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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	Lancaster 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	Lancaster
School District	Elizabeth Forward School District

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About Buena Vista, Pennsylvania

Buena Vista is a locality in Lancaster 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 occupies a quiet reach of land where the Pequea Creek carves a deliberate, winding path through the heavy, fertile soil of the region. It lies 8.6 miles west-northwest of Coatesville, PA (from Coatesville, PA: bearing 288°T), and is situated 6.8 miles south-southeast of East Earl. The landscape surrounding Buena Vista maintains a steady, agrarian composure, marked by the deep greens of timbered thickets and the vast, patterned expanse of cultivated fields that stretch toward the distant slopes of the Appalachian Mountains. Light at dusk here possesses a particular, honeyed thickness, catching the dust of the backroads and turning the horizon into a muted study of charcoal and copper. The air remains crisp, carrying the scent of damp earth and the subtle, metallic tang of the creek, while the nearby Moscow Rd Open Space offers a sanctuary of wilder, unmanaged growth that contrasts sharply with the orderly geometry of the surrounding farms.

Local life in Buena Vista traces its lineage to the patient labor of those who first broke the sod of the Linville Hill Valley, establishing an economy rooted in the cyclical rhythms of harvest and trade. While the modern world presses in with its demands, the pulse of the place remains tethered to the land and the quiet, industrious persistence of its residents. The New Holland Reservoir waits five miles away, a still, silver mirror reflecting the changing seasons and providing a point of stillness for those who seek it. History here is not found in grand monuments, but in the enduring utility of the barns and the long, slow shadow cast by the afternoon sun across the township. Buena Vista persists as a place of deliberate transitions, where the labor of the day eventually yields to the long, quiet blue of the Pennsylvania evening.

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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