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Whitaker Pennsylvania Map

Explore Whitaker, 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 Whitaker, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Whitaker, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.398402
Longitude	-79.889772
Population	1,179
Density	1537.9 /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	West Mifflin Area School District

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About Whitaker, Pennsylvania

Whitaker is a locality in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,179. The population density is 1537.9 people per km². Whitaker is located at 40.3984°N, 79.8898°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Whitaker is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 15120.

Whitaker occupies a dense, sloping stretch of the Allegheny Plateau where the topography is defined by the steady, persistent carve of the Homestead Run. The land here does not offer the broad, sweeping vistas of the distant Allegheny Mountains, but instead favors a tight, vertical intimacy where brick row houses cling to the incline. In the late afternoon, the light catches the soot-darkened mortar of older foundations, casting long, sharp shadows that emphasize the steep geometry of the streets. Mon View Playground sits at the center of this landscape, providing a flat, communal clearing that serves as a necessary punctuation mark against the otherwise unrelenting grade of the terrain.

History in Whitaker is measured by the heavy, rhythmic pulse of the steel industry that once dictated the regional economy and drew generations of laborers to these hills. While the fires of the great mills have largely cooled, the character of the place remains forged by that period of intense, industrial output, leaving behind a resilient, working-class endurance. The proximity to Panther Hollow and the stillness of Panther Hollow Lake, located just a few miles away, offer a quiet reprieve from the town's dense, urban-industrial density. Residents often look toward the horizon where the Monogahela Incline serves as a reminder of the complex, vertical engineering that connects this pocket of Pennsylvania to the wider, bustling life of the surrounding region.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial (Monument) — 0.4 mi, 355° N
US Steel Acquisition (Local Recreation) — 0.6 mi, 071° E
Munhall Recreation Park (Local Recreation) — 0.7 mi, 271° W
Carrie Furnace Stabilization (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 015° N
Carrie Blast Furnace Number 6 and 7 (Historic Ruins) — 1.0 mi, 359° N
Glitterbox Theater (Theatre) — 1.3 mi, 289° W
Shelburne Park (Local Park) — 1.6 mi, 328° NW
Hays Woods (Local Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 255° W
Westinghouse Atom Smasher (Attraction) — 2.6 mi, 071° E
The Sail (Public Artwork) — 2.8 mi, 188° S
Pioneer Short-Wave Station (Monument) — 2.9 mi, 062° NE
Church Arcade (Theme Park) — 2.9 mi, 128° SE
International Museum of the Bamileke Genocide (Museum) — 3.2 mi, 005° N
Pittsburgh Yarn Company (Attraction) — 3.2 mi, 358° N
The Manor (Cinema) — 3.2 mi, 327° NW
Car & Carraige Museum (Museum) — 3.4 mi, 349° N
McKeesport War Memorial (Monument) — 3.5 mi, 160° S
The Space Upstairs (Theatre) — 3.6 mi, 353° N
Churchill Valley Greenway (Nature Reserve) — 4.3 mi, 034° NE
University Art Gallery (Museum) — 4.4 mi, 313° NW
Spaceballs The Unauthorized Museum and Gift Shop (Museum) — 4.5 mi, 120° SE
Stephen Foster Memorial Museum (Museum) — 4.6 mi, 313° NW
Penn Hills Cinemas (Cinema) — 5.5 mi, 037° NE
Point State Park (State Park) — 6.8 mi, 295° NW
Allegheny Islands State Park (State Park) — 10.0 mi, 018° N

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