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Homestead Pennsylvania Map

Explore Homestead, 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 Homestead, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Homestead, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.405902
Longitude	-79.911995
Population	2,884
Density	1933.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	15120
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Pittsburgh
School District	Steel Valley School District

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About Homestead, Pennsylvania

Homestead is a locality in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,884. The population density is 1933.2 people per km². Homestead is located at 40.4059°N, 79.9120°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Homestead is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 15120.

Homestead reveals itself through the steady, insistent murmur of West Run, which carves a path through the landscape toward the larger valley floor. It lies 1.1 miles northwest of Munhall, PA (from Munhall, PA: bearing 326°T), and is situated 5.0 miles east-southeast of Pittsburgh. The topography here is defined by the steep, persistent incline of the Allegheny Plateau, where the air often holds a heavy, metallic weight, a lingering ghost of the furnaces that once defined the horizon. At Sullivan Playground, the ground is worn smooth by generations of children whose laughter carries over the muted, gray stone of the neighborhood streets, providing a sharp, bright contrast to the industrial silence that lingers in the shadows of the old blast furnace remnants. As the sun dips toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Allegheny Mountains, the light turns a bruised, singular gold, catching the edges of the brick facades and turning the very dust of the air into something luminous and heavy.

Homestead carries the weight of a monumental history, built on the raw, unyielding labor of men who forged the steel that skeletonized the modern world. The economy, once dictated by the singular, massive pulse of the mills, has shifted into a quieter, fragmented rhythm of small commerce and renovated brick storefronts that line the streets like iron-willed survivors. While the industrial roar has faded, the character of Homestead remains etched in the stubborn resilience of its people and the stubborn architecture of its sturdy, utilitarian buildings. Life here moves with a deliberate, grounded pace, far removed from the frantic reach of the distant coastline, focused instead on the local geography of the Monogahela Incline five miles away or the quiet, reflective surface of Panther Hollow Lake, which offers a stillness that the town’s industrious past never quite allowed.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Glitterbox Theater (Theatre) — 0.1 mi, 222° SW
Munhall Recreation Park (Local Recreation) — 0.6 mi, 149° SE
Shelburne Park (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 348° N
19th Avenue Playground (Local Recreation) — 0.7 mi, 120° SE
Hazelwood Greenway (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 288° W
Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial (Monument) — 1.1 mi, 097° E
Carrie Blast Furnace Number 6 and 7 (Historic Ruins) — 1.3 mi, 066° NE
Hays Woods (Local Conservation Area) — 1.6 mi, 237° SW
Schenley Park (Private Recreation) — 2.0 mi, 325° NW
The Manor (Cinema) — 2.2 mi, 345° N
Pillars In Squirrel Hill (Monument) — 2.7 mi, 356° N
Pittsburgh Yarn Company (Attraction) — 2.9 mi, 022° N
Car & Carraige Museum (Museum) — 2.9 mi, 010° N
Shrine Of The Blessed Mother (Public Artwork) — 3.0 mi, 306° NW
International Museum of the Bamileke Genocide (Museum) — 3.0 mi, 029° NE
The Space Upstairs (Theatre) — 3.2 mi, 013° N
University Art Gallery (Museum) — 3.2 mi, 320° NW
The Hiker - Spanish American War Memorial (Monument) — 3.2 mi, 321° NW
Stephen Foster Memorial Museum (Museum) — 3.4 mi, 321° NW
Nationality Rooms (Museum) — 3.4 mi, 321° NW
Westinghouse Atom Smasher (Attraction) — 3.6 mi, 085° E
Church Arcade (Theme Park) — 4.2 mi, 124° SE
Churchill Valley Greenway (Nature Reserve) — 4.7 mi, 050° NE
Shade Sisters Dance (Arts Centre) — 5.0 mi, 225° SW
Point State Park (State Park) — 5.5 mi, 295° NW
Allegheny Islands State Park (State Park) — 9.9 mi, 026° NE

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