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Wilpen Pennsylvania Map

Explore Wilpen, 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 Wilpen, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Wilpen, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.281183
Longitude	-79.19531
Population	280
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	15658, 15694
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Greensburg

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About Wilpen, Pennsylvania

Wilpen is a locality in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Wilpen is located at 40.2812°N, 79.1953°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 15658, 15694.

Wilpen occupies a quiet fold of the earth where the currents of Hannas Run carve a modest path through the landscape. It lies 14.7 miles west-southwest of Johnstown, PA (from Johnstown, PA: bearing 258°T), and is situated 9.3 miles east-southeast of Loyalhanna. The terrain here is defined by a slow, deliberate cadence, where the earth rises into long, earthen shoulders that eventually give way to the distant, hazy silhouette of the Allegheny Mountains on the horizon. To the west, the water of Latrobe Reservoir holds the sky in a still, dark mirror, while the dense, verdant expanse of Forbes State Forest blankets the higher ground in deep shades of green. The air often carries a crisp, mineral edge, sharpened by the proximity of the Allegheny Plateau, and in the twilight, the shadows stretch long and thin across the fields, lending the ground a somber, velvet depth.

Wilpen emerged from the grit and ambition of the coal era, its identity forged in the soot and labor that once defined the regional economy. While the heavy industry that built these foundations has receded, the town retains the stubborn, utilitarian grace of its past, with modest structures standing as quiet observers of a changing world. Residents often find their way toward the paths of the Darr Trail or the cooling spray of Adams Falls, seeking a reprieve in the untamed stretches that persist beyond the residential grid. Life here maintains a steady, internal gravity, grounded by the proximity of Waterford Park and the seasonal shifts of the Bergstrom Hollow basin, where the collective memory of the region lingers in the quiet, persistent work of those who still call Wilpen home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Waterford Park (Local Park) — 2.2 mi, 151° SE
Watershed Farm (Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 241° SW
State Game Land 042 (State Resource Management Area) — 3.4 mi, 126° SE
Jack Be Nimble (Attraction) — 4.3 mi, 252° W
Hush A Bye Baby (Attraction) — 4.3 mi, 252° W
Hickory Dickory Dock (Attraction) — 4.3 mi, 253° W
The Elf Pond (Attraction) — 4.3 mi, 253° W
Forbes State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 4.7 mi, 175° S
Penguin Court & Thomas Road Farm (Conservation Area) — 5.0 mi, 176° S
Loyalhanna Gorge (Local Park) — 5.1 mi, 263° W
Laurel Ridge State Park (State Park) — 5.3 mi, 115° SE
Linn Run State Park (State Park) — 7.6 mi, 196° S
Conemaugh River Lake (Recreation Area) — 9.1 mi, 357° N
Powder Mill Nature Reserve (Museum) — 9.3 mi, 206° SW
Wolf Rocks (Viewpoint) — 9.9 mi, 181° S
Latrobe War Memorial (Monument) — 10.2 mi, 283° W
Site of Strickler's Drug Store, Home of the Banana Split (Monument) — 10.3 mi, 284° W
Pow Mia (Monument) — 14.0 mi, 070° E
Roxbury Bandshell (Theatre) — 14.3 mi, 086° E
Wagner-Ritter House (Museum) — 14.6 mi, 074° E
Memorial Auditorium (Theatre) — 14.7 mi, 079° E
Bottle Works (Arts Centre) — 14.8 mi, 074° E
Morley’s Dog (Public Artwork) — 14.8 mi, 078° E
Mt. Hope School (Historic Ruins) — 16.3 mi, 197° S
Westmoreland Performing Arts (Arts Centre) — 18.4 mi, 275° W
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (Museum) — 19.1 mi, 092° E
Flight 93 National Memorial Entrance (Museum) — 21.4 mi, 130° SE
Clear Shade Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 23.6 mi, 106° E

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