfront. The local economy grew in direct response to the demands of the furnace and the forge, shaping the daily rhythms of generations who labored under the glow of molten metal. While the blast furnaces have long since cooled, the structural legacy of that era remains written in the sturdy, brick-heavy architecture of the older neighborhoods. Life today moves with a different cadence, one that respects the persistence of those who remained even as the industrial landscape underwent a profound transformation. The Ambridge Reservoir sits quietly seven miles away, a steady presence in a region that has learned to adapt its identity to the shifting tides of commerce and time.
Aliquippa possesses a distinct cultural resilience, forged in the immigrant traditions that filled its churches and social halls with a diverse tapestry of languages and customs. The spirit of the place is perhaps most visible on Friday nights, when the high school football stadium gathers a loyal, fervent crowd that transforms the atmosphere into something electric and communal. This intense dedication to sport has produced notable figures such as Mike Ditka, whose career path reflects the grit often associated with the area’s upbringing. Landmarks like the modest local gathering spots and the persistent, upright homes speak to a communal memory that values hard work and local loyalty above all else. Daily existence here is marked by a quiet, steady endurance, where the simple act of walking to a neighbor’s door carries the weight of a long and shared history.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.615827, -80.255162. 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 Aliquippa includes the ZIP code (15001), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Beaver County (Beaver), and school district assignment (Aliquippa 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. |