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Ruffs Dale Pennsylvania Map

Explore Ruffs Dale, 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 Ruffs Dale, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Ruffs Dale, Pennsylvania Map

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

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	Ruffs Dale
State	Pennsylvania (PA)
County	Westmoreland County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	40.175072
Longitude	-79.608096
Population	480
Density	18.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	15679
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Greensburg

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About Ruffs Dale, Pennsylvania

Ruffs Dale 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. Ruffs Dale is located at 40.1751°N, 79.6081°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 15679.

Ruffs Dale emerges from the landscape as a quiet collection of dwellings anchored to the earth by the persistent, winding course of Buffalo Run. It lies 9.5 miles south-southwest of Greensburg, PA (from Greensburg, PA: bearing 203°T), and is situated 4.0 miles west-northwest of Mount Pleasant Westmoreland County. The topography here leans toward the deep, verdant crease of Leighty Hollow, where the air holds a cool, damp weight that lingers long after the sun retreats behind the distant, hazy silhouette of the Allegheny Mountains. Beyond the immediate clearings, the land swells in modest, muscular contours, a terrain shaped by ancient geological pressures that left behind a soil rich in the heavy, dark loam of the plateau. To the north, the water of Albrights Lake remains a still, reflective glass, while the occasional traveler might find a moment of stillness at the Hunker Borough Playground, where the grass grows thick and the local light at dusk turns the horizon into a muted, bruised violet.

Coal veins and the skeletal remains of rural industry once dictated the pace of Ruffs Dale, anchoring its inhabitants to the subterranean wealth that fueled the regional furnaces of the past. Today, the economy has shifted toward a slower, more deliberate rhythm, defined by the maintenance of homesteads and the modest commerce that supports the surrounding agricultural tracts. The influence of the earlier extractive era is still visible in the weathered foundations of older structures, which stand as stubborn reminders of a time when the extraction of raw materials defined the local identity. Even as the modern world encroaches, the sound of water moving over stone at Creek Falls continues its rhythmic, indifferent song, providing a constant, auditory backdrop to a life that remains tied to the cycles of the seasons and the simple, unadorned labor of the Pennsylvania countryside.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hunker Borough Playground (Local Recreation) — 2.0 mi, 349° N
Community Park (Local Park) — 3.1 mi, 014° N
Youngwood Area Park & Pool (Local Park) — 3.9 mi, 011° N
Mount Pleasant WWI Memorial (Monument) — 3.9 mi, 117° SE
State Game Land 296 (State Resource Management Area) — 5.0 mi, 213° SW
Scottdale War Memorial (Monument) — 5.3 mi, 168° S
Westmoreland Open Space (Local Recreation) — 5.5 mi, 113° SE
The McKivens Archipelago (Viewpoint) — 7.4 mi, 259° W
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 8.4 mi, 269° W
Westmoreland Performing Arts (Arts Centre) — 9.4 mi, 021° N
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Statue (Monument) — 9.6 mi, 017° N
Big Mac Museum (Museum) — 11.0 mi, 336° NW
Coke Ovens (Historic Ruins) — 13.9 mi, 332° NW
Family Funscape (Theme Park) — 14.4 mi, 288° W
Farmhouse Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 15.1 mi, 323° NW
That Dance Place (Arts Centre) — 15.4 mi, 260° W
Roaring Run Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.9 mi, 117° SE
Nittany Lion Shrine (Public Artwork) — 16.5 mi, 316° NW
Phoenix Big Cinemas North Versailles Stadium 18 (Cinema) — 16.5 mi, 326° NW
Spaceballs The Unauthorized Museum and Gift Shop (Museum) — 17.1 mi, 320° NW
Ohiopyle State Park (State Park) — 17.2 mi, 160° S
Monongahela River, Railroad, and Transportation Museum (Museum) — 17.8 mi, 234° SW
Powder Mill Nature Reserve (Museum) — 17.8 mi, 093° E
Frank L. Melega Art Museum (Museum) — 18.1 mi, 234° SW
Tipping Bucket (Attraction) — 18.1 mi, 071° E
Laurel Ridge State Park (State Park) — 18.7 mi, 138° SE
Quebec Run Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 28.0 mi, 187° S
Monongahela National Forest (National Forest) — 62.2 mi, 178° S · 922k acres

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