Explore Cheswick, 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 Cheswick, 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 Cheswick.
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 | Cheswick |
| State | Pennsylvania (PA) |
| County | Allegheny County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.541734 |
| Longitude | -79.799216 |
| Population | 1,672 |
| Density | 1394.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 15024 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| County Seat | Pittsburgh |
| School District | Allegheny Valley School District |
Cheswick occupies a quiet reach of land where the steady pulse of the regional topography defines the experience of the day. It lies 2.3 miles west-southwest of Lower Burrell, PA (from Lower Burrell, PA: bearing 250°T), and is situated 3.5 miles northeast of Penn Hills. Tawney Run carves a modest path through the earth here, its movement a constant, low-frequency presence that shapes the immediate terrain before the ground rises into the broader forms of the Allegheny Plateau. The light at dusk settles heavily against the slope, turning the gray stone and brick of the local architecture into muted shades of violet and charcoal. Residents often gather at MacLean Street Parklet, a small patch of green that serves as a terrestrial anchor, while the distant, hazy blue outlines of the Allegheny Mountains suggest a vast, ancient wilderness waiting sixty-eight miles to the east.
Cheswick retains the residual hum of an industrial past, echoing the deep-seated economic patterns of the surrounding region where coal and steel once dictated the velocity of life. While the heavy machinery of earlier eras has receded, the character of the place remains forged in that period of intense, labor-driven purpose. The nearby depression of Desperation Hollow serves as a reminder of the rugged, unforgiving nature of the local geography, a stark contrast to the managed stillness found closer to the residential streets. On quiet weekends, the drive toward Beaver Run Reservoir offers a change in perspective, moving away from the dense, built-up corridors toward the open, still water that holds the sky in its depths. Even when the air grows thin and cold, the rhythm of Cheswick persists, grounded in a cycle of work and rest that feels as fixed as the bedrock beneath the soil.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cheswick, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.541734, -79.799216. 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 Cheswick includes the ZIP code (15024), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Allegheny County (Pittsburgh), and school district assignment (Allegheny Valley School District).
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. |