West Homestead Pennsylvania Map
Explore West Homestead, 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 Homestead, Pennsylvania
How to Use This West Homestead, Pennsylvania Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for West Homestead, 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 Homestead.
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 Homestead |
| State | Pennsylvania (PA) |
| County | Allegheny County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.393958 |
| Longitude | -79.911995 |
| Population | 1,872 |
| Density | 783.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 15120 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| County Seat | Pittsburgh |
| School District | Steel Valley School District |
About West Homestead, Pennsylvania
West Homestead is a locality in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,872. The population density is 783.9 people per km². West Homestead is located at 40.3940°N, 79.9120°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. West Homestead is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 15120.West Homestead maintains a stubborn, grounded presence where the terrain rises from the industrial floor toward the higher, broken ridges of the Allegheny Plateau. The West Run carves a persistent path through the local topography, its channel a quiet reminder of the water that has shaped this valley long before the arrival of heavy industry. Within the immediate boundaries, Calhoun Community Park provides a green aperture in the landscape, offering a space where the dense, gray-toned atmosphere of the valley floor gives way to the open, restless light of late afternoon. Far to the east, the distant, hazy silhouette of the Allegheny Mountains suggests the vast reach of the interior, grounding the geography of West Homestead in a landscape defined by solid earth rather than the fluid horizons of the coast.
Industrial ambition once dictated the pulse of West Homestead, drawing labor from across the world to feed the furnaces that defined the regional identity for generations. The economic rhythm has since shifted, moving away from the furnace fire and toward a modern utility, yet the weight of that history remains visible in the brickwork and the steep, climbing streets that connect the residential high ground to the valley. Residents navigate a landscape where the echoes of labor still inform the daily pace, a quiet persistence that defines the character of the people. While the Monogahela Incline remains a distant landmark for those traversing the broader corridor, the local experience is defined by the immediate climb up the hillsides and the collective memory of a place that transformed the raw materials of the earth into the steel of a nation.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Munhall Recreation Park (Local Recreation) — 0.3 mi, 050° NE
- Trautman Field and Park (Local Recreation) — 0.5 mi, 153° SE
- Glitterbox Theater (Theatre) — 0.7 mi, 354° N
- Hays Woods (Local Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 255° W
- Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial (Monument) — 1.3 mi, 059° NE
- Hazelwood Greenway (Local Park) — 1.5 mi, 320° NW
- Shelburne Park (Local Park) — 1.5 mi, 355° N
- Carrie Blast Furnace Number 6 and 7 (Historic Ruins) — 1.8 mi, 041° NE
- The Sail (Public Artwork) — 2.6 mi, 163° S
- The Manor (Cinema) — 3.0 mi, 349° N
- Pillars In Squirrel Hill (Monument) — 3.5 mi, 357° N
- Pittsburgh Yarn Company (Attraction) — 3.7 mi, 017° N
- Car & Carraige Museum (Museum) — 3.7 mi, 008° N
- International Museum of the Bamileke Genocide (Museum) — 3.7 mi, 023° NE
- McKeesport War Memorial (Monument) — 3.8 mi, 141° SE
- Church Arcade (Theme Park) — 3.8 mi, 113° SE
- Westinghouse Atom Smasher (Attraction) — 3.8 mi, 072° E
- University Art Gallery (Museum) — 3.9 mi, 328° NW
- The Space Upstairs (Theatre) — 4.0 mi, 010° N
- Stephen Foster Memorial Museum (Museum) — 4.1 mi, 328° NW
- International Academy of Jazz Hall of Fame (Museum) — 4.1 mi, 327° NW
- Shade Sisters Dance (Arts Centre) — 4.5 mi, 233° SW
- South Hills Dance Center (Arts Centre) — 4.6 mi, 220° SW
- Point State Park (State Park) — 5.9 mi, 303° NW
- Allegheny Islands State Park (State Park) — 10.7 mi, 024° NE
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About This West Homestead Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of West Homestead, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.393958, -79.911995. 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 West Homestead includes the ZIP code (15120), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Allegheny County (Pittsburgh), and school district assignment (Steel Valley 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. |
