Enter your search query in the box below.

Whitney Pennsylvania Map

Explore Whitney, 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 Whitney, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Whitney, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.253404
Longitude	-79.410314
Population	480
Density	12.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	15693
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Greensburg

🌦 Goto Whitney Weather Page: Whitney, Pennsylvania — Weather Warnings, Forecast, Radar, Satellite & Current Conditions

About Whitney, Pennsylvania

Whitney is a locality in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 12.0 people per km². Whitney is located at 40.2534°N, 79.4103°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 15693.

Whitney occupies a quiet expanse of land where the earth rises and falls in long, muscular swells, marking a transition point between the flatter plains and the distant, hazy silhouette of the Allegheny Mountains. It lies 7.5 miles east-southeast of Greensburg, PA (from Greensburg, PA: bearing 116°T), and is situated 5.0 miles south-southwest of Latrobe. The landscape is defined by the persistent presence of Ninemile Run, which carves a modest, winding path through the soil just a mile away, feeding the moisture that keeps the surrounding fields a deep, persistent green. A few miles to the north, the waters of Loyalhanna Lake gather in a wide, still basin, reflecting the heavy, bruised clouds that often drift over from the west. Nearby, the St. Xavier Property Acquisition provides a quiet buffer of open land, preserving a sense of stillness that contrasts with the rhythmic, mechanical hum of regional transport that occasionally brushes the horizon.

Whitney bears the quiet weight of industrial labor, a history etched into the very soil where coal and rail once dictated the pace of every morning. The economy has shifted away from the soot-stained intensity of earlier decades, leaving behind a stillness that settles over the brick and siding of older homes like a fine layer of dust. Life here moves with a deliberate, unadorned pace, characterized by the sight of work trucks traversing the local roads toward larger regional hubs and the occasional stillness of a Sunday afternoon near the edge of Possum Hollow. The heritage of the place persists in the sturdy, unpretentious character of its architecture, a reflection of generations who built their lives on the extraction and movement of resources. Even as the modern world encroaches, Whitney holds onto a certain gravity, a reminder of the era when the labor of the land was the only currency that mattered.

Nearby Outdoor Places

St. Xavier Property Acquisition (Private Recreation) — 1.4 mi, 352° N
Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve (Conservation Area) — 2.2 mi, 014° N
Mammoth County Park (Local Park) — 3.3 mi, 218° SW
Latrobe Foundation (Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 020° N
Loyalhanna Gorge (Local Park) — 4.1 mi, 051° NE
Latrobe War Memorial (Monument) — 4.4 mi, 018° N
Site of Strickler's Drug Store, Home of the Banana Split (Monument) — 4.6 mi, 017° N
Vietnam Veterans of Westmoreland Co. Memorial (Monument) — 5.7 mi, 322° NW
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 5.8 mi, 325° NW
Tipping Bucket (Attraction) — 6.7 mi, 087° E
Soak Zone (Attraction) — 6.8 mi, 087° E
Wild Mouse (Attraction) — 6.9 mi, 086° E
Daniel Tiger Stage (Attraction) — 6.9 mi, 087° E
Loyalhanna Lake (Recreation Area) — 7.5 mi, 001° N
Keystone State Park (State Park) — 7.5 mi, 002° N
Westmoreland Performing Arts (Arts Centre) — 7.8 mi, 295° NW
Powder Mill Nature Reserve (Museum) — 9.7 mi, 131° SE
Forbes State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 10.7 mi, 157° SE
Linn Run State Park (State Park) — 10.7 mi, 122° SE
Roaring Run Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.7 mi, 161° S
Wolf Rocks (Viewpoint) — 13.8 mi, 125° SE
Mt. Hope School (Historic Ruins) — 15.1 mi, 154° SE
Big Mac Museum (Museum) — 15.6 mi, 288° W
Coke Ovens (Historic Ruins) — 18.3 mi, 292° W
Phoenix Big Cinemas North Versailles Stadium 18 (Cinema) — 21.4 mi, 293° NW
Spaceballs The Unauthorized Museum and Gift Shop (Museum) — 22.7 mi, 290° W
Nittany Lion Shrine (Public Artwork) — 22.9 mi, 286° W
Family Funscape (Theme Park) — 24.1 mi, 268° W
Clear Shade Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 34.3 mi, 098° E
Quebec Run Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 36.0 mi, 202° S

Latest News: Whitney

Loading news…

World News

Loading news-world…

More World News