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Buena Vista Pennsylvania Map

Explore Buena Vista, 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 Buena Vista, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Buena Vista, Pennsylvania Map

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

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	Buena Vista
State	Pennsylvania (PA)
County	Butler County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	40.020936
Longitude	-75.979394
Density	N/A /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	15018, 17527, 15037
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Butler
School District	Elizabeth Forward School District

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About Buena Vista, Pennsylvania

Buena Vista is a locality in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. Buena Vista is located at 40.0209°N, 75.9794°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 15018, 17527, 15037.

Buena Vista asserts its presence through a quiet collection of dwellings tucked into the uneven, wooded terrain of the Allegheny Plateau. It lies 10.3 miles northeast of Butler, PA (from Butler, PA: bearing 38°T), and is situated 8.9 miles northeast of Shanor-Northvue. South Branch Bear Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the landscape only a mile away, its persistent flow carving through the sediment and shale that define the local geology. Though the Allegheny Mountains loom 74 miles to the east as a faint, serrated bruise against the horizon, the immediate topography is one of stubborn ridges and deep, shadowed depressions. Sunlight often struggles to reach the floor of Binker Valley, eight miles distant, casting the region in a perpetual, muted gray that highlights the stark silhouettes of oak and maple trees against the sky.

Buena Vista maintains a steady, unremarkable pace of life that reflects the industrial legacy of the broader region, where the extraction of resources once dictated the rhythm of every household. Residents gather for local recreation at Karns City Ballfield #1, a patch of maintained grass that provides a communal anchor amidst the encroaching forest. The nearby waters of Boydstown Reservoir, located four miles away, serve as a quiet focal point for those seeking a respite from the labor of the day. Economic life here remains tethered to the land and the small-scale trade that has persisted long after the height of the local extractive industries faded into memory. Life in Buena Vista moves with the deliberate weight of a place that understands its own isolation, marked by the slow turn of the seasons and the enduring necessity of self-reliance.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Salisbury Township Community Park (Local Park) — 2.7 mi, 230° SW
Sadsbury Woods Preserve (Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 127° SE
William Penn State Forest - Honeybrook Tract (State Resource Management Area) — 3.9 mi, 062° NE
Birch Run Forest Land Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 4.0 mi, 073° E
William Penn State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 4.1 mi, 061° NE
New Holland Water Authority Acquisition Phase 2 (Local Recreation) — 4.2 mi, 342° N
Welsh Mountain Nature Preserve (Local Recreation) — 4.2 mi, 349° N
Money Rocks County Park (Local Park) — 4.9 mi, 354° N
Brandywine Red Clay Alliance Property (Conservation Area) — 5.0 mi, 107° E
Money Rocks Overlook (Viewpoint) — 5.3 mi, 358° N
Mercer's Mill Covered Bridge (Attraction) — 6.2 mi, 181° S
Eshleman's Mill covered bridge (Attraction) — 6.8 mi, 265° W
AAA Buggy Rides (Attraction) — 7.0 mi, 281° W
Old Dam Area (Historic Ruins) — 7.5 mi, 086° E
Edgar Beck Memorial (Monument) — 7.6 mi, 319° NW
New Holland Area Historical Society (Museum) — 8.1 mi, 315° NW
Magic & Wonder Dinner Theater (Theatre) — 8.2 mi, 266° W
Groff Memorial (Monument) — 8.3 mi, 315° NW
Amish Experience (Museum) — 8.6 mi, 279° W
Jakes Country Trading Post (Public Artwork) — 9.0 mi, 267° W
The Li'l Country Store and (Attraction) — 9.5 mi, 258° W
Mascot Roller Mills (Museum) — 9.8 mi, 287° W
Ressler Family Home (Museum) — 9.8 mi, 287° W
Bird-in-Hand Stage (Theatre) — 10.4 mi, 277° W
Bradys Village Art Gallery (Gallery) — 10.5 mi, 028° NE
Hexagonal Schoolhouse (Monument) — 12.0 mi, 097° E
Marsh Creek State Park (State Park) — 12.8 mi, 073° E
French Creek State Park (State Park) — 13.7 mi, 035° NE
Roger Hunt Mill Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 14.2 mi, 093° E
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 31.5 mi, 190° S · 96k acres

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