Explore Millvale, 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 Millvale, 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 Millvale.
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 | Millvale |
| State | Pennsylvania (PA) |
| County | Allegheny County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.480069 |
| Longitude | -79.978386 |
| Population | 3,376 |
| Density | 2105.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 15209 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| County Seat | Pittsburgh |
| School District | Shaler Area School District |
Millvale emerges from the narrow, steep-walled corridor where Girtys Run carves its persistent path toward the larger river, a landscape defined by the sudden verticality of the Allegheny Plateau. It lies 2.8 miles northwest of Shadyside, PA (from Shadyside, PA: bearing 315°T), and is situated 2.9 miles north-northeast of Pittsburgh. The topography forces a dense, vertical compression of brick and mortar against the rising hillsides, where the morning sun struggles to reach the street level until the light has already washed over the upper ridges. Just a mile away, the quiet stillness of Lampher Reservoir holds the reflection of the sky, offering a stark, silent contrast to the kinetic energy of the Girty's Woods that climb the slopes above. The air here carries the weight of the valley, a damp, metallic clarity that clings to the skin during the humid shift from afternoon to evening, grounding the residents in the physical reality of a place that refuses to sprawl.
Millvale retains the grit and character of its industrial lineage, having evolved from the soot-stained intensity of early manufacturing into a mosaic of independent craft, art, and localized commerce. The architecture speaks of a time when the economy was tethered to the relentless output of the nearby steel mills, yet the current identity of Millvale has been painstakingly recast by a culture of restoration and community-driven revitalization. Beyond the immediate municipal borders, one might find the industrial echoes of the region lingering in the distance, or look toward the horizon where the silhouette of the Allegheny Mountains suggests a vast, ancient boundary. Life here moves with a deliberate, rhythmic pace, punctuated by the passage of trains and the hum of a populace that finds beauty in the intersection of historic utility and a modern, evolving purpose.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Millvale, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.480069, -79.978386. 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 Millvale includes the ZIP code (15209), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Allegheny County (Pittsburgh), and school district assignment (Shaler 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 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. |