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Forbes Road Pennsylvania Map

Explore Forbes Road, 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 Forbes Road, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Forbes Road, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.353957
Longitude	-79.521707
Population	480
Density	12.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	15633, 15627
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 Forbes Road, Pennsylvania

Forbes Road is a locality in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 12.0 people per km². Forbes Road is located at 40.3540°N, 79.5217°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 15633, 15627.

Forbes Road unfolds as a corridor of quiet, terrestrial persistence, defined by the steady, unassuming passage of Crabtree Creek as it carves a path through the dense, verdant undergrowth. It lies 3.7 miles north-northeast of Greensburg, PA (from Greensburg, PA: bearing 14°T), and is situated 5.2 miles east-northeast of Jeannette. The landscape here is defined by the deep, shadowed depressions of Coal Hollow, where the earth seems to hold onto the cool, damp weight of the morning long after the sun has climbed into the sky. While the jagged silhouettes of the Allegheny Mountains remain a distant, hazy memory on the far horizon, the immediate ground is shaped by the stubborn, tectonic patience of the plateau. A thin, silver light often collects in the low-lying fields, turning the tall grasses into a pale, shifting sea of gray-green, while the nearby Twin Lakes Number One Reservoir waits in the stillness, reflecting the heavy, unhurried clouds that drift over the inland expanse.

Historic Hanna’s Town provides a singular anchor for Forbes Road, serving as a physical reminder of the early, fragile ambitions that first cut through these woods. The economy has long since shifted away from the frantic, soot-stained labor of the deep mines that once defined the nearby hollows, leaving behind a pace of life that feels measured by the slow accumulation of seasons rather than the ticking of a clock. Modern residents of Forbes Road navigate a terrain that balances the echoes of frontier commerce with a contemporary, persistent stillness, where the air smells of turned soil and the sharp, clean scent of approaching rain. It is a place where the history of the path itself—once a vital artery for trade and movement—has settled into a rhythmic, almost meditative existence, undisturbed by the hurried demands of the wider world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Historic Hanna's Town (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 140° SE
Hempfield Township Park (Local Recreation) — 1.7 mi, 256° W
Carl A. Schwarz Memorial Park (Private Recreation) — 2.2 mi, 243° SW
Twin Lakes County Park (Local Park) — 2.8 mi, 141° SE
Westmoreland Land Trust Acquisitions - Phase I (Local Recreation) — 2.9 mi, 206° SW
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 3.3 mi, 130° SE
Vietnam Veterans of Westmoreland Co. Memorial (Monument) — 3.5 mi, 137° SE
Saint Filumena Shrine (Monument) — 3.5 mi, 214° SW
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Statue (Monument) — 3.7 mi, 209° SW
Westmoreland Performing Arts (Arts Centre) — 3.8 mi, 198° S
Community Greenspace (Private Recreation) — 4.0 mi, 249° W
Loyalhanna Lake (Recreation Area) — 5.0 mi, 040° NE
Morosini Reserve (Conservation Area) — 5.7 mi, 328° NW
Keystone State Park (State Park) — 5.9 mi, 079° E
Big Mac Museum (Museum) — 9.3 mi, 256° W
Conemaugh River Lake (Recreation Area) — 10.9 mi, 050° NE
Coke Ovens (Historic Ruins) — 11.1 mi, 269° W
Farmhouse Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 13.6 mi, 269° W
Phoenix Big Cinemas North Versailles Stadium 18 (Cinema) — 13.9 mi, 275° W
Tipping Bucket (Attraction) — 14.2 mi, 117° SE
Soak Zone (Attraction) — 14.2 mi, 117° SE
Wild Mouse (Attraction) — 14.3 mi, 117° SE
Olde Idlewild (Attraction) — 14.3 mi, 117° SE
Zorianna Bay (Viewpoint) — 15.4 mi, 251° W
Spaceballs The Unauthorized Museum and Gift Shop (Museum) — 15.5 mi, 273° W
Nittany Lion Shrine (Public Artwork) — 16.1 mi, 268° W
Church Arcade (Theme Park) — 17.1 mi, 274° W
Bloop Museum (Museum) — 17.7 mi, 298° NW
Laurel Ridge State Park (State Park) — 23.5 mi, 148° SE

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