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Central Pennsylvania Map

Explore Central, 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 Central, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Central, Pennsylvania Map

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

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	Central
State	Pennsylvania (PA)
County	Westmoreland County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	40.177571
Longitude	-79.58504
Population	998
Density	N/A /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	15688, 15926
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Greensburg

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About Central, Pennsylvania

Central is a locality in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 998. Central is located at 40.1776°N, 79.5850°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 15688, 15926.

Central defines itself through the persistent, quiet gravity of the Pennsylvania landscape, where the land rises in long, deliberate swells of earth and field. It lies 8.9 miles south-southwest of Greensburg, PA (from Greensburg, PA: bearing 196°T), and is situated 3.0 miles northwest of Mount Pleasant Westmoreland County. The horizon remains broad and unbroken, save for the distant, hazy blue suggestion of the Allegheny Mountains sixty-one miles to the west, which anchor the sky during the long, amber-hued afternoons of late summer. Drainage from the surrounding ridges finds its way into the low-lying Leighty Hollow, a quiet basin that gathers the morning mist before the sun can burn it away. Nearby, the water of Belson Run pulls steadily through the soil, a narrow, persistent vein that has shaped the topography of the immediate geography for generations.

Central retains an austere character, rooted in an economy that has long balanced the yield of the earth against the slow, mechanical pulse of regional industry. The legacy of the area manifests in the sturdy, unadorned architecture of its structures, which seem to hold the heat of the day long after the shadows lengthen across the grass of Hunker Borough Playground. Residents maintain a pace of life that favors the predictable cycle of the seasons, often finding respite in the stillness near Albrights Lake, where the water mirrors the shifting light of the canopy. Even the memory of the landscape feels heavy with time, as if the ground itself preserves the quiet labor of those who cleared the timber and worked the minerals long before the modern roads were paved.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hunker Borough Playground (Local Recreation) — 2.4 mi, 318° NW
Geary St. Park (Local Park) — 2.5 mi, 127° SE
Mount Pleasant WWI Memorial (Monument) — 3.0 mi, 131° SE
Westmoreland Open Space (Local Recreation) — 4.5 mi, 121° SE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 4.9 mi, 070° E
Scottdale War Memorial (Monument) — 5.3 mi, 181° S
State Game Land 296 (State Resource Management Area) — 5.9 mi, 222° SW
The McKivens Archipelago (Viewpoint) — 8.6 mi, 259° W
Westmoreland Performing Arts (Arts Centre) — 8.8 mi, 014° N
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Statue (Monument) — 9.1 mi, 010° N
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 9.7 mi, 268° W
Big Mac Museum (Museum) — 11.4 mi, 330° NW
Forbes State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 14.2 mi, 111° E
Coke Ovens (Historic Ruins) — 14.4 mi, 327° NW
Roaring Run Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.9 mi, 120° SE
Family Funscape (Theme Park) — 15.5 mi, 286° W
Farmhouse Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 15.7 mi, 319° NW
Powder Mill Nature Reserve (Museum) — 16.6 mi, 094° E
That Dance Place (Arts Centre) — 16.6 mi, 260° W
Tipping Bucket (Attraction) — 16.9 mi, 070° E
Soak Zone (Attraction) — 16.9 mi, 070° E
Ohiopyle State Park (State Park) — 17.0 mi, 164° S
Wild Mouse (Attraction) — 17.1 mi, 070° E
Daniel Tiger Stage (Attraction) — 17.1 mi, 071° E
Phoenix Big Cinemas North Versailles Stadium 18 (Cinema) — 17.1 mi, 322° NW
Nittany Lion Shrine (Public Artwork) — 17.2 mi, 312° NW
Laurel Ridge State Park (State Park) — 18.0 mi, 141° SE
Quebec Run Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 28.4 mi, 190° S
Monongahela National Forest (National Forest) — 62.3 mi, 179° S · 922k acres

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