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Bruin Pennsylvania Map

Explore Bruin, 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 Bruin, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Bruin, Pennsylvania Map

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

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.

CityBruin
StatePennsylvania (PA)
CountyButler County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude41.054785
Longitude-79.726716
Population423
Density89.5 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Codes16049, 16022
Area Code215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County SeatButler
School DistrictKarns City Area School District

About Bruin, Pennsylvania

Bruin is a locality in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 423. The population density is 89.5 people per km². Bruin is located at 41.0548°N, 79.7267°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Bruin is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 16049, 16022.

Bruin occupies a landscape defined by the persistent, rhythmic flow of South Branch Bear Creek, which carves a path through the dense, verdant terrain of the Allegheny Plateau. It lies 16.0 miles north-northeast of Butler, PA (from Butler, PA: bearing 33°T), and is situated 16.2 miles northeast of Homeacre-Lyndora. The air here holds a crisp, earthen weight, cooling rapidly as the sun retreats behind the uneven horizon, where the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Allegheny Mountains offer a silent, jagged boundary to the west. Within the immediate vicinity, the earth rises in firm, tectonic swells, creating a topography that feels both ancient and settled, with Bruin Borough Community Park providing a modest, quiet clearing where the local foliage softens the hard edges of the geography.

History clings to the sediment of the region, echoing the industrial shifts that once transformed the local economy through the extraction of natural resources. Long before the modern pace took hold, the land served as a rugged frontier where the promise of opportunity drew those willing to labor in the shadow of the valley. Today, the quietude of Binker Valley nearby stands in contrast to the echoes of past industry, while the nearby Harbar Acres Lake serves as a reflective, still point for those seeking a reprieve from the daily grind. Life in Bruin moves with a deliberate, steady cadence, an existence shaped by the changing seasons and the proximity of the Clear Creek State Forest Kennerdell Tract, where the deep, timbered silence reminds every resident of the wild, unyielding nature that persists just beyond the threshold of the porch.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Bruin Borough Community Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 027° NE
  • Bruin Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 027° NE
  • State Game Land 095 (State Resource Management Area) — 0.9 mi, 016° N
  • Parker's Landing Petroglyphs (Historic Ruins) — 3.6 mi, 057° NE
  • Foxburg To Parker Rail-Trail Gap Acquisition (Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 050° NE
  • Karns City Ballfield #1 (Local Recreation) — 3.7 mi, 184° S
  • Allegheny River Trail (Private Recreation) — 4.1 mi, 038° NE
  • Rural Electrification (Monument) — 4.5 mi, 045° NE
  • Clarion, Pennsylvania Wild And Scenic River Study Area (Wild & Scenic River) — 4.9 mi, 034° NE · 12k acres
  • State Game Land 105 (State Resource Management Area) — 5.3 mi, 104° E
  • Allegheny RiverStone Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 6.4 mi, 023° NE
  • Brady's Bend Works (Monument) — 6.5 mi, 126° SE
  • Armstrong Trail (Private Recreation) — 6.5 mi, 099° E
  • Bradys Bend Iron Furnaces Historical Site (Historic Ruins) — 6.6 mi, 126° SE
  • Foxburg Golf Course (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 021° N
  • Cornplanter's Defeat (Registered Battlefield) — 8.0 mi, 133° SE
  • Allegheny, Pennsylvania Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 8.9 mi, 002° N · 35k acres
  • American Rabbit Breeders Association (Museum) — 13.3 mi, 045° NE
  • Moraine State Park (State Park) — 14.2 mi, 246° SW
  • Dennison Point Overlook (Viewpoint) — 16.2 mi, 337° NW
  • American Flag (Public Artwork) — 16.7 mi, 168° S
  • Succop Theater (Theatre) — 18.3 mi, 212° SW
  • Guthrie Theatre (Cinema) — 20.1 mi, 291° W
  • University Gallery (Gallery) — 21.0 mi, 059° NE
  • Belltower (Attraction) — 21.0 mi, 059° NE
  • Cooper Hall (Saxonburg Museum) (Museum) — 21.3 mi, 192° S
  • Saxonburg Museum (Museum) — 21.3 mi, 192° S
  • Audubon Society (Museum) — 21.9 mi, 209° SW
  • Coria Jacobs Gallery LLC (Gallery) — 24.3 mi, 347° N
  • Allegheny National Forest (National Forest) — 33.6 mi, 024° NE · 514k acres

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About This Bruin Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bruin, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 41.054785, -79.726716. 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 Bruin includes the ZIP code (16049, 16022), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Butler County (Butler), and school district assignment (Karns City 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.