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Elco Pennsylvania Map

Explore Elco, 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 Elco, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Elco, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.081825
Longitude	-79.881678
Population	267
Density	369.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	15477, 15434, 15423
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Washington
School District	California Area School District

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About Elco, Pennsylvania

Elco is a locality in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 267. The population density is 369.5 people per km². Elco is located at 40.0818°N, 79.8817°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Elco is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 15477, 15434, 15423.

Elco occupies a narrow, persistent stretch of land where the earth rises sharply from the dark, steady currents of the Monongahela River. It lies 6.8 miles south-southwest of Rostraver, PA (from Rostraver, PA: bearing 209°T), and is situated 5.0 miles south-southeast of Monessen. The landscape is defined by the steep, wooded rise of the riverbanks and the shadowed depth of Wood Run Hollow, which carves a quiet fissure through the local terrain. Light here behaves differently than it does on the open plains, often caught and held by the hills until the sun slips behind the western ridges, casting the houses in a long, bruised violet. Beyond the immediate banks, the topography remains rugged and dense, a reminder that the distant Allegheny Mountains exert a subtle pressure on the horizon, framing the sky in a jagged, uneven line.

Elco carries the weight of a regional industrial inheritance, its rhythm dictated by the memory of coal and steel that once moved steadily along the water. The local economy has shifted away from the heavy extraction that defined its founding, yet the physical character of the borough remains anchored in the sturdy, utilitarian architecture of an earlier era. Life moves at a deliberate pace, centered largely on the small, communal space of the Elco Ballfield, where the evening air carries the sound of aluminum bats and the distant hum of traffic moving toward the valley’s edge. While the larger industrial machines have gone quiet, the proximity to the water and the incline of the hills maintain a sense of isolation from the frantic pace of the state’s larger centers. Residents still look toward the river as the primary artery of the region, watching the current pull steadily toward the north, indifferent to the changing fortunes of the people living on its banks.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Elco Ballfield (Local Recreation) — 0.3 mi, 129° SE
Five Town Park (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 081° E
Newell Ballfield (Local Recreation) — 0.9 mi, 251° W
Blaze the Vulcan (Public Artwork) — 1.2 mi, 189° S
Riverfront Park (Local Park) — 1.2 mi, 229° SW
California Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 1.2 mi, 205° SW
That Dance Place (Arts Centre) — 3.7 mi, 349° N
Monongahela River, Railroad, and Transportation Museum (Museum) — 4.1 mi, 178° S
Frank L. Melega Art Museum (Museum) — 4.1 mi, 183° S
Dunlap's Creek Bridge (Monument) — 4.2 mi, 185° S
Centerville War Memorial (Monument) — 5.1 mi, 236° SW
State Game Land 296 (State Resource Management Area) — 7.4 mi, 070° E
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 8.7 mi, 044° NE
The McKivens Archipelago (Viewpoint) — 8.8 mi, 055° NE
Family Funscape (Theme Park) — 10.9 mi, 004° N
W. A. Young & Sons Foundry and Machine Shop (Museum) — 11.1 mi, 214° SW
South Park Game Preserve (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 16.9 mi, 338° N
Greene County Museum (Museum) — 18.5 mi, 224° SW
South Hills Dance Center (Arts Centre) — 18.6 mi, 346° N
Farmhouse Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 19.2 mi, 016° N
Big Mac Museum (Museum) — 19.3 mi, 031° NE
World West Galleries (Gallery) — 20.2 mi, 288° W
Spring House Remains (Historic Ruins) — 20.2 mi, 325° NW
Ohiopyle State Park (State Park) — 21.8 mi, 126° SE
Quebec Run Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 23.7 mi, 158° S
Laurel Ridge State Park (State Park) — 28.2 mi, 109° E

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