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Fairchance Pennsylvania Map

Explore Fairchance, 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 Fairchance, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Fairchance, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	39.825088
Longitude	-79.753998
Population	1,890
Density	614.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	15349, 15436
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Waynesburg
School District	Albert Gallatin Area School District

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About Fairchance, Pennsylvania

Fairchance is a locality in Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,890. The population density is 614.8 people per km². Fairchance is located at 39.8251°N, 79.7540°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Fairchance is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 15349, 15436.

Fairchance emerges from the dampened earth of the Allegheny Plateau, a place where the persistent flow of Dunkard Creek carves a path through the low-lying basin. It lies 31.1 miles south-southeast of Washington, PA (from Washington, PA: bearing 162°T), and is situated 9.8 miles northwest of Morgantown. The landscape surrounding Fairchance shifts into the dense, timbered shadows of State Game Land 223, where the canopy creates a heavy, velvet silence that persists even as the light begins to fail. Beyond the immediate perimeter, the terrain rises into the rugged character of the regional plateau, while the distant, jagged silhouette of the Allegheny Mountains marks the horizon like a charcoal sketch against the fading sky. Five miles away, the quiet depression of Mundell Hollow serves as a reminder of the tectonic patience required to shape this terrain, leaving a land that feels both ancient and stubbornly fixed in its own quiet gravity.

Fairchance bears the weight of a past forged in the soot and industry of the coal era, an inheritance that lingers in the weathered brick of its older structures and the steady, unpretentious pace of its daily commerce. The legacy of extraction remains etched into the local identity, though the economy has long since pivoted, leaving the people to navigate a quieter existence tethered to the land rather than the mine. Life here flows with the muted rhythm of the seasons, occasionally punctuated by the trek of a visitor seeking the expanse of State Game Land 223 or the solitude of the woods. There is a distinct, metallic clarity to the air on autumn mornings, a sharpness that cuts through the stillness and speaks to the resilience of a place that has learned to thrive in the long, cooling shadow of its own history.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Fairchance Community Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 176° S
Kyle Lane Ballfield (Local Recreation) — 0.2 mi, 349° N
State Game Land 138 (State Resource Management Area) — 1.2 mi, 170° S
Forbes State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 1.4 mi, 055° NE
Georges Ballfield (Local Park) — 1.5 mi, 273° W
Smithfield Ballfield (Local Recreation) — 2.9 mi, 229° SW
Quebec Run Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 4.8 mi, 153° SE
Point Lookout (Viewpoint) — 5.2 mi, 067° NE
Metal Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 7.4 mi, 107° E
Braddock's Grave (Monument) — 8.1 mi, 086° E
Sophia's Grave (Attraction) — 10.1 mi, 249° W
Ohiopyle State Park (State Park) — 11.7 mi, 068° E
Henry Clay Furnace (Historic Ruins) — 12.6 mi, 196° S
Kentuck Knob Visitor's Center (Attraction) — 12.7 mi, 075° E
Snake Hill Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.4 mi, 185° S
Riverside Spot (Attraction) — 13.7 mi, 197° S
Climbing and Rappelling (Attraction) — 14.1 mi, 198° S
Metal Shack (Historic Ruins) — 15.1 mi, 194° S
Monongahela River, Railroad, and Transportation Museum (Museum) — 15.2 mi, 334° NW
Dunlap's Creek Bridge (Monument) — 15.3 mi, 332° NW
Frank L. Melega Art Museum (Museum) — 15.3 mi, 333° NW
W. A. Young & Sons Foundry and Machine Shop (Museum) — 15.6 mi, 304° NW
Speyer Gallery (Museum) — 16.2 mi, 070° E
Lowhill Honor Roll (Monument) — 16.5 mi, 320° NW
Watts Museum (Museum) — 17.0 mi, 224° SW
AMC CLASSIC Morgantown 12 (Cinema) — 18.9 mi, 224° SW
Laurel Ridge State Park (State Park) — 20.9 mi, 072° E
That Dance Place (Arts Centre) — 22.7 mi, 341° N
Monongahela National Forest (National Forest) — 38.5 mi, 174° S · 922k acres

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