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Franklin Borough New Jersey Map

Explore Franklin Borough, New Jersey, 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 Franklin Borough, New Jersey

How to Use This Franklin Borough, New Jersey Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Franklin Borough, New Jersey. 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 New Jersey 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 Franklin Borough.

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	Franklin Borough
State	New Jersey (NJ)
County	Sussex County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	41.108997
Longitude	-74.588641
Population	4,912
Density	435.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	07416
Area Code	973, 862
County Seat	Newton
School District	Franklin Borough School District

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About Franklin Borough, New Jersey

Franklin Borough is a locality in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,912. The population density is 435.4 people per km². Franklin Borough is located at 41.1090°N, 74.5886°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Franklin Borough is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 07416.

Franklin Borough emerges from the rugged terrain of northern New Jersey as a place defined by the cool, persistent presence of the Wallkill River, which carves its path through the bedrock near the town’s core. It lies 7.1 miles north-northeast of Sparta, NJ (from Sparta, NJ: bearing 27°T), and is situated 7.1 miles southwest of Vernon. The landscape here is defined by a deep, geological gravity, where the earth holds secrets in its mineral-rich veins and the shadows cast by the distant Kittatinny Mountains darken the horizon at dusk. Franklin Pond sits a mile away, its surface often catching the flat, silver light of an overcast afternoon, while the surrounding Kittatinny Valley State Park offers a sanctuary of wild grasses and quiet woodland. The air carries a crisp, inland clarity, devoid of any maritime influence, smelling instead of damp soil and the enduring, metallic memory of the hills.

Franklin Borough maintains a distinct identity rooted in its legacy as a center of deep-earth extraction, where the labor of generations once pulled rare, fluorescent ores from the dark. This industrial heritage informs the local economy and the sturdy, unpretentious character of the architecture that populates the streets. Beyond the influence of the nearby Germany Flats, the rhythm of daily life remains tethered to the land’s history, even as the focus shifts toward the preservation of its natural surroundings and the quiet reclamation of its industrial sites. Walking through the borough, one senses the weight of the past in the way the light hits the uneven ground, a reminder that the prosperity of the region was built by those who worked beneath the surface, far from the reach of the bustling, modern corridors of the state.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Franklin Borough Park (Local Park) — 0.0 mi, 320° NW
Paulinskill Valley Trail (State Recreation Area) — 0.1 mi, 255° W
Firemans Field (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 020° N
Hamburg Mountain Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 121° SE
Sussex County Trail (Local Recreation) — 0.9 mi, 338° N
Kittatinny Valley State Park (State Park) — 1.0 mi, 224° SW
Sparta Mountain Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 145° SE
Beaver Lake Mountain Park (Local Conservation Area) — 1.4 mi, 164° S
Sparta Township Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 222° SW
Sterling Hill Mining Museum (Museum) — 1.9 mi, 205° SW
Ogdensburg Borough Water Body (Local Recreation) — 2.0 mi, 169° S
Piggery Field (Monument) — 3.2 mi, 016° N
Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 3.9 mi, 002° N · 12k acres
Wawayanda State Park (State Park) — 4.6 mi, 105° E
Sparta Avenue Stage (Theatre) — 5.6 mi, 207° SW
Ghost Bridge (Historic Ruins) — 6.0 mi, 118° SE
Frying Pan Trees (Attraction) — 6.6 mi, 194° S
Surf Hill (Attraction) — 6.9 mi, 038° NE
Cliff Jump (Attraction) — 7.0 mi, 037° NE
Sprayground (Attraction) — 7.0 mi, 037° NE
Headley Overlook (Viewpoint) — 7.1 mi, 170° S
Defenders of the Union (Monument) — 9.3 mi, 248° W
U.S. Army (Monument) — 9.3 mi, 248° W
Janet Van Gelder Wildlife Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 9.8 mi, 027° NE
Slag Pile (Historic Ruins) — 12.1 mi, 151° SE
Warwick Drive-In Theatre (Cinema) — 13.9 mi, 051° NE
Wine and Design Warwick (Public Artwork) — 14.3 mi, 051° NE
Minisink Heritage Museum (Museum) — 14.7 mi, 004° N
Wanaque Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 15.3 mi, 076° E
Rosenkrans House and Museum (Museum) — 15.6 mi, 283° W

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