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Rural Valley Pennsylvania Map

Explore Rural Valley, 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 Rural Valley, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Rural Valley, Pennsylvania Map

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

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	Rural Valley
State	Pennsylvania (PA)
County	Armstrong County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	40.799109
Longitude	-79.314947
Population	826
Density	151.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	15323, 16222
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Kittanning
School District	Armstrong School District

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About Rural Valley, Pennsylvania

Rural Valley is a locality in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 826. The population density is 151.1 people per km². Rural Valley is located at 40.7991°N, 79.3149°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Rural Valley is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 15323, 16222.

Rural Valley occupies a steady, quiet stretch of land where the Cowanshannock Creek marks the earth with a constant, cooling presence. It lies 14.9 miles northwest of Indiana, PA (from Indiana, PA: bearing 325°T), and is situated 18.9 miles northeast of Vandergrift. The landscape rises in long, deliberate swells of pasture and woodland, reflecting the deep, inland character of a plateau that feels removed from the frantic pace of larger hubs. To the west, the horizon holds the faint, jagged suggestion of the Allegheny Mountains, a distant silhouette that frames the sky during the long, violet bruised hours of dusk. The air here carries the scent of damp soil and turning leaves, a stillness that settles over the fields and the modest, sturdy architecture of the buildings. Eight miles away, the waters of Mahoning Creek Lake remain a still mirror, catching the light in a way that anchors the surrounding expanse of green and gray.

Rural Valley functions as a place defined by its long-standing connection to the ground beneath it, where the quiet persistence of local industry and agriculture dictates the rhythm of the days. The presence of Shannock Valley High School serves as a central point of gravity, a place where generations gather to mark the passage of time and the growth of the neighborhood. Life moves in cycles here, tied to the changing seasons and the slow, heavy turn of the rural calendar, far from the influence of the coast or the clamor of industrial centers. Deep in the distance, the landscape dips toward the shadows of Graff Hollow, a reminder of the complex, wrinkled geography that defines this portion of the state. There is a singular honesty in the way the light strikes the silos and the creek beds, a clarity that makes the simple act of living feel deliberate and complete.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Shannock Valley High School (Recreation Easement) — 0.1 mi, 316° NW
Shannock Valley Community Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 269° W
Numine Playground (Local Park) — 1.5 mi, 101° E
West Shamokin High School (Recreation Easement) — 2.2 mi, 096° E
Sagamore Playground (Local Recreation) — 4.5 mi, 108° E
Blanket Hill (Monument) — 5.8 mi, 246° SW
Mahoning Creek Lake (Recreation Area) — 8.4 mi, 016° N
Giant Cowboy (Public Artwork) — 9.0 mi, 271° W
Armstrong County OHV Park Acquisition (Local Recreation) — 9.2 mi, 332° NW
State Game Land 287 (State Resource Management Area) — 9.7 mi, 319° NW
Crooked Creek Lake (Recreation Area) — 10.3 mi, 217° SW
Kittanning (Monument) — 10.5 mi, 274° W
In Memory of General John Armstrong (Monument) — 10.6 mi, 276° W
MovieScoop Indiana Mall Cinemas (Cinema) — 14.8 mi, 153° SE
Waller Hall (Theatre) — 14.9 mi, 147° SE
Fisher Auditorium (Theatre) — 14.9 mi, 147° SE
IUP Museum (Museum) — 15.0 mi, 147° SE
IUP Arch (Attraction) — 15.1 mi, 146° SE
Community park (Attraction) — 16.9 mi, 193° S
Traister Petroglyphs (Historic Ruins) — 17.6 mi, 328° NW
Yellow Creek State Park (State Park) — 19.3 mi, 137° SE
Cornplanter's Defeat (Registered Battlefield) — 19.8 mi, 308° NW
Jackson Theater (Cinema) — 20.6 mi, 061° NE
Bradys Bend Iron Furnaces Historical Site (Historic Ruins) — 21.3 mi, 310° NW
Cooper Hall (Saxonburg Museum) (Museum) — 26.0 mi, 263° W
Saxonburg Museum (Museum) — 26.1 mi, 263° W
Clarion, Pennsylvania Wild And Scenic River Study Area (Wild & Scenic River) — 26.4 mi, 348° N · 12k acres
Large Scale Systems Museum (LSSM) (Museum) — 28.6 mi, 236° SW
University Gallery (Gallery) — 28.6 mi, 353° N
Allegheny National Forest (National Forest) — 39.1 mi, 015° N · 514k acres

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