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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	Washington 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	Washington
School District	Armstrong School District

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About Rural Valley, Pennsylvania

Rural Valley is a locality in Washington 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 emerges from the quiet intersection of deep-set woods and the persistent, low-slung geography of the Allegheny Plateau. It lies 5.5 miles west of Washington, PA (from Washington, PA: bearing 279°T), and is situated 10.0 miles west-southwest of Canonsburg. Wolf Run carves a jagged, silver-veined path through the terrain, its water moving with a steady, unforced purpose that defines the local drainage of the landscape. Two miles to the east, the quietude of Pleasant Valley offers a broader, more open basin, while the dense, protected timber of State Game Land 232 serves as a sprawling, silent neighbor to the south. Five miles away, the surface of Stroughton Lake holds the reflection of the sky in a stillness that contrasts with the restless, moving current of the nearby creek. The light here often turns a bruised, heavy gold at dusk, catching the limestone outcrops and the tall, unkempt grasses that line the banks of the local waterways, grounding the earth in a muted, earthen permanence.

History in Rural Valley remains tethered to the slow, stubborn work of the land, echoing the older, industrial pulse of the wider region without the clamor of the larger manufacturing centers. The economy has transitioned from the extraction of resources to a quieter reliance on small-scale commerce and the rhythms of the agricultural cycle, where the day is measured by the passage of heavy, rusted trucks and the shifting shadows of the silos. While the far-off, hazy silhouettes of the Allegheny Mountains remain visible on the horizon, the life of Rural Valley stays focused on the immediate, tangible grit of the valley floor. The cultural character is defined by a certain patience, a legacy of families who have watched the seasons turn over the same fences for generations, maintaining a steady, low-frequency hum of industry that keeps the local grid functioning through the long, gray winters.

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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