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Bessemer Pennsylvania Map

Explore Bessemer, 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 Bessemer, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Bessemer, Pennsylvania Map

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

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	Bessemer
State	Pennsylvania (PA)
County	Lawrence County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	40.977156
Longitude	-80.488722
Population	1,076
Density	251.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	15104, 15666, 16112
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	New Castle
School District	Mohawk Area School District

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About Bessemer, Pennsylvania

Bessemer is a locality in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,076. The population density is 251.2 people per km². Bessemer is located at 40.9772°N, 80.4887°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Bessemer is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 15104, 15666, 16112.

Bessemer defines itself through the persistent, low-slung movement of Hickory Creek, which carves a path through the landscape with a quiet, persistent gravity. It lies 7.9 miles west-southwest of New Castle, PA (from New Castle, PA: bearing 255°T), and is situated 9.5 miles east-southeast of Boardman. The topography surrounding Bessemer consists of modest, weathered rises that speak to the slow, relentless work of erosion across the interior plains. In the soft light of late afternoon, the shadows stretch long and thin across the fields, lending a sharp clarity to the horizon where the distant Appalachian Mountains appear as a faint, jagged ink-line against the sky. Bessemer Lake Park offers a quiet center for the local geography, providing a space where the water holds the reflection of the clouds, undisturbed by the rush of larger, more frantic places.

Bessemer retains the quiet, industrious character of a settlement built on the strength of its natural resources and the grit of those who labored to extract them. The local economy, once deeply tethered to the heavy rhythms of limestone quarrying and industrial production, now moves at a measured, deliberate pace that honors its heritage of hard work. While the echoes of past industry remain in the sturdy brick and iron bones of older structures, the current rhythm of Bessemer is found in the steady, unassuming routines of people who know their neighbors by name. Life here is marked by the changing seasons and the simple clarity of a day spent in the open air, far removed from the clamor of the coast or the density of sprawling urban centers.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Bessemer War Memorial (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 226° SW
Bessemer Lake Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 284° W
Bessemer Playground (Local Recreation) — 0.5 mi, 104° E
Quaker Falls Recreation Area (Local Park) — 3.1 mi, 349° N
North Side School (Historic Ruins) — 4.9 mi, 331° NW
Mahoningtown War Memorial (Monument) — 5.8 mi, 094° E
Countryside Golf Course (Park) — 6.9 mi, 328° NW
The Village Green and Graveyard / Poland Presbyterian Church (Monument) — 6.9 mi, 295° NW
State Game Land 336 (State Resource Management Area) — 6.9 mi, 106° E
Fonderlac Country Club (Park) — 7.0 mi, 267° W
The Birdbath (Historic Ruins) — 7.2 mi, 313° NW
General Thaddeus Kosciuszko & General Casimir Pulaski (Public Artwork) — 7.3 mi, 296° NW
State Game Land 150 (State Resource Management Area) — 8.0 mi, 009° N
Woodworth Ampitheater (Theatre) — 8.7 mi, 274° W
Boardman Spartan Stadium (Stadium) — 9.6 mi, 285° W
Wildlife Sanctuary Observation Platform (Viewpoint) — 10.9 mi, 269° W
Youngstown Sign (Attraction) — 11.8 mi, 314° NW
SMARTS Art School (Arts Centre) — 11.8 mi, 315° NW
OH WOW! Childen's Museum (Museum) — 12.0 mi, 315° NW
McKelvey Gallery (Arts Centre) — 12.0 mi, 315° NW
Ward Beecher Planetarium (Museum) — 12.1 mi, 317° NW
Sulphur Spring Amphitheater (Theatre) — 12.1 mi, 302° NW
Indian Rock (Attraction) — 12.7 mi, 176° S
Weller Gallery (Gallery) — 12.9 mi, 311° NW
Mill Creek Park Museum (Museum) — 12.9 mi, 311° NW
McConnells Mill State Park (State Park) — 13.2 mi, 103° E
Beaver Creek State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 14.6 mi, 190° S
Moraine State Park (State Park) — 18.3 mi, 092° E
Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.9 mi, 179° S · 6,562 acres
Cuyahoga Valley National Park (National Park) — 54.7 mi, 287° W · 19k acres

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