Explore Oakland, 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 Oakland, 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 Oakland.
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 | Oakland |
| State | Pennsylvania (PA) |
| County | Allegheny County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.305562 |
| Longitude | -78.881733 |
| Population | 1,481 |
| Density | 406.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 18847, 15260, 16137, 15904 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| County Seat | Pittsburgh |
| School District | Greater Johnstown School District |
Oakland asserts its presence through a dense, vertical layering of stone and brick that rises above the surrounding urban topography. It lies 1.3 miles west-southwest of Shadyside, PA (from Shadyside, PA: bearing 240°T), and is situated 1.8 miles east of Pittsburgh. The landscape is defined by the deep, verdant incision of Panther Hollow, which pulls the eye toward the dark, still waters of Panther Hollow Lake. To the west, the Monongahela River carves a wide path, its flow a constant, rhythmic presence that anchors the region to the broader geography of the Allegheny Plateau. On clear, crisp days, the distant, hazy blue outlines of the Allegheny Mountains offer a subtle, jagged frame to the horizon, reminding the observer of the vast, ancient tectonic forces that shaped this inland terrain.
Oakland functions as a primary engine of intellectual and cultural life, where the weight of historical industry has long since given way to the quiet, persistent hum of modern research and academic institutions. The air here carries the faint, lingering scent of old masonry and autumn leaves, a byproduct of a neighborhood that balances its dense, scholarly pursuits with the accessible, communal grounds of Dunseith Park (Shalane'S Play Yard). Residents often navigate the steep incline of the streets with a measured, deliberate gait, occasionally pausing to look toward the route of the Monogahela Incline, which serves as a utilitarian reminder of the engineering ingenuity that once defined the regional economy. Life in Oakland moves with a steady, academic cadence, where the pursuit of knowledge informs the daily rhythm just as surely as the changing seasons mark the passage of time across the Pennsylvania landscape.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Oakland, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.305562, -78.881733. 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 Oakland includes the ZIP code (18847, 15260, 16137), 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 (Greater Johnstown 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. |