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Burnt Cabins Pennsylvania Map

Explore Burnt Cabins, 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 Burnt Cabins, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Burnt Cabins, Pennsylvania Map

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

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.

CityBurnt Cabins
StatePennsylvania (PA)
CountyFulton County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude40.078142
Longitude-77.895554
Population16
Density87.9 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code17215
Area Code215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County SeatMcConnellsburg
School DistrictForbes Road School District

About Burnt Cabins, Pennsylvania

Burnt Cabins is a locality in Fulton County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 16. The population density is 87.9 people per km². Burnt Cabins is located at 40.0781°N, 77.8956°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 17215.

Burnt Cabins occupies a narrow, quiet corridor where the South Branch Little Aughwick Creek carves a persistent path through the earth. It lies 15.8 miles northwest of Chambersburg, PA (from Chambersburg, PA: bearing 308°T), and is situated 19.9 miles west of Shippensburg. The landscape around Burnt Cabins unfolds as a sequence of ridgelines and verdant hollows, defined by the proximity of Allens Valley and the sprawling, quiet expanse of Buchanan State Forest. During the transition of dusk, the light catches the limestone outcrops and the dense, dark timber of the woods, turning the atmosphere a heavy, bruised violet. The air here holds the damp, mineral scent of the creek bed, a steady presence that marks the passage of time more reliably than the clocks in the local kitchens.

History clings to the name Burnt Cabins, echoing a legacy of frontier transit that once saw travelers seeking passage through these rugged reaches. The local economy remains tethered to the land and the quiet industry of those who maintain the timber and agricultural veins of the region. A short distance away, the Cove Trail offers a footpath through terrain that remains largely undisturbed by the frantic pace of larger hubs, providing a vantage point to view the distant Appalachian Mountains as they shoulder the horizon. Life in Burnt Cabins moves with the deliberate, measured gravity of a place that has seen the seasons cycle through the valleys for generations, favoring the steady work of the soil and the quietude of the deep woods.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Buchanan State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 1.4 mi, 152° SE
  • State Game Land 081 (State Resource Management Area) — 1.8 mi, 302° NW
  • Cowans Gap State Park (State Park) — 5.3 mi, 196° S
  • Cowans Gap Overlook (Viewpoint) — 6.1 mi, 201° S
  • Shade Gap Memorial Park (Local Park) — 7.0 mi, 016° N
  • East Broad Top Railroad (Museum) — 11.2 mi, 359° N
  • Rockhill Trolley Museum (Museum) — 11.2 mi, 359° N
  • Oregon Camp (Historic Ruins) — 13.6 mi, 262° W
  • County Land (Local Park) — 13.6 mi, 116° SE
  • 9/11 Memorial (Public Artwork) — 13.9 mi, 114° SE
  • Post Office and General Store (Historic Ruins) — 14.9 mi, 329° NW
  • Capitol Theatre (Theatre) — 15.8 mi, 129° SE
  • Voila! Children's Art & Creativity Center (Arts Centre) — 15.9 mi, 128° SE
  • Big Spring State Park (State Park) — 17.5 mi, 044° NE
  • Huber Art Center (Arts Centre) — 19.8 mi, 094° E
  • Shippensburg University Coordinates (Monument) — 19.8 mi, 094° E
  • Trough Creek Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 21.0 mi, 334° NW
  • Three Crosses of Mapleton (Attraction) — 21.5 mi, 355° N
  • Mapleton Historical Society (Museum) — 21.8 mi, 354° N
  • World War 2 Memorial (Monument) — 21.8 mi, 354° N
  • Triangle (Monument) — 21.9 mi, 354° N
  • Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 23.6 mi, 116° SE · 110k acres
  • Camp Michaux (Historic Castle / Fort) — 29.6 mi, 095° E
  • Suzanne von Liebig Theatre (Theatre) — 29.9 mi, 348° N
  • Hancock Museum (Museum) — 30.2 mi, 210° SW
  • Lincoln Caverns (Museum) — 31.2 mi, 343° N
  • Martin Hill Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 37.3 mi, 242° SW

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About This Burnt Cabins Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Burnt Cabins, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.078142, -77.895554. 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 Burnt Cabins includes the ZIP code (17215), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Fulton County (McConnellsburg), and school district assignment (Forbes Road 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.