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Imperial Pennsylvania Map

Explore Imperial, 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 Imperial, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Imperial, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.449513
Longitude	-80.244504
Population	2,722
Density	331.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	15126
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Pittsburgh
School District	West Allegheny School District

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About Imperial, Pennsylvania

Imperial is a locality in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,722. The population density is 331.2 people per km². Imperial is located at 40.4495°N, 80.2445°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 15126.

Imperial emerges from the landscape as a collection of quiet inclines and sheltered hollows, defined by the persistent, rhythmic presence of Montour Run as it carves its path through the earth. It lies 5.0 miles south-southwest of Carnot-Moon, PA (from Carnot-Moon, PA: bearing 196°T), and is situated 7.6 miles north-northwest of South Fayette. The air here holds the cooling moisture of the inland plateau, a stillness that settles over the deep woodland and the open patches of ground that slope toward the Mohawk Valley. Sunlight catches the surface of the Montour Run in the early hours, turning the water into a ribbon of pale light that threads through the terrain, while the distant, hazy silhouette of the Allegheny Mountains suggests a vastness beyond the immediate horizon. Four miles to the west, the water in Sedimentation Pond Number Three remains a mirror for the sky, undisturbed and quiet, reflecting the changing colors of the trees as they transition from the verdant green of summer into the muted, earthy browns of late autumn.

Imperial carries the weight of a history rooted in the grit of the Pennsylvania interior, where the pulse of the regional economy shifted from early resource extraction toward the logistics and connectivity of the modern age. The character of the place is marked by the pragmatism of those who live between the heavy industrial memory of the surrounding region and the necessity of keeping pace with a changing world. Daily life here feels grounded in the intersection of these forces, where the sound of transit and the steady movement of goods speak to a locality that serves as a vital hinge for the surrounding land. There is a distinct, unadorned beauty in the way the local topography accommodates the infrastructure of industry, creating a landscape where the labor of the past remains visible in the terrain, yet softened by the slow, natural growth of the woods and the persistent, wandering course of the water.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Montour Run (Private Recreation) — 0.0 mi, 352° N
Elm Street Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 354° N
North Fayette Community Center (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 179° S
Montour Trail (Local Recreation) — 0.6 mi, 250° W
Forestbrooke Conservation Area (Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 086° E
Township Building Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 2.4 mi, 155° SE
Former Nike Missile Launch Site Pl-71 (Historic Ruins) — 4.8 mi, 060° NE
Hillman State Park (State Park) — 6.2 mi, 257° W
Bulger Area U.S. Armed Services memorial (Monument) — 6.5 mi, 221° SW
Groveton Honor Roll (Monument) — 6.5 mi, 054° NE
Raccoon Creek State Park (State Park) — 6.8 mi, 302° NW
Sweetwater Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 6.8 mi, 028° NE
State Game Land 117 (State Resource Management Area) — 7.0 mi, 249° W
Shafer's Rock (Viewpoint) — 7.1 mi, 305° NW
Sewickley Studio (Arts Centre) — 7.1 mi, 028° NE
The Edgeworth Club (Attraction) — 7.3 mi, 024° NE
Great Republic Monument (Monument) — 7.5 mi, 010° N
Fern Hollow Nature Center (Attraction) — 8.2 mi, 037° NE
Thornburg Theater (Theatre) — 8.6 mi, 098° E
Pepsi Roadhouse (Theatre) — 9.6 mi, 257° W
Gorilla Statue (Public Artwork) — 10.3 mi, 045° NE
Denis Theatre (Cinema) — 11.6 mi, 114° SE
Row House Hollywood (Cinema) — 11.6 mi, 108° E
Spring House Remains (Historic Ruins) — 11.6 mi, 140° SE
Moonshot Museum (Museum) — 11.8 mi, 090° E
Mattress Factory (Museum) — 12.2 mi, 088° E
Thompson Drive Park (Nature Reserve) — 12.4 mi, 064° NE
Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.7 mi, 320° NW · 6,562 acres

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