Explore Franklin, New York, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Franklin, New York. 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 York 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 York (NY) |
| County | Delaware County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 42.340637 |
| Longitude | -75.165169 |
| Population | 258 |
| Density | 293.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 13775 |
| Area Code | 607 |
| County Seat | Delhi |
| School District | Franklin Central School District |
Franklin displays a quiet, terrestrial dignity, anchored by the Ouleout Creek which meanders through the landscape as if tracing the very pulse of the valley. It lies 9.3 miles south-southwest of Oneonta, NY (from Oneonta, NY: bearing 214°T), and is situated 11.7 miles east of Sidney. The earth here rises in steady, deliberate swells, far removed from the chaotic noise of the coast, where the shadows of the Appalachian Mountains loom distantly against the horizon like a soft, bruised purple hem. Pat Pond sits a mere mile away, a still, silver eye reflecting the pale sky, while the Village Of Franklin Land offers a quiet expanse of green where the air holds the scent of damp soil and ancient stone. The light in late afternoon softens the sharp edges of the terrain, casting a gilded, melancholic clarity over the meadows that stretch toward the deeper shadows of Bennett Hollow.
Franklin sustains itself through a patient, enduring rhythm, built upon the legacy of those who first cleared the timber and turned the stubborn, rocky soil. The local economy persists in the quiet industry of fields and small-scale enterprise, a stark contrast to the distant, frantic energy of metropolitan centers. Residents look toward the Delaware State Forest for the heavy, pine-scented silence that defines the region, a reminder of the vast, unpeopled woods that once dominated this interior geography. Life in Franklin moves with a deliberate, measured pace, favoring the steady work of seasons over the fleeting distractions of modern haste, ensuring that the character of the place remains as grounded as the bedrock beneath its feet.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Franklin, New York. Coordinates: 42.340637, -75.165169. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Franklin includes the ZIP code (13775), telephone area code (607), county seat of Delaware County (Delhi), and school district assignment (Franklin Central School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |