Explore Oakdale, 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 Oakdale, 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 Oakdale.
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 | Oakdale |
| State | Pennsylvania (PA) |
| County | Allegheny County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.400165 |
| Longitude | -80.18715 |
| Population | 1,475 |
| Density | 1214.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 18224, 15071 |
| 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 |
Oakdale occupies a quiet fold of the Allegheny Plateau where the North Branch Robinson Run carves a persistent, narrow path through the earth. It lies 3.0 miles north-northwest of South Fayette, PA (from South Fayette, PA: bearing 339°T), and is situated 7.8 miles west-northwest of Mount Lebanon. The landscape is defined by the steep, wooded slopes that climb away from the water, creating a secluded basin where the air holds the cool, damp weight of the deep woods long after the morning sun has begun to retreat. Sunlight here often filters through the canopy in thin, slanted shafts, illuminating the moisture on the limestone outcroppings and the rusted iron of old hillside conduits. Five miles away, the surface of Lynch Ponds remains undisturbed by the modern velocity of the world, providing a silent, reflective contrast to the shadows of the nearby Mohawk Valley.
Oakdale emerged from the industrial ambitions of the nineteenth century, built upon the hard labor of coal extraction and the logistical necessity of the railway lines that once stitched the region together. The Panhandle Trail now occupies the path of these former tracks, allowing the quiet passage of pedestrians and cyclists over terrain that once vibrated with the heavy, rhythmic pulse of coal cars. While the economy has shifted away from the soot and steel that defined the surrounding plateau, the architecture of the borough retains a functional, sturdy character, with brick facades standing in steady defiance of the damp winters. Life in Oakdale moves with a measured, deliberate pace, anchored by the remnants of its heavy industry and the persistent, low-frequency hum of a region that remembers its own labor.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Oakdale, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.400165, -80.18715. 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 Oakdale includes the ZIP code (18224, 15071), 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 (West Allegheny 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. |