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Ernest Pennsylvania Map

Explore Ernest, 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 Ernest, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Ernest, Pennsylvania Map

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

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.

CityErnest
StatePennsylvania (PA)
CountyIndiana County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude40.678894
Longitude-79.165775
Population417
Density700.0 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Codes15739, 19428, 15701
Area Code215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County SeatIndiana
School DistrictMarion Center Area School District

About Ernest, Pennsylvania

Ernest is a locality in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 417. The population density is 700.0 people per km². Ernest is located at 40.6789°N, 79.1658°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Ernest is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 15739, 19428, 15701.

Ernest occupies a quiet crease in the landscape where the steady, dark pulse of McKee Run dictates the pace of the terrain. It lies 3.9 miles north of Indiana, PA (from Indiana, PA: bearing 353°T), and is situated 6.2 miles east-northeast of Armstrong Township. The ground here rises in modest, grass-covered swells, a prelude to the distant, hazy blue spine of the Allegheny Mountains that mark the far horizon. Sunlight often catches the surface of Pond F just a mile away, turning the water into a flat, silver coin held in the palm of the earth. Within the center of the grid, the Second Street Playground offers a patch of worn grass and iron swings, providing a modest clearing where the wind moves unimpeded through the open space.

Ernest remains defined by the persistent, rugged memory of the coal industry that once drew men into the deep seams beneath the soil. The economy of the region has shifted away from the soot and iron of the past, yet the architecture of the streets retains the sturdy, utilitarian brickwork of a working-class history. People go about their days with a deliberate, measured gravity, moving between the remnants of old company rows and the newer, quiet stretches of residential life. There is a particular clarity to the air here, a crispness that arrives with the changing seasons, grounding the residents in a place that asks for little but offers a deep, unhurried sense of belonging.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Second Street Playground (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 111° E
  • Blue Spruce Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 001° N
  • Blue Spruce County Park Expansion (Local Recreation) — 0.8 mi, 339° N
  • Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 3.6 mi, 159° S
  • Indiana County War Memorial (Monument) — 3.9 mi, 172° S
  • Jimmy Stewart Statue (Public Artwork) — 3.9 mi, 172° S
  • Waller Hall (Theatre) — 4.2 mi, 176° S
  • Fisher Auditorium (Theatre) — 4.2 mi, 176° S
  • IUP Arch (Attraction) — 4.2 mi, 171° S
  • 9/11 Memorial (Monument) — 4.2 mi, 175° S
  • MovieScoop Indiana Mall Cinemas (Cinema) — 5.0 mi, 192° S
  • State Game Land 248 (State Resource Management Area) — 5.5 mi, 137° SE
  • Yellow Creek State Park (State Park) — 7.9 mi, 138° SE
  • Gallitzin State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 8.9 mi, 095° E
  • Mahoning Creek Lake (Recreation Area) — 10.9 mi, 010° N
  • Conemaugh River Lake (Recreation Area) — 12.2 mi, 183° S
  • Community park (Attraction) — 14.2 mi, 235° SW
  • Blanket Hill (Monument) — 14.4 mi, 294° NW
  • Laurel Ridge State Park (State Park) — 19.9 mi, 156° SE
  • Jackson Theater (Cinema) — 21.1 mi, 029° NE
  • Roundhouse (Historic Ruins) — 21.8 mi, 032° NE
  • Nathan's Divided Nature Education Center (Nature Reserve) — 26.4 mi, 117° SE
  • Wagner-Ritter House (Museum) — 26.5 mi, 152° SE
  • Cambria County Historical Society (Museum) — 26.6 mi, 119° SE
  • Bottle Works (Arts Centre) — 26.6 mi, 152° SE
  • Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 27.4 mi, 153° SE
  • Traister Petroglyphs (Historic Ruins) — 28.9 mi, 324° NW
  • The Dragon & Gwenevere (Attraction) — 29.3 mi, 191° S
  • Allegheny National Forest (National Forest) — 46.1 mi, 003° N · 514k acres

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About This Ernest Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ernest, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.678894, -79.165775. 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 Ernest includes the ZIP code (15739, 19428, 15701), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Indiana County (Indiana), and school district assignment (Marion Center Area 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.