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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	Allegheny County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	40.020936
Longitude	-75.979394
Population	301
Density	205.1 /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	Pittsburgh
School District	Elizabeth Forward School District

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About Buena Vista, Pennsylvania

Buena Vista is a locality in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 301. The population density is 205.1 people per km². 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 anchors itself firmly against the persistent, dark currents of the Youghiogheny River, where the water carves a deep, deliberate path through the plateau. It lies 5.1 miles southwest of North Huntingdon, PA (from North Huntingdon, PA: bearing 225°T), and is situated 10.0 miles south of Monroeville. The heavy, humid air of the river valley holds the scent of damp earth and cooling stone, particularly as the light fails and shadows lengthen from the dense, surrounding woodlands. Only a mile away, the quiet stillness of Butlers Lake offers a stark contrast to the moving river, its surface often catching the bruised purple of an approaching evening storm. Beyond the immediate banks, the land rises into the complex, wrinkled topography of the region, where the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Allegheny Mountains occasionally emerge on the horizon like ghosts of a more rugged, ancient geography.

Buena Vista maintains the steady, pragmatic character of a place that once served as a vital artery for the region’s industrial ambitions, moving coal and timber toward the hungry furnaces of the west. The echoes of that era remain in the quiet, industrious rhythm of the daily commute and the maintenance of Riverfront Park, a space that reclaimed the riverbank for the public to observe the steady flow of the Youghiogheny River. To the north, the terrain dips into the quiet, secretive depth of Guffey Hollow, a reminder of the fractured landscape that dictated the settlement patterns of early laborers and engineers. Life in Buena Vista moves with a deliberate, unadorned pace, defined more by the shifting seasons and the seasonal rise of the river than by the frantic pace of the larger metropolitan centers to the northwest.

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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