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Hunker Pennsylvania Map

Explore Hunker, 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 Hunker, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Hunker, Pennsylvania Map

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

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.

CityHunker
StatePennsylvania (PA)
CountyWestmoreland County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude40.204238
Longitude-79.620596
Population310
Density473.1 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code15639
Area Code215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County SeatGreensburg
School DistrictHempfield Area School District

About Hunker, Pennsylvania

Hunker is a locality in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 310. The population density is 473.1 people per km². Hunker is located at 40.2042°N, 79.6206°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Hunker is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 15639.

Hunker occupies a quiet stretch of the Allegheny Plateau where the land folds into a series of modest, grass-covered slopes. It lies 8.0 miles south-southwest of Greensburg, PA (from Greensburg, PA: bearing 213°T), and is situated 8.6 miles south of Jeannette. Belson Run carves a narrow, winding path through the local terrain, its steady flow reflecting the changing sky as it pulls toward the lower elevations of Null Hollow. The air here holds a crisp, earthen quality, especially when the light of late afternoon catches the tall, unkempt weeds bordering the Hunker Ball Field. Beyond the immediate canopy of hardwoods, the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Allegheny Mountains offer a silent boundary to the horizon, grounding the landscape in a stillness that feels both ancient and persistent.

Hunker maintains a steady, unremarkable pace that mirrors its long-standing connection to the industrial heritage of the broader region. While the local economy once leaned heavily into the extraction and transport of resources that defined the nearby plateau, the current character of the place is marked by a quiet, residential endurance. Residents move with the familiarity of those who know the exact curve of the roads and the specific hum of the wind against the siding of their homes. Life here is defined by small, repetitive rhythms—the maintenance of property, the seasonal shifts in the fields, and the occasional trip toward the water at Albrights Lake or the distant rush of Creek Falls. It is a place where the past exists not in grand monuments, but in the enduring foundation of the soil and the unpretentious way the day fades into a cool, gray dusk.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Hunker Borough Playground (Local Recreation) — 0.2 mi, 096° E
  • Community Park (Local Park) — 1.7 mi, 050° NE
  • Youngwood Area Park & Pool (Local Park) — 2.3 mi, 036° NE
  • Youngwood Ballfield & Field House (Local Recreation) — 2.8 mi, 039° NE
  • Mount Pleasant WWI Memorial (Monument) — 5.6 mi, 133° SE
  • State Game Land 296 (State Resource Management Area) — 5.9 mi, 209° SW
  • Scottdale War Memorial (Monument) — 7.4 mi, 166° S
  • The McKivens Archipelago (Viewpoint) — 7.4 mi, 242° SW
  • Westmoreland Performing Arts (Arts Centre) — 7.8 mi, 031° NE
  • Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Statue (Monument) — 7.9 mi, 026° NE
  • Amphitheater (Theatre) — 8.1 mi, 255° W
  • Big Mac Museum (Museum) — 8.9 mi, 335° NW
  • Coke Ovens (Historic Ruins) — 11.8 mi, 330° NW
  • Farmhouse Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 13.1 mi, 320° NW
  • Family Funscape (Theme Park) — 13.2 mi, 280° W
  • Phoenix Big Cinemas North Versailles Stadium 18 (Cinema) — 14.5 mi, 323° NW
  • Nittany Lion Shrine (Public Artwork) — 14.6 mi, 312° NW
  • Spaceballs The Unauthorized Museum and Gift Shop (Museum) — 15.2 mi, 317° NW
  • That Dance Place (Arts Centre) — 15.3 mi, 252° W
  • Keystone State Park (State Park) — 15.7 mi, 046° NE
  • Roaring Run Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 17.4 mi, 122° SE
  • Tipping Bucket (Attraction) — 18.2 mi, 078° E
  • Soak Zone (Attraction) — 18.2 mi, 078° E
  • Wild Mouse (Attraction) — 18.4 mi, 078° E
  • Daniel Tiger Stage (Attraction) — 18.4 mi, 078° E
  • Ohiopyle State Park (State Park) — 19.4 mi, 160° S
  • Quebec Run Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 30.0 mi, 185° S
  • Monongahela National Forest (National Forest) — 64.2 mi, 177° S · 922k acres

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About This Hunker Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hunker, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.204238, -79.620596. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Hunker includes the ZIP code (15639), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Westmoreland County (Greensburg), and school district assignment (Hempfield Area School District).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.