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Petrolia Pennsylvania Map

Explore Petrolia, 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 Petrolia, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Petrolia, Pennsylvania Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Petrolia, 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 Petrolia.

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	Petrolia
State	Pennsylvania (PA)
County	Butler County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	41.01673
Longitude	-79.717549
Population	179
Density	175.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	16050
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Butler
School District	Karns City Area School District

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About Petrolia, Pennsylvania

Petrolia is a locality in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 179. The population density is 175.0 people per km². Petrolia is located at 41.0167°N, 79.7175°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Petrolia is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 16050.

Petrolia holds the steady, quiet gravity of a place defined by the movement of water and the stubbornness of the earth. It lies 14.2 miles northeast of Butler, PA (from Butler, PA: bearing 41°T), and is situated 14.6 miles northeast of Homeacre-Lyndora. The South Branch Bear Creek carves a deliberate path through the landscape, its current mirroring the low-slung sky as it slips past banks where the soil holds the memory of deep-seated minerals. To the east, the silhouette of the Allegheny Mountains waits on the horizon, a distant serrated edge that keeps the weather honest and the shadows long. Within the immediate reach of the terrain, the land folds into the gentle depressions of Binker Valley, while the stillness of Harbar Acres Lake remains a quiet fixture seven miles to the north. In the afternoon light, the air above the creek bed takes on a metallic, cooling clarity, grounding the surroundings in a permanence that feels both ancient and entirely present.

Petrolia emerged from the restless ambition of the oil industry, its early foundations built upon the extraction of resources that once dictated the pulse of the regional economy. Today, the remnants of that industrial rigor are softened by time, leaving behind a pace of life that favors the deliberate over the hurried. Residents frequent Petrolia Park, a central space that serves as the quiet anchor for local gatherings and the slow passage of hours. While the reach of the Clear Creek State Forest Kennerdell Tract lies twenty miles away, its presence is felt in the cool, wooded periphery that defines the broader character of the land. Here, the economy has shifted from the frantic drilling of the past to a sturdy, modest endurance, where the labor of the day is measured by the steady maintenance of home and the persistence of a community that knows its own geography by heart.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Petrolia Park (Local Park) — 0.0 mi, 178° S
Karns City Ballfield #1 (Local Recreation) — 1.3 mi, 216° SW
Edward C Mccullough Rec Park (Local Park) — 1.6 mi, 185° S
State Game Land 095 (State Resource Management Area) — 2.9 mi, 324° NW
State Game Land 105 (State Resource Management Area) — 4.1 mi, 121° SE
Brady's Bend Works (Monument) — 5.0 mi, 104° E
Bradys Bend Iron Furnaces Historical Site (Historic Ruins) — 5.0 mi, 105° E
Foxburg To Parker Rail-Trail Gap Acquisition (Conservation Area) — 5.2 mi, 029° NE
Parker's Landing Petroglyphs (Historic Ruins) — 5.2 mi, 029° NE
1980 Flood Memorial (Monument) — 5.3 mi, 106° E
St. Patrick's Church (Monument) — 5.4 mi, 146° SE
Armstrong Trail (Private Recreation) — 5.7 mi, 116° SE
Cornplanter's Defeat (Registered Battlefield) — 6.1 mi, 118° SE
Clarion, Pennsylvania Wild And Scenic River Study Area (Wild & Scenic River) — 7.0 mi, 019° N · 12k acres
McCandless (Local Recreation) — 7.9 mi, 104° E
Allegheny RiverStone Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 8.8 mi, 013° N
Allegheny, Pennsylvania Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 11.5 mi, 359° N · 35k acres
Moraine State Park (State Park) — 13.8 mi, 257° W
American Flag (Public Artwork) — 14.0 mi, 168° S
American Rabbit Breeders Association (Museum) — 14.9 mi, 037° NE
Succop Theater (Theatre) — 16.5 mi, 218° SW
Dennison Point Overlook (Viewpoint) — 18.8 mi, 339° N
Cooper Hall (Saxonburg Museum) (Museum) — 18.9 mi, 195° S
Saxonburg Museum (Museum) — 18.9 mi, 195° S
Audubon Society (Museum) — 19.9 mi, 214° SW
Guthrie Theatre (Cinema) — 21.6 mi, 297° NW
University Gallery (Gallery) — 22.1 mi, 053° NE
Belltower (Attraction) — 22.1 mi, 053° NE
Coria Jacobs Gallery LLC (Gallery) — 26.9 mi, 348° N
Allegheny National Forest (National Forest) — 35.8 mi, 021° N · 514k acres

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