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Rillton Pennsylvania Map

Explore Rillton, 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 Rillton, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Rillton, Pennsylvania Map

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

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.

CityRillton
StatePennsylvania (PA)
CountyWestmoreland County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude40.289236
Longitude-79.731155
Population480
Density18.0 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code15678
Area Code215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County SeatGreensburg

About Rillton, Pennsylvania

Rillton is a locality in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Rillton is located at 40.2892°N, 79.7312°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 15678.

Rillton occupies a landscape of quiet, reclaimed slopes where the earth seems to hold the memory of heavy industry beneath a mantle of second-growth woodland. It lies 2.8 miles south of North Huntingdon, PA (from North Huntingdon, PA: bearing 180°T), and is situated 9.6 miles south-southeast of Monroeville. Sunlight filters through the canopy to illuminate the stillness of Indian Lake, which anchors the local topography and provides a reflective surface for the shifting Pennsylvania sky. Two miles away, the water of Crawford Run carves a modest path toward Possum Hollow, tracing the low-lying contours that define the drainage of this inland plateau. While the towering peaks of the Allegheny Mountains remain a distant, hazy silhouette on the eastern horizon, the immediate ground around Rillton feels intimate, defined by the slow, deliberate work of seasonal change rather than the grand gestures of alpine geography.

Rillton traces its lineage to the coal-driven ambitions of a previous century, when the rhythmic clatter of the mines dictated the pace of the morning. Today, the economy has shifted away from the soot and iron of the past, leaving behind a quietude that allows the residents of Indian Lake Park to appreciate the deliberate, unforced transition of the seasons. The local character is marked by a persistence inherited from generations who once worked the seams of the earth, though now the focus has turned toward the preservation of the land itself. Life in Rillton moves with the gravity of a place that understands its own scale, where the most significant events occur in the slow accumulation of hours spent near the water or tending to the small, stubborn gardens that define the perimeter of the neighborhood.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Indian Lake Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 021° N
  • Braddocks Trail Park (Local Park) — 2.2 mi, 294° NW
  • Hahntown War Memorial (Monument) — 2.4 mi, 022° N
  • Norwin Veteran Memorial (Monument) — 2.5 mi, 007° N
  • Long Run Armed Services Memorial (Monument) — 2.8 mi, 348° N
  • Big Mac Museum (Museum) — 3.0 mi, 043° NE
  • Zorianna Bay (Viewpoint) — 3.5 mi, 260° W
  • Industry Ballfield (Local Recreation) — 3.5 mi, 246° SW
  • Yough Slopes (Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 301° NW
  • Elizabeth Township Green Space (Local Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 257° W
  • Coke Ovens (Historic Ruins) — 4.3 mi, 359° N
  • Otto and agdalene Ackermann Nature Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 4.5 mi, 351° N
  • Westmoreland Land Trust Acquisitions - Phase I (Local Recreation) — 4.5 mi, 351° N
  • Otto & Magdalene Ackermann Nature Preserve (Conservation Area) — 4.5 mi, 351° N
  • Farmhouse Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 4.9 mi, 328° NW
  • Nittany Lion Shrine (Public Artwork) — 6.4 mi, 307° NW
  • Phoenix Big Cinemas North Versailles Stadium 18 (Cinema) — 6.4 mi, 334° NW
  • Spaceballs The Unauthorized Museum and Gift Shop (Museum) — 6.9 mi, 320° NW
  • Family Funscape (Theme Park) — 8.0 mi, 244° SW
  • Amphitheater (Theatre) — 8.3 mi, 194° S
  • Westmoreland Performing Arts (Arts Centre) — 9.9 mi, 085° E
  • Westinghouse Atom Smasher (Attraction) — 10.3 mi, 325° NW
  • Glitterbox Theater (Theatre) — 12.5 mi, 310° NW
  • Churchill Valley Greenway (Nature Reserve) — 12.6 mi, 332° NW
  • Penn Hills Cinemas (Cinema) — 13.0 mi, 337° NW
  • South Hills Dance Center (Arts Centre) — 13.0 mi, 287° W
  • Keystone State Park (State Park) — 17.8 mi, 072° E
  • Ohiopyle State Park (State Park) — 27.1 mi, 153° SE

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About This Rillton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rillton, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.289236, -79.731155. 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 Rillton includes the ZIP code (15678), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Westmoreland County (Greensburg), and school district assignment.

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.