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West Brownsville Pennsylvania Map

Explore West Brownsville, 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 Brownsville, Pennsylvania

How to Use This West Brownsville, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.024241
Longitude	-79.890603
Population	977
Density	290.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	15417
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Washington
School District	California Area School District

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About West Brownsville, Pennsylvania

West Brownsville is a locality in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 977. The population density is 290.4 people per km². West Brownsville is located at 40.0242°N, 79.8906°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. West Brownsville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 15417.

West Brownsville holds its place against the dark, deliberate current of the Monongahela River, which carves a deep, industrial trench through the plateau. It lies 10.6 miles south-southwest of Rostraver, PA (from Rostraver, PA: bearing 204°T), and is situated 8.6 miles south of Monessen. The landscape here is defined by high, steep banks that rise sharply from the water, their slopes thick with deciduous trees that turn a bruised, autumnal purple before the first frost settles. Three miles away, the quiet depression of Hoods Hollow offers a sheltered contrast to the river’s relentless momentum, while the distant, hazy silhouette of the Allegheny Mountains suggests a world of verticality far removed from the river’s flat, silt-heavy bed. In the quiet hours of morning, light catches the surface of the water in long, metallic ribbons, illuminating the sediment that has defined this geography for generations.

West Brownsville bears the weight of a history rooted in the grit of the river trade and the extraction of coal, a heritage that lingers in the weathered brickwork and the quiet, narrow streets of the residential core. Residents gather at West Brownsville Park, a green patch of ground that serves as a necessary lung for the local landscape, offering a view of the river traffic that once fueled the regional economy. While the heavy industry that defined the valley has largely receded, the town retains a distinct, unpretentious character, marked by the steady, measured pace of people who have lived for decades in the shadow of these hills. Life here moves with a gravity of its own, far from the frantic energy of the coast, finding its rhythm in the passage of the seasons and the slow, persistent flow of the water toward the north.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Dunlap's Creek Bridge (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 146° SE
Frank L. Melega Art Museum (Museum) — 0.3 mi, 114° SE
Fenwick Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 232° SW
Monongahela River, Railroad, and Transportation Museum (Museum) — 0.6 mi, 098° E
Fifth Avenue playground (Local Recreation) — 0.6 mi, 088° E
Hiller Ballfield (Local Recreation) — 1.1 mi, 195° S
Patsy Hillman Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 232° SW
Statue of Dr. Robert E Eberly (Public Artwork) — 2.8 mi, 005° N
California Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 2.9 mi, 359° N
Lowhill Honor Roll (Monument) — 3.4 mi, 252° W
That Dance Place (Arts Centre) — 7.7 mi, 358° N
W. A. Young & Sons Foundry and Machine Shop (Museum) — 7.7 mi, 228° SW
State Game Land 238 (State Resource Management Area) — 8.6 mi, 188° S
State Game Land 296 (State Resource Management Area) — 9.7 mi, 050° NE
The McKivens Archipelago (Viewpoint) — 11.8 mi, 041° NE
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 12.2 mi, 032° NE
Family Funscape (Theme Park) — 14.9 mi, 005° N
Greene County Museum (Museum) — 15.5 mi, 233° SW
Sophia's Grave (Attraction) — 17.5 mi, 187° S
Paul R Stewart Museum (Museum) — 17.9 mi, 241° SW
Ohiopyle State Park (State Park) — 20.1 mi, 115° SE
Quebec Run Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 20.3 mi, 152° SE
South Park Game Preserve (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 20.5 mi, 343° N
Asbury Church (Historic Ruins) — 20.8 mi, 211° SW
World West Galleries (Gallery) — 21.4 mi, 299° NW
Kentuck Knob Visitor's Center (Attraction) — 22.1 mi, 118° SE
Laurel Ridge State Park (State Park) — 27.6 mi, 101° E
Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 41.2 mi, 293° NW · 6,562 acres
Monongahela National Forest (National Forest) — 53.3 mi, 168° S · 922k acres

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