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Shippingport Pennsylvania Map

Explore Shippingport, 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 Shippingport, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Shippingport, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.63201
Longitude	-80.413954
Population	160
Density	17.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	15052, 15077
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Beaver
School District	South Side Area School District

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About Shippingport, Pennsylvania

Shippingport is a locality in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 160. The population density is 17.9 people per km². Shippingport is located at 40.6320°N, 80.4140°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Shippingport is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 15052, 15077.

Shippingport occupies a firm, terrestrial geography where the Haden Run carves a quiet path through the earth, marking the land with a persistent, fluid presence. It lies 12.9 miles northwest of Carnot-Moon, PA (from Carnot-Moon, PA: bearing 307°T), and is situated 9.0 miles east-southeast of Saint Clair Township. The landscape here is defined by a dense, inland topography that remains far removed from the reach of any distant coastline, maintaining instead the steady, continental character of the Allegheny Plateau. Beyond the immediate terrain, the distant silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains occasionally haunt the horizon, though they remain a world away from the local rhythm of the soil. Residents often gather at the Shippingport Ballfield, where the evening light settles heavily across the grass, turning the shadows into long, muted reaches that seem to hold the heat of the day long after the sun has dipped below the trees.

Shippingport carries the weight of a long-standing industrial heritage, its economy anchored by the profound, humming presence of power generation that defines the local skyline. This legacy of infrastructure persists alongside a quiet, domestic persistence, far removed from the bustling centers of commerce that characterize more populous regions. Though Purgatory Hollow lies miles to the distance and the waters of the Ambridge Reservoir remain secluded to the north, the daily life of the inhabitants is measured by the steady, mechanical pulse of the region’s energy output. The atmosphere is one of deliberate utility, where the air possesses a metallic clarity and the silence between shifts carries a peculiar, expectant weight, grounding the people in a reality shaped by both the rugged, inland earth and the enduring demands of modern production.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Shippingport Ballfield (Local Recreation) — 0.2 mi, 174° S
Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 1.2 mi, 250° W · 6,562 acres
Raccoon Township Municipal Park (Local Park) — 1.3 mi, 142° SE
Industry Ballfield #3 (Local Recreation) — 1.7 mi, 031° NE
Lincoln Park (Local Park) — 1.7 mi, 280° W
State Game Land 173 (State Resource Management Area) — 3.3 mi, 327° NW
Rocky Bottom Natural Area (Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 083° E
Rocky Bend Nature Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 3.9 mi, 076° E
Beginning Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey (Monument) — 5.6 mi, 278° W
Beaver Creek State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 5.7 mi, 283° W
USAir Flight 427 Memorial (Monument) — 5.8 mi, 110° E
Raccoon Creek State Park (State Park) — 6.7 mi, 201° S
Hillcrest Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.9 mi, 235° SW
Soldiers & Sailors Monument (Monument) — 7.0 mi, 053° NE
Tri-State Black Museum (Museum) — 7.4 mi, 270° W
World's Largest Teapot (Public Artwork) — 7.6 mi, 262° W
East Liverpool Museum of Ceramics (Museum) — 8.6 mi, 264° W
East Liverpool Firefighting Museum (Museum) — 8.7 mi, 265° W
Merrick Art Gallery (Museum) — 8.8 mi, 038° NE
Culbertson Mill (Historic Ruins) — 8.9 mi, 310° NW
Shafer's Rock (Viewpoint) — 9.1 mi, 160° S
Beaver Creek State Park (State Park) — 9.2 mi, 301° NW
155mm Gun M1 (Attraction) — 9.7 mi, 031° NE
Reach for the Stars Dance Studio (Arts Centre) — 10.2 mi, 107° E
Indian Rock (Attraction) — 11.6 mi, 345° N
The Edgeworth Club (Attraction) — 13.3 mi, 116° SE
Sweetwater Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 13.7 mi, 118° SE
Pepsi Roadhouse (Theatre) — 14.8 mi, 182° S
Kaul Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 15.0 mi, 225° SW
Fern Hollow Nature Center (Attraction) — 15.0 mi, 114° SE

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