Ben Avon Heights Pennsylvania Map
Explore Ben Avon Heights, 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 Ben Avon Heights, Pennsylvania
How to Use This Ben Avon Heights, Pennsylvania Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Ben Avon Heights, 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 Ben Avon Heights.
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 | Ben Avon Heights |
| State | Pennsylvania (PA) |
| County | Allegheny County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.51368 |
| Longitude | -80.073111 |
| Population | 400 |
| Density | 887.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 15202 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| County Seat | Pittsburgh |
| School District | Avonworth School District |
About Ben Avon Heights, Pennsylvania
Ben Avon Heights is a locality in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 400. The population density is 887.6 people per km². Ben Avon Heights is located at 40.5137°N, 80.0731°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Ben Avon Heights is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 15202.Ben Avon Heights rises above the surrounding topography with a deliberate, elevated stillness that defines its character. It lies 4.9 miles south of Franklin Park, PA (from Franklin Park, PA: bearing 171°T), and is situated 6.5 miles northwest of Pittsburgh. The Lowries Run carves a path through the lower reaches of the terrain, its persistent, rhythmic flow acting as a quiet artery for the land. Within the boundaries of Ben Avon Heights, the local vegetation clings to the slopes, where the light at dusk settles in long, amber slats against the trunks of hardwoods. Residents move through the quiet intervals of the day, aware of the subtle incline that separates their vantage point from the industrial echoes of the region. A brief excursion leads one toward the tranquil expanse of Lake Ottilie, five miles away, or toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Allegheny Mountains, which mark the eastern horizon like a fading charcoal sketch.
Ben Avon Heights maintains a singular identity forged by a history of deliberate residential planning and a steady detachment from the heavier manufacturing pulse of the river valleys below. Within the immediate borders of the locality, Ben Avon Heights Park provides a necessary green threshold, a space where the air feels sharper and the pace of life slows to match the turning of the seasons. The economic vitality of the region remains tied to the broader professional shifts of the Allegheny Plateau, yet the atmosphere here favors a domestic introspection, far removed from the bustle of the Duquesne Incline six miles away or the deeper, shadowed basin of Fern Hollow. Every street corner reflects a quiet permanence, a commitment to a suburban order that persists despite the changing silhouettes of the skyline visible in the distance.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Ben Avon Open Space (Local Recreation) — 0.1 mi, 194° S
- Vinegar Hollow (Private Recreation) — 0.3 mi, 272° W
- Avonworth Community Park (A.C.O.R.D.) (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 306° NW
- Avalon Community Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 165° S
- Dance America! (Arts Centre) — 1.4 mi, 146° SE
- Mariposa Studios (Arts Centre) — 1.5 mi, 145° SE
- Lowries Run Slopes (Conservation Area) — 1.6 mi, 040° NE
- Bronx Field (Local Recreation) — 1.8 mi, 074° E
- Toms Run Nature Reserve (Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 318° NW
- Michael A. Musmanno (1897-1968) (Monument) — 2.2 mi, 176° S
- Presston Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 2.2 mi, 166° S
- Thompson Drive Park (Nature Reserve) — 2.3 mi, 067° NE
- 1909 Mckee's Rocks Strike (Monument) — 2.7 mi, 165° S
- Gorilla Statue (Public Artwork) — 3.2 mi, 329° NW
- Fern Hollow Nature Center (Attraction) — 4.6 mi, 298° NW
- Cantellops Art Gallery (Gallery) — 4.9 mi, 039° NE
- Mattress Factory (Museum) — 5.1 mi, 141° SE
- Moonshot Museum (Museum) — 5.2 mi, 148° SE
- Former Nike Missile Launch Site Pl-71 (Historic Ruins) — 5.2 mi, 247° SW
- Rangos Giant Cinema (Cinema) — 5.5 mi, 148° SE
- Thornburg Theater (Theatre) — 5.7 mi, 185° S
- Open Stage Theatre (Theatre) — 5.7 mi, 139° SE
- Museum of Illusions Pittsburgh (Museum) — 5.8 mi, 144° SE
- Point State Park (State Park) — 5.9 mi, 147° SE
- 707 Penn Gallery (Gallery) — 6.2 mi, 142° SE
- Harris Theater (Cinema) — 6.3 mi, 141° SE
- Raccoon Creek State Park (State Park) — 14.7 mi, 269° W
- Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.5 mi, 292° W · 6,562 acres
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About This Ben Avon Heights Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ben Avon Heights, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.51368, -80.073111. 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 Ben Avon Heights includes the ZIP code (15202), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Allegheny County (Pittsburgh), and school district assignment (Avonworth 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. |
