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West Alexander Pennsylvania Map

Explore West Alexander, 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 West Alexander, Pennsylvania

How to Use This West Alexander, Pennsylvania Map

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

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	West Alexander
State	Pennsylvania (PA)
County	Washington County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	40.105073
Longitude	-80.507847
Population	565
Density	178.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	15376
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Washington
School District	McGuffey School District

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About West Alexander, Pennsylvania

West Alexander is a locality in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 565. The population density is 178.4 people per km². West Alexander is located at 40.1051°N, 80.5078°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 15376.

West Alexander occupies a landscape defined by the persistent, rhythmic cutting of Little Wheeling Creek, which carves a path through the earth with a quiet, persistent gravity. It lies 14.6 miles west-southwest of Washington, PA (from Washington, PA: bearing 251°T), and is situated 8.1 miles north-northwest of West Finley. The terrain here rises and falls in long, muscular swells of soil and shale, creating a physical character that feels both ancient and deeply settled. At the edge of the property line, West Alexander Park offers a quiet expanse of green where the air holds the scent of damp loam and cooling stone, particularly as the low, amber light of late afternoon stretches across the fields. Beyond the immediate local horizon, the land tilts toward the distant, hazy blue outlines of the Appalachian Mountains, serving as a reminder of the vast, rugged spine that shapes the character of this entire inland region.

Historical echoes persist in the architecture of West Alexander, where the remnants of early westward migration routes still inform the layout of the streets. The local economy maintains a steady, modest pulse, tethered to the patterns of the land and the endurance of those who work it, far removed from the clamor of the industrial centers that lie elsewhere. Residents often look toward the nearby waters of Dutch Fork Lake, where the surface reflects the changing sky with a mirror-like clarity that punctuates the darker, wooded depths of the surrounding countryside. Life moves with a deliberate, unadorned pace, characterized by the seasonal transitions of the crops and the steady flow of the creek, which remains a constant, murmuring presence through the changing years of the settlement.

Nearby Outdoor Places

West Alexander Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 334° NW
Bear Rock Lakes Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.8 mi, 220° SW
Castlemans Run Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 343° N
State Game Land 245 (State Resource Management Area) — 3.8 mi, 135° SE
State Game Land 232 (State Resource Management Area) — 4.0 mi, 013° N
McGuffey Community Park (Local Park) — 4.2 mi, 084° E
Oglebay Mansion Museum (Museum) — 8.5 mi, 269° W
WWII Monument (Monument) — 9.2 mi, 249° W
Madonna of the Trail (Monument) — 9.2 mi, 248° W
Spirit of the American Doughboy (Monument) — 9.2 mi, 249° W
Mingo Statue (Public Artwork) — 11.5 mi, 261° W
Suicide Hill (Viewpoint) — 11.6 mi, 254° W
Studio 66 (Gallery) — 11.6 mi, 257° W
Bennett Memorial Museum (Museum) — 11.8 mi, 255° W
Heritage Port Amphitheater (Theatre) — 11.8 mi, 257° W
Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.8 mi, 333° NW · 6,562 acres
Meadowcroft Rockshelter (Historic Ruins) — 12.5 mi, 004° N
World West Galleries (Gallery) — 14.6 mi, 072° E
Ryerson Station State Park (State Park) — 14.8 mi, 170° S
Pennsylvania Trolley Museum (Museum) — 15.7 mi, 062° NE
Grave Creek Indian Mound (Historic Ruins) — 18.1 mi, 224° SW
Fort Steuben (Attraction) — 18.3 mi, 342° N
AMC CLASSIC Ohio Valley Mall 11 (Cinema) — 19.3 mi, 263° W
Pepsi Roadhouse (Theatre) — 22.1 mi, 012° N
Paul R Stewart Museum (Museum) — 22.1 mi, 130° SE
Hillman State Park (State Park) — 23.5 mi, 013° N
Greene County Museum (Museum) — 25.2 mi, 126° SE
Wayne National Forest (National Forest) — 37.0 mi, 226° SW · 243k acres
Quebec Run Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 48.1 mi, 122° SE
Monongahela National Forest (National Forest) — 74.9 mi, 151° SE · 922k acres

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