Explore Kirkwood, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Kirkwood, 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 Kirkwood.
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 | Kirkwood |
| State | Pennsylvania (PA) |
| County | Lancaster County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 39.847079 |
| Longitude | -76.083376 |
| Population | 388 |
| Density | 67.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 17536 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| County Seat | Lancaster |
| School District | Solanco School District |
Kirkwood unfolds across a landscape of disciplined agriculture, where the earth is divided into precise, verdant squares that shift from deep emerald to harvest gold with the turning of the seasons. It lies 16.0 miles west-southwest of Coatesville, PA (from Coatesville, PA: bearing 237°T), and is situated 1.4 miles northwest of Union. The air here holds a particular clarity, sharpened by the proximity of Gables Run, which carves a modest path through the soil just a mile away, feeding the life of the fields. To the north, the terrain rises toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains, while closer at hand, the land feels settled and ancient, marked by the quiet presence of Kirkwood Community Park where the pace of the afternoon is measured by the length of shadows on the grass. Three miles to the east, the stillness of Octoraro Lake offers a mirror to the sky, reflecting the broad, open horizons that define this corner of the state.
Kirkwood carries the quiet weight of generations who have turned this soil, maintaining a local economy deeply rooted in the traditions of farming and the steady commerce of the interior. The influence of the nearby William Penn State Forest provides a wilder, forested contrast to the manicured pastures, serving as a reminder of the dense woods that once covered the region before the arrival of the plow. Life in Kirkwood moves with a deliberate, cyclical quality, far removed from the frantic noise of larger urban centers, shaped instead by the demands of the harvest and the changing light on the distant rise of Wolf Rock Hill. It is a place where the work of the day is etched into the very posture of the residents, a steady rhythm of labor and rest that honors the stubborn, productive character of the land.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Kirkwood, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 39.847079, -76.083376. 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 Kirkwood includes the ZIP code (17536), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Lancaster County (Lancaster), and school district assignment (Solanco 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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |