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Heilwood Pennsylvania Map

Explore Heilwood, 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 Heilwood, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Heilwood, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.620901
Longitude	-78.915029
Population	318
Density	97.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	15745
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Indiana
School District	Penns Manor Area School District

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About Heilwood, Pennsylvania

Heilwood is a locality in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 318. The population density is 97.8 people per km². Heilwood is located at 40.6209°N, 78.9150°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 15745.

Heilwood emerges from the rugged topography of the Allegheny Plateau, defined by the quiet persistence of Yellow Creek as it carves through the terrain. It lies 12.5 miles east of Indiana, PA (from Indiana, PA: bearing 90°T), and is situated 7.5 miles west-southwest of Northern Cambria. The landscape surrounding Heilwood remains anchored by the presence of Pine Township Park, which offers a stillness that contrasts with the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Allegheny Mountains looming twenty-three miles to the east. Verdant swells of earth dominate the horizon, while the cool, damp air carries the scent of damp soil and ancient timber from the direction of the State Forest Lands. Sunlight often catches the surface of Laurel Run Lake just a mile away, casting long, fractured shadows across the fields that seem to hold the memory of a slower, more deliberate season.

Heilwood bears the indelible mark of a coal-mining past, once serving as a planned industrial center where the extraction of mineral wealth drove the rhythm of daily life. The architecture of the area speaks to its origins as a company settlement, where the labor of generations built a foundation upon the deep, dark veins beneath the earth. Though the intensity of the extraction industry has faded, the character of the place endures in the structural integrity of its older buildings and the resilience of those who remain. Life here follows the quiet, steady pulse of the seasons, far removed from the clamor of coastal centers, finding its own meaning in the expanse of the inland woods and the persistent, winding course of the local waterways.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Pine Township Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 295° NW
Alverta Community Park (Local Park) — 3.1 mi, 074° E
State Game Land 079 (State Resource Management Area) — 4.3 mi, 114° SE
Gallitzin State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 5.2 mi, 307° NW
Yellow Creek State Park (State Park) — 5.2 mi, 237° SW
Sixth Street Little League Field (Local Recreation) — 6.2 mi, 303° NW
Mine Entrance Memorial (Monument) — 9.6 mi, 179° S
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 11.8 mi, 273° W
IUP Arch (Attraction) — 12.5 mi, 269° W
Jimmy Stewart Statue (Public Artwork) — 12.6 mi, 271° W
Indiana County War Memorial (Monument) — 12.6 mi, 271° W
9/11 Memorial (Monument) — 12.8 mi, 269° W
Waller Hall (Theatre) — 12.8 mi, 269° W
Fisher Auditorium (Theatre) — 12.8 mi, 269° W
Nathan's Divided Nature Education Center (Nature Reserve) — 13.2 mi, 128° SE
Cambria County Historical Society (Museum) — 13.5 mi, 132° SE
MovieScoop Indiana Mall Cinemas (Cinema) — 14.2 mi, 267° W
Charles F. Lewis Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.7 mi, 194° S
Laurel Ridge State Park (State Park) — 15.0 mi, 195° S
Conemaugh River Lake (Recreation Area) — 16.1 mi, 239° SW
Keirn Family World War II Museum (Museum) — 16.7 mi, 118° SE
Bottle Works (Arts Centre) — 19.4 mi, 182° S
Wagner-Ritter House (Museum) — 19.4 mi, 182° S
Cresson Railroad Observation Platform (Attraction) — 20.2 mi, 122° SE
Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 20.4 mi, 182° S
Disaster’s Edge Environmental Education Center (Nature Reserve) — 21.2 mi, 158° S
Coal Miner's Museum and Memorial (Museum) — 21.2 mi, 158° S
Galliztin Tuneels Museum (Museum) — 21.4 mi, 117° SE
Clear Shade Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 29.7 mi, 161° S
Allegheny National Forest (National Forest) — 51.2 mi, 355° N · 514k acres

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