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Houston Pennsylvania Map

Explore Houston, 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 Houston, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Houston, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.246459
Longitude	-80.211447
Population	1,172
Density	1101.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	15342, 15317
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Washington
School District	Chartiers-Houston School District

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About Houston, Pennsylvania

Houston is a locality in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,172. The population density is 1101.0 people per km². Houston is located at 40.2465°N, 80.2114°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Houston is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 15342, 15317.

Houston occupies a verdant basin where the Chartiers Creek carves a persistent path through the landscape, defining the local topography with its steady, low-slung course. It lies 5.3 miles north-northeast of Washington, PA (from Washington, PA: bearing 20°T), and is situated 8.1 miles south-southwest of South Fayette. The air here holds a particular weight, often cooling as it settles into the nearby Arnold Hollow, where shadows stretch long and thin against the rising ground long before the sun disappears behind the distant silhouette of the Allegheny Mountains. Within the immediate footprint of the land, the Borough of Houston Recreation Park provides a quiet green anchor for residents, its open spaces offering a contrast to the dense, wooded ridges that enclose the horizon. When the light hits the water of the creek at dusk, the surface takes on a bruised, metallic sheen, reflecting the transition from the industrious day to the stillness of the Pennsylvania evening.

Houston grew from the bones of an industrial era, its development tethered to the rhythmic output of the coal and steel sectors that once galvanized the regional economy. The echoes of that labor remain embedded in the architecture of the streets and the collective memory of the people, though the pace of life has shifted toward a more deliberate, quiet endurance. While Maplewood Lake sits just a short distance away, drawing those who seek the stillness of inland waters, the character of Houston remains defined by its inland geography and the remnants of its coal-fired history. The current rhythm of the place is marked by the passage of trains and the simple, functional architecture of a region that has learned to transform its heavy past into a steady, unpretentious present.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Borough of Houston Recreation Park (Local Recreation) — 0.3 mi, 042° NE
West Pike Street Community Park (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 199° S
The Meadows Racetrack (Local Park) — 1.3 mi, 161° S
Perry Como Statue (Public Artwork) — 1.6 mi, 058° NE
Falconi Field (Local Recreation) — 2.0 mi, 043° NE
Pennsylvania Trolley Museum (Museum) — 3.0 mi, 216° SW
Allegheny Land Trust Property (Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 324° NW
Montour Trail (Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 311° NW
Peters Township Reservoir (Private Recreation) — 4.9 mi, 086° E
Peters Township School Ballfield (Recreation Easement) — 5.0 mi, 075° E
World West Galleries (Gallery) — 5.5 mi, 199° S
Flight 427 Memorial (Monument) — 7.1 mi, 062° NE
Spring House Remains (Historic Ruins) — 7.7 mi, 048° NE
State Game Land 232 (State Resource Management Area) — 9.7 mi, 250° W
Bulger Area U.S. Armed Services memorial (Monument) — 10.9 mi, 327° NW
Residence of General John Neville (Monument) — 11.3 mi, 033° NE
AMC CLASSIC Mount Lebanon 6 (Cinema) — 11.4 mi, 048° NE
TIme Capsule (Monument) — 11.5 mi, 034° NE
South Park Game Preserve (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 11.7 mi, 069° E
Fine Arts Theater (Theatre) — 12.3 mi, 044° NE
Denis Theatre (Cinema) — 12.8 mi, 043° NE
Dot and Line Art Studio (Arts Centre) — 13.0 mi, 041° NE
Statue Base (Public Artwork) — 14.2 mi, 066° NE
Shade Sisters Dance (Arts Centre) — 14.3 mi, 058° NE
South Hills Art Center (Gallery) — 14.4 mi, 045° NE
South Hills Dance Center (Arts Centre) — 14.4 mi, 062° NE
Thornburg Theater (Theatre) — 14.5 mi, 028° NE
Hillman State Park (State Park) — 14.9 mi, 329° NW
Raccoon Creek State Park (State Park) — 19.1 mi, 336° NW
Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.9 mi, 273° W · 6,562 acres

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