Explore Center Valley, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Center Valley, 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 Center Valley.
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 | Center Valley |
| State | Pennsylvania (PA) |
| County | Armstrong County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.707287 |
| Longitude | -79.569768 |
| Density | N/A /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 16226, 18034 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| County Seat | Kittanning |
Center Valley unfolds across a landscape where the modest, persistent flow of Taylor Run shapes the quiet contour of the land. It lies 14.0 miles northeast of New Kensington, PA (from New Kensington, PA: bearing 47°T), and is situated 8.5 miles north-northeast of Allegheny Township. The terrain here is defined by the subtle, rhythmic depression of Pine Hollow, a verdant basin that catches the long, amber light of late afternoon. To the distant horizon, the jagged silhouettes of the Allegheny Mountains offer a faint, atmospheric boundary, standing as silent sentinels against the sky. A short distance away, the quiet waters of Crooked Creek Lake mirror the passing of clouds, while the nearby expanse of Nicholson Island provides a sanctuary of wild, tangled growth that remains largely undisturbed by the modern world.
Industry and settlement in Center Valley have long been informed by the stubborn, enduring character of the earth itself, shifting from agrarian roots to the measured pace of contemporary commerce. The local economy relies on a blend of legacy infrastructure and a steady, quiet expansion that respects the physical limits of the basin. Residents often observe how the air grows heavy and crisp as evening settles over the fields, a sensory reminder of the distance from any coast. Life in Center Valley persists with a deliberate, unadorned quality, where the historical memory of the region is felt not in grand monuments, but in the simple, reliable patterns of daily transit and the slow, seasonal transformation of the surrounding woods.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Center Valley, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.707287, -79.569768. 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 Center Valley includes the ZIP code (16226, 18034), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Armstrong County (Kittanning), and school district assignment.
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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |