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Oakland Pennsylvania Map

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.

Interactive Map of Oakland, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Oakland, Pennsylvania Map

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.

CityOakland
StatePennsylvania (PA)
CountyLawrence County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude40.305562
Longitude-78.881733
Population1,481
Density406.4 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Codes18847, 15260, 16137, 15904
Area Code215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County SeatNew Castle
School DistrictGreater Johnstown School District

About Oakland, Pennsylvania

Oakland is a locality in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,481. The population density is 406.4 people per km². Oakland is located at 40.3056°N, 78.8817°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 18847, 15260, 16137.

Oakland reveals itself through a landscape of persistent, sloping terrain where the earth rises in rhythmic swells, characteristic of the broader plateau region that defines this inland expanse. It lies 1.5 miles southwest of New Castle, PA (from New Castle, PA: bearing 231°T), and is situated 9.9 miles north-northwest of Ellwood City. The air here carries a crisp, mineral clarity, often cooling rapidly as the sun retreats behind the dense foliage of hardwood stands that have reclaimed much of the local topography. Only a mile away, the quiet currents of Neshannock Creek trace a serpentine path through the soil, carving subtle depressions that keep the lowlands damp and verdant even during the height of the summer heat. Residents frequent the Unknown Ball Fields when the golden hour stretches across the grass, observing the way the light catches the dust kicked up by evening activity, grounding the day in a familiar, tactile permanence.

Oakland remains an echo of the industrious spirit that once animated the wider region, where the extraction of resources and the movement of goods dictated the pace of expansion. While the grander economic engines of the Commonwealth have shifted in scale, the local character retains a sturdy, pragmatic resilience, visible in the weathered masonry of older storefronts and the methodical maintenance of communal spaces. While the distant, blue-hued Appalachian Mountains loom only as a phantom suggestion on the horizon, the deep history of the interior persists in the quiet labor of those who maintain the fields and roads. The proximity to the dramatic fissures of Slippery Rock Creek Gorge serves as a reminder of the raw, geologic time shaping the foundations here, a stark contrast to the steady, human-scaled persistence of life in Oakland.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Highland Regional Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 079° E
  • Jacoby Street Playground (Local Recreation) — 0.9 mi, 295° NW
  • Coldren Street Playground (Local Recreation) — 1.2 mi, 203° SW
  • Unknown Park (Local Park) — 1.5 mi, 238° SW
  • Chapin Arch (Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 287° W
  • Roxbury Bandshell (Theatre) — 2.3 mi, 252° W
  • World War II Memorial (Monument) — 2.4 mi, 305° NW
  • Memorial Auditorium (Theatre) — 2.5 mi, 299° NW
  • Morley’s Dog (Public Artwork) — 2.5 mi, 305° NW
  • John P. Murtha Statue (Monument) — 2.5 mi, 300° NW
  • Rolling Mills Mine Disaster (Monument) — 2.7 mi, 303° NW
  • Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 2.8 mi, 299° NW
  • Bottle Works (Arts Centre) — 3.3 mi, 316° NW
  • Wagner-Ritter House (Museum) — 3.4 mi, 314° NW
  • Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (Museum) — 3.6 mi, 135° SE
  • Gallitzin State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 5.2 mi, 344° N
  • Laurel Ridge State Park (State Park) — 5.3 mi, 317° NW
  • State Game Land 042 (State Resource Management Area) — 5.3 mi, 273° W
  • Coal Miner's Museum and Memorial (Museum) — 6.6 mi, 071° E
  • Disaster’s Edge Environmental Education Center (Nature Reserve) — 6.7 mi, 071° E
  • Clear Shade Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 10.3 mi, 144° SE
  • Blue Knob State Park (State Park) — 13.4 mi, 099° E
  • Cambria County Historical Society (Museum) — 15.1 mi, 033° NE
  • Flight 93 National Memorial Entrance (Museum) — 15.5 mi, 181° S
  • Nathan's Divided Nature Education Center (Nature Reserve) — 16.1 mi, 032° NE
  • Cresson Railroad Observation Platform (Attraction) — 18.9 mi, 054° NE
  • Fort Dewart (Historic Castle / Fort) — 18.9 mi, 161° S
  • Jack Be Nimble (Attraction) — 20.8 mi, 262° W

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About This Oakland Map Page

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 Lawrence County (New Castle), 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.