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Franklin New Jersey Map

Explore Franklin, 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, New Jersey

How to Use This Franklin, New Jersey Map

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

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
State	New Jersey (NJ)
County	Essex 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 Codes	07834, 07416
Area Code	732, 848, 973, 862
County Seat	Newark
School District	Franklin Borough School District

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About Franklin, New Jersey

Franklin is a locality in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,912. The population density is 435.4 people per km². Franklin is located at 41.1090°N, 74.5886°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Franklin is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 07834, 07416.

Franklin emerges from a landscape defined by the quiet persistence of inland geology, where the ground rises in subtle, uneven swells toward the distant silhouette of First Watchung Mountain. Green Brook carves a narrow, persistent path through the local terrain, its waters moving with a steady, unhurried purpose that mirrors the persistent character of the land itself. Within the immediate footprint of the earth, Crane Park provides a patch of managed green space where the afternoon light catches on the leaves, softening the edges of the horizon. The air here holds a crisp, terrestrial stillness, untroubled by the salt of any distant coast, favoring instead the scent of damp soil and the dry, shifting winds that sweep across the inland plains.

Franklin carries the weight of a long industrial heritage, its identity forged in the extraction of mineral wealth that once drew laborers to its depths. While the economy has transitioned away from the heavy labor of the past, the rhythm of daily life retains a grounded, pragmatic quality that marks the transition from one era to the next. Residents find a sense of continuity in the modest scale of the neighborhood, where the legacy of the mines is held in the quiet memory of the older architecture and the sturdy, unpretentious homes. This is a place that prefers the quiet utility of its local surroundings to the noise of the wider world, maintaining a steady, internal pace as it looks toward the Preakness Valley.

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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