Explore South New Castle, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for South New Castle, 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 South New Castle.
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 | South New Castle |
| State | Pennsylvania (PA) |
| County | Lawrence County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.977839 |
| Longitude | -80.345064 |
| Population | 647 |
| Density | 771.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 16102 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| County Seat | New Castle |
| School District | Shenango Area School District |
South New Castle occupies a quiet stretch of land where the persistent, narrow path of Big Run cuts through the topography, defining the local drainage and the slow rhythm of the ground. It lies 1.8 miles south of New Castle, PA (from New Castle, PA: bearing 177°T), and is situated 8.6 miles north-northwest of Ellwood City. The earth here holds the weight of the Allegheny Plateau, a landscape of steady, measured rises that lack the jagged drama of the distant Appalachian Mountains but possess a sturdy, enduring patience. Sunlight at dusk catches the low-lying moisture in the air, casting a bruised purple hue over the terrain that turns the foliage into silhouettes of deep, muted charcoal. Residents gather at Jp Byers Playground, a space that serves as a quiet anchor for the neighborhood, grounding the daily movement of people within a landscape that feels solid, unadorned, and deeply rooted in the heavy, fertile soil of the inland basin.
South New Castle carries the quiet echoes of industrial ambition, shaped by the same currents of labor and transit that moved coal and steel through the arteries of this region for generations. While the roar of the mills has faded into a distant memory, the economy remains defined by the persistence of those who stayed, favoring the steady work of local trade and the quiet commerce of the road. Far from the grander, more famous geography of the state, the pace of life here is dictated by the turning of the seasons and the maintenance of a heritage built on brick and grit. There is a particular stillness in the mornings, a clarity that suggests the proximity of the Slippery Rock Creek Gorge or the distant, rushing water of Grant City Falls, reminding anyone who lingers that the land is shaped by the slow, relentless movement of water through stone.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of South New Castle, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.977839, -80.345064. 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 South New Castle includes the ZIP code (16102), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Lawrence County (New Castle), and school district assignment (Shenango Area School District).
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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |