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Bear Rocks Pennsylvania Map

Explore Bear Rocks, 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.

Interactive Map of Bear Rocks, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Bear Rocks, Pennsylvania Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Bear Rocks, 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 Bear Rocks.

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	Bear Rocks
State	Pennsylvania (PA)
County	Fayette County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	40.12285
Longitude	-79.461703
Population	1,005
Density	119.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	15610
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Uniontown
School District	Connellsville Area School District

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About Bear Rocks, Pennsylvania

Bear Rocks is a locality in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,005. The population density is 119.8 people per km². Bear Rocks is located at 40.1228°N, 79.4617°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 15610.

Bear Rocks marks a high, uncompromising elevation where the horizon is defined by the hard lines of the plateau and the deep, hushed corridors of the surrounding woodlands. It lies 13.0 miles south-southeast of Greensburg, PA (from Greensburg, PA: bearing 162°T), and is situated 9.9 miles northeast of Connellsville. The air here holds a crisp, thin quality that carries the scent of damp earth and cooling stone, far removed from the humid lowlands that define the broader region. Only a mile away, the quiet waters of Forest Lake mirror the sky, while the persistent, narrow channel of Green Lick Run cuts through the soil to carve a slow path toward the lower basins. The landscape is not one of soft edges but of rugged, weathered terrain, where the light at dusk turns the ground to a muted shade of iron and charcoal.

Bear Rocks reflects the long, steady history of the inland Pennsylvania interior, where the economy has historically been tied to the extraction of resources and the slow, methodical work of the forest. The proximity of Meyers provides a protected expanse of land that remains largely undisturbed, preserving a sense of solitude that has defined this territory for generations. Five miles to the west, Spruce Hollow creates a natural partition in the land, a reminder of the tectonic shifts that shaped the broader topography long before the arrival of industry. Life in Bear Rocks moves with the seasons, dictated by the turning of the timber and the shifting temperatures of the plateau, maintaining a quiet, deliberate presence that persists despite the changing currents of the world beyond the Allegheny Mountains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Chestnut Ridge Park (Local Park) — 1.5 mi, 101° E
Westmoreland Open Space (Local Recreation) — 2.6 mi, 301° NW
Jacobs Creek Park (Local Park) — 3.0 mi, 266° W
Baseball Field (Local Recreation) — 4.0 mi, 288° W
Mount Pleasant WWI Memorial (Monument) — 4.6 mi, 293° NW
Melcroft Coal Company ATV Land Acquisition (Conservation Area) — 5.6 mi, 142° SE
Scottdale War Memorial (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 257° W
Forbes State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 6.8 mi, 105° E
Roaring Run Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.4 mi, 120° SE
Powdermill Nature Reserve (Conservation Area) — 9.1 mi, 087° E
State Game Land 051 (State Resource Management Area) — 10.1 mi, 198° S
Mt. Hope School (Historic Ruins) — 10.3 mi, 116° SE
Powder Mill Nature Reserve (Museum) — 10.4 mi, 075° E
Laurel Ridge State Park (State Park) — 10.5 mi, 144° SE
Ohiopyle State Park (State Park) — 12.8 mi, 187° S
Westmoreland Performing Arts (Arts Centre) — 13.1 mi, 341° N
Tipping Bucket (Attraction) — 13.3 mi, 045° NE
Soak Zone (Attraction) — 13.3 mi, 045° NE
Wild Mouse (Attraction) — 13.5 mi, 045° NE
Daniel Tiger Stage (Attraction) — 13.5 mi, 046° NE
Vietnam Veterans of Westmoreland Co. Memorial (Monument) — 13.5 mi, 357° N
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 13.8 mi, 357° N
Wolf Rocks (Viewpoint) — 14.0 mi, 086° E
Speyer Gallery (Museum) — 15.0 mi, 181° S
Big Mac Museum (Museum) — 18.3 mi, 318° NW
Coke Ovens (Historic Ruins) — 21.3 mi, 318° NW
Birdhouse (Public Artwork) — 21.8 mi, 111° E
Family Funscape (Theme Park) — 22.8 mi, 291° W
That Dance Place (Arts Centre) — 22.9 mi, 272° W
Quebec Run Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 26.6 mi, 204° SW

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