Explore Mendenhall, 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 Mendenhall, 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 Mendenhall.
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 | Mendenhall |
| State | Pennsylvania (PA) |
| County | Chester County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 39.853999 |
| Longitude | -75.641321 |
| Population | 2,400 |
| Density | 55.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 19317, 19357 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| County Seat | West Chester |
Mendenhall holds the quiet, terrestrial grace of a landscape defined by the persistent, rhythmic flow of Craigs Mill Run. It lies 7.6 miles south-southwest of West Chester, PA (from West Chester, PA: bearing 194°T), and is situated 9.0 miles northwest of Wilmington. This waterway carves a path through the earth, marking the terrain with a distinct, low-lying vitality that separates the fields from the encroaching woods. Beyond the immediate banks, the land rises in subtle, verdant swells, a prelude to the vast, distant silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains that linger on the far horizon like a faded watercolor. A mile to the north, the Red Oak Lane Open Space offers a sanctuary of unmanicured wildness, while the silver, still surface of Shadowbrook Pond sits two miles away, holding the reflection of the clouds in a glassy, motionless stare. The air here carries the scent of damp loam and cooling stone, particularly as the afternoon light slants low, casting elongated shadows that stretch across the meadows with an elegant, melancholic precision.
Mendenhall retains an atmosphere of deliberate, modest industry, rooted in a history that favors the steady labor of the soil and the quiet craft of the workshop over the frantic pace of larger hubs. The regional economy reflects a blend of local enterprise and the preservation of open land, ensuring that the legacy of the area remains tied to its physical character rather than rapid, impersonal expansion. While the influence of the wider Pennsylvania landscape—with its deep, agricultural roots and long-standing traditions—is felt in the sturdy, brick-accented architecture and the deliberate pace of daily life, the locality maintains its own particular gravity. Residents move through their days with a familiar, understated rhythm, finding constancy in the changing colors of the trees that reach toward the distant forests and the reliable, steady pulse of the land itself.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mendenhall, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 39.853999, -75.641321. 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 Mendenhall includes the ZIP code (19317, 19357), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Chester County (West Chester), and school district assignment.
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. |