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Brownsville Pennsylvania Map

Explore Brownsville, 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 Brownsville, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Brownsville, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.018865
Longitude	-79.890016
Population	2,185
Density	863.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	19565, 17222, 15417
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Chambersburg
School District	Brownsville Area School District

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About Brownsville, Pennsylvania

Brownsville is a locality in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,185. The population density is 863.5 people per km². Brownsville is located at 40.0189°N, 79.8900°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Brownsville is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 19565, 17222, 15417.

Brownsville occupies a rugged stretch of the Allegheny Plateau where the land folds into deep, forested ravines and steep, shaded slopes. It lies 7.8 miles east-southeast of Chambersburg, PA (from Chambersburg, PA: bearing 109°T), and is situated 1.7 miles east-southeast of Fayetteville. The Stump Run carves a narrow, persistent path through the terrain, its waters moving with a quiet urgency toward the lower basins. Sunlight hits the ridges at sharp angles, illuminating the thick canopy of the nearby Mont Alto State Forest, which stands as a dark, verdant wall against the western sky. While the distant Blue Ridge Mountains remain a faint, serrated line on the horizon, the immediate environment is defined by the intimate, enclosed density of the English Valley and the stillness of the Mt Cydonia Ponds Natural Area. In the stillness of an afternoon, the atmosphere grows heavy with the scent of damp earth and cooling stone, a sensory reminder of the geological weight beneath the surface.

Brownsville carries the echoes of an industrial era defined by the movement of goods and the labor of those who labored in the shadow of the regional coal and steel networks. The local economy, once tethered to the relentless output of heavy manufacturing, now observes a slower, more deliberate cadence as the architecture of another century settles into the landscape. Remnants of brick and iron linger in the center of Brownsville, serving as quiet markers of a time when the transit of materials dictated the town's growth. Residents often find their way toward the Lippencot Trail to traverse the quiet edges of the woods, or spend time near the Caledonia Water Company Pond, where the water reflects the gray, shifting clouds of the Pennsylvania sky. The spirit of the place is found in this transition, where the remnants of a high-production past provide the foundation for a life lived at a more measured, reflective pace.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Dunlap's Creek Bridge (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 030° NE
Fenwick Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 286° W
Frank L. Melega Art Museum (Museum) — 0.3 mi, 041° NE
Monongahela River, Railroad, and Transportation Museum (Museum) — 0.6 mi, 063° NE
Fifth Avenue playground (Local Recreation) — 0.7 mi, 060° NE
Hiller Ballfield (Local Recreation) — 0.8 mi, 204° SW
Patsy Hillman Park (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 250° W
Statue of Dr. Robert E Eberly (Public Artwork) — 3.2 mi, 003° N
California Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 3.2 mi, 359° N
Lowhill Honor Roll (Monument) — 3.4 mi, 258° W
W. A. Young & Sons Foundry and Machine Shop (Museum) — 7.5 mi, 230° SW
That Dance Place (Arts Centre) — 8.0 mi, 358° N
State Game Land 238 (State Resource Management Area) — 8.2 mi, 188° S
The McKivens Archipelago (Viewpoint) — 12.1 mi, 039° NE
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 12.5 mi, 031° NE
Family Funscape (Theme Park) — 15.2 mi, 005° N
Greene County Museum (Museum) — 15.3 mi, 234° SW
Sophia's Grave (Attraction) — 17.2 mi, 187° S
Paul R Stewart Museum (Museum) — 17.8 mi, 242° SW
Ohiopyle State Park (State Park) — 20.0 mi, 115° SE
Quebec Run Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 20.0 mi, 152° SE
Asbury Church (Historic Ruins) — 20.5 mi, 211° SW
South Park Game Preserve (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 20.9 mi, 343° N
World West Galleries (Gallery) — 21.6 mi, 299° NW
Kentuck Knob Visitor's Center (Attraction) — 21.9 mi, 117° SE
Laurel Ridge State Park (State Park) — 27.5 mi, 100° E
Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 41.4 mi, 294° NW · 6,562 acres
Monongahela National Forest (National Forest) — 52.9 mi, 168° S · 922k acres

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