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Franklin Furnace Ohio Map

Explore Franklin Furnace, Ohio, 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 Furnace, Ohio

How to Use This Franklin Furnace, Ohio Map

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

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 Furnace
State	Ohio (OH)
County	Scioto County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	38.625917
Longitude	-82.850084
Population	1,525
Density	250.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	45629
Area Code	937
County Seat	Portsmouth
School District	Green Local School District

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About Franklin Furnace, Ohio

Franklin Furnace is a locality in Scioto County, Ohio, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,525. The population density is 250.0 people per km². Franklin Furnace is located at 38.6259°N, 82.8501°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 45629.

Franklin Furnace emerges from the landscape as a quiet intersection of earth and water, defined by the persistent, rhythmic flow of Chandlers Run as it carves a path through the terrain. It lies 10.0 miles southeast of Portsmouth, OH (from Portsmouth, OH: bearing 127°T), and is situated 5.9 miles south of Wheelersburg. The air here holds the weight of the Appalachian foothills, a subtle pressure that settles over the low-lying Franklin Hollow just a mile away, where the light at dusk clings to the trees in long, bruised ribbons of violet and gold. To the north, the terrain rises toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Sun Hill, while the expansive Greenup Pool Recreation Area offers a space where the land meets the water in a quiet, deliberate stillness. The soil, dark and patient, supports a landscape that feels less like a static point on a map and more like a slow, breathing organism, far removed from the frantic pace of the wider world.

Franklin Furnace maintains a character forged in the furnace of industrial ambition and the subsequent cooling of a changing economy. Where once the clatter of iron and the heat of production defined the local pulse, the current rhythm is steadier, echoing the long history of those who worked the riverbanks and the nearby fields. Life here is punctuated by the transition of the seasons, as the verdant growth of the warmer months gives way to the stark, skeletal beauty of winter, a cycle that remains indifferent to the shifting fortunes of the regional trade. Even as the modern world encroaches, Franklin Furnace retains a stubborn, quiet dignity, a place where the memory of heavy industry lingers in the architecture and the slow, deliberate movements of a people who have learned to thrive in the quiet spaces between the hills.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Greenup Pool Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 1.0 mi, 322° NW
Musketeer Field (Stadium) — 1.1 mi, 284° W
Wayne National Forest (National Forest) — 3.4 mi, 096° E · 243k acres
Greenup City Park (Local Park) — 3.6 mi, 164° S
Jesse Stuart State Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 174° S
Greenbo Lake State Resort Park (State Park) — 8.4 mi, 194° S
Stan Spence Baseball Complex (Local Recreation) — 9.0 mi, 319° NW
Clark Planetarium (Museum) — 10.5 mi, 313° NW
Kaiser Hollow Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 10.6 mi, 085° E
River Overlook (Viewpoint) — 10.6 mi, 313° NW
Human Rights Diversity Walkway (Monument) — 10.7 mi, 315° NW
Spock Memorial (Monument) — 10.8 mi, 313° NW
Welcome to the Portsmouth City Floodwall Murals (Public Artwork) — 10.8 mi, 312° NW
Portsmouth Stars Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 10.9 mi, 312° NW
Southern Ohio Museum and Cultural Center (Museum) — 10.9 mi, 314° NW
Ro-Na Cultural Center and Theater (Theatre) — 11.0 mi, 125° SE
Civil War Memorial (Monument) — 11.0 mi, 315° NW
Candyland Children's Museum (Museum) — 11.0 mi, 312° NW
Park (Local Park) — 11.4 mi, 320° NW
Shawnee State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 12.9 mi, 300° NW
Shawnee State Park (State Park) — 13.8 mi, 286° W
Fern Bridge (Attraction) — 22.6 mi, 219° SW
Natural Bridge (Attraction) — 22.7 mi, 221° SW
Raven Bridge (Attraction) — 23.0 mi, 219° SW
Smoky Bridge (Attraction) — 23.2 mi, 220° SW
Camden Park Mound (Historic Ruins) — 23.3 mi, 132° SE
The Art Spirit (Gallery) — 24.9 mi, 126° SE
Lewis County Historical Society (Museum) — 25.4 mi, 266° W
Daniel Boone National Forest (National Forest) — 34.6 mi, 228° SW · 564k acres
Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 39.0 mi, 277° W · 6,562 acres

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