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Vanderbilt Pennsylvania Map

Explore Vanderbilt, 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 Vanderbilt, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Vanderbilt, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.03313
Longitude	-79.661428
Population	419
Density	874.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	15486
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Uniontown
School District	Connellsville Area School District

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About Vanderbilt, Pennsylvania

Vanderbilt is a locality in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 419. The population density is 874.5 people per km². Vanderbilt is located at 40.0331°N, 79.6614°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Vanderbilt is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 15486.

Vanderbilt holds a quiet stillness within the folds of the Allegheny Plateau, where the earth rises in slow, deliberate swells toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Allegheny Mountains. It lies 11.9 miles southeast of Rostraver, PA (from Rostraver, PA: bearing 140°T), and is situated 9.6 miles north-northeast of Uniontown. The landscape is defined by the constant, low murmur of Dickerson Run as it carves a path through the terrain, pulling the eye toward the deeper shadows of Sandy Hollow. Sunlight here possesses a particular, heavy clarity, casting elongated silhouettes across the fields that stretch toward the dense greenery of Forbes State Forest. Within the immediate boundaries of the locality, Harold D Miller Park offers a space where the wind shifts through the trees, carrying the scent of damp soil and the sharp, clean air that gathers before a storm.

Vanderbilt retains the quiet gravity of a place defined by the heavy industry and coal-fired ambitions that once energized the surrounding region. The economy has shifted from the frantic pace of the extraction era, leaving behind a stillness that allows the architecture of brick and timber to settle into the landscape with a dignified, worn endurance. Residents move through their days with a steady, measured intent, recognizing that the history of the ground beneath them—once vibrant with the clatter of rail and the glow of coke ovens—has softened into a more private existence. Beyond the daily rhythm, the proximity of Linden Lake provides a reflective surface to the landscape, while the distant, rushing sound of Creek Falls serves as a reminder of the water that continues to shape the hidden basins and ridges of this corner of the state.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lower Tyrone Twp Fairgrounds (Local Park) — 1.7 mi, 023° NE
Trotter Athletic Fields (Local Recreation) — 2.6 mi, 120° SE
State Game Land 296 (State Resource Management Area) — 3.3 mi, 318° NW
North 2Nd Street Ballfield (Local Recreation) — 3.4 mi, 097° E
Franklin Community Park (Local Park) — 3.4 mi, 265° W
State Game Land 051 (State Resource Management Area) — 5.7 mi, 146° SE
Scottdale War Memorial (Monument) — 6.1 mi, 040° NE
The McKivens Archipelago (Viewpoint) — 9.5 mi, 332° NW
Mount Pleasant WWI Memorial (Monument) — 10.2 mi, 038° NE
Ohiopyle State Park (State Park) — 10.8 mi, 142° SE
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 11.2 mi, 330° NW
Monongahela River, Railroad, and Transportation Museum (Museum) — 11.6 mi, 267° W
Frank L. Melega Art Museum (Museum) — 11.9 mi, 267° W
Dunlap's Creek Bridge (Monument) — 12.0 mi, 266° W
Blaze the Vulcan (Public Artwork) — 12.0 mi, 281° W
Kentuck Knob Visitor's Center (Attraction) — 13.3 mi, 147° SE
Speyer Gallery (Museum) — 13.6 mi, 130° SE
That Dance Place (Arts Centre) — 14.2 mi, 300° NW
Flatrock (Attraction) — 15.3 mi, 143° SE
Laurel Ridge State Park (State Park) — 16.1 mi, 112° E
Family Funscape (Theme Park) — 17.9 mi, 323° NW
Quebec Run Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 18.0 mi, 182° S
W. A. Young & Sons Foundry and Machine Shop (Museum) — 18.8 mi, 252° W
Westmoreland Performing Arts (Arts Centre) — 19.6 mi, 018° N
Mt. Hope School (Historic Ruins) — 19.9 mi, 085° E
Big Mac Museum (Museum) — 19.9 mi, 355° N
Coke Ovens (Historic Ruins) — 22.4 mi, 350° N
Monongahela National Forest (National Forest) — 52.7 mi, 181° S · 922k acres

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