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Belle Vernon Pennsylvania Map

Explore Belle Vernon, 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 Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Belle Vernon, 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 Belle Vernon.

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.

CityBelle Vernon
StatePennsylvania (PA)
CountyFayette County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude40.125072
Longitude-79.866436
Population1,024
Density1514.8 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code15012
Area Code215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County SeatUniontown
School DistrictBelle Vernon Area School District

About Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania

Belle Vernon is a locality in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,024. The population density is 1514.8 people per km². Belle Vernon is located at 40.1251°N, 79.8664°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Belle Vernon is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 15012.

Belle Vernon commands a purposeful position above the steady, dark currents of the Monongahela River, where the landscape rises in sudden, verdant tiers of earth. It lies 4.1 miles southwest of Rostraver, PA (from Rostraver, PA: bearing 229°T), and is situated 2.0 miles southeast of Monessen. The air here often holds a cool, damp weight, carrying the scent of deep woodland and the distant, metallic sharpness of the Allegheny Mountains that silhouette the horizon seventy-seven miles away. To the west, the land dips into the quiet shadows of Twilight Hollow, a topographical crease that defines the local horizon before the ground climbs again toward the rugged, inland plateau. Every evening, the light catches the surface of the Monongahela River, turning the water into a ribbon of hammered pewter that seems to anchor the surrounding hills in a permanent, somber stillness.

Belle Vernon maintains a character forged by the heavy industry and coal-rich heritage common to the plateau, where the echoes of past furnaces still inform the rhythm of daily life. The economy, once dictated by the labor of the riverfront and the extraction of mineral wealth, now finds a quieter pulse in the small businesses and residential streets that climb the slopes. Residents gather at the Belle Vernon Athletic Field, a space that serves as a communal focal point where the competitive energy of the region finds its outlet under the expansive Pennsylvania sky. Though Indian Lake lies fourteen miles away for those seeking a different kind of quiet, the people of Belle Vernon remain tied to the river’s path, watching the barges navigate the slow, serpentine turns of the valley as they have for generations.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Belle Vernon Athletic Field (Local Recreation) — 0.3 mi, 079° E
  • Graham Street Field (Local Recreation) — 0.6 mi, 019° N
  • Ballfield (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 319° NW
  • Monessen City Park (Local Park) — 1.4 mi, 345° N
  • That Dance Place (Arts Centre) — 1.7 mi, 294° NW
  • Blaze the Vulcan (Public Artwork) — 4.3 mi, 193° S
  • California Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 4.3 mi, 198° S
  • Amphitheater (Theatre) — 6.2 mi, 057° NE
  • The McKivens Archipelago (Viewpoint) — 6.7 mi, 073° E
  • Monongahela River, Railroad, and Transportation Museum (Museum) — 7.1 mi, 186° S
  • Frank L. Melega Art Museum (Museum) — 7.2 mi, 188° S
  • Dunlap's Creek Bridge (Monument) — 7.3 mi, 189° S
  • Centerville War Memorial (Monument) — 7.7 mi, 220° SW
  • Family Funscape (Theme Park) — 7.9 mi, 360° N
  • W. A. Young & Sons Foundry and Machine Shop (Museum) — 14.0 mi, 210° SW
  • South Park Game Preserve (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 14.6 mi, 330° NW
  • South Hills Dance Center (Arts Centre) — 16.0 mi, 340° N
  • Farmhouse Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 16.1 mi, 016° N
  • Big Mac Museum (Museum) — 16.4 mi, 034° NE
  • Spaceballs The Unauthorized Museum and Gift Shop (Museum) — 16.8 mi, 009° N
  • Coke Ovens (Historic Ruins) — 17.2 mi, 024° NE
  • Phoenix Big Cinemas North Versailles Stadium 18 (Cinema) — 17.6 mi, 014° N
  • Ohiopyle State Park (State Park) — 23.0 mi, 133° SE
  • Quebec Run Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 26.1 mi, 161° S
  • Laurel Ridge State Park (State Park) — 28.2 mi, 112° E

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About This Belle Vernon Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.125072, -79.866436. 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 Belle Vernon includes the ZIP code (15012), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Fayette County (Uniontown), and school district assignment (Belle Vernon Area 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.