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Elm Pennsylvania Map

Explore Elm, 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 Elm, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Elm, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.203982
Longitude	-76.348848
Population	280
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	17543, 17521, 16920
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Lancaster

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About Elm, Pennsylvania

Elm is a locality in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Elm is located at 40.2040°N, 76.3488°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 17543, 17521, 16920.

Elm occupies a quiet intersection of fertile agricultural land where the landscape unfolds in a deliberate, measured geometry of pastures and woodlots. It lies 8.7 miles north of East Hempfield, PA (from East Hempfield, PA: bearing 9°T), and is situated 9.1 miles west of Ephrata. The terrain here rises and falls with a steady, terrestrial pulse, far removed from the turbulent influence of any distant coast, defined instead by the modest, purposeful flow of Doe Run. A mile away, the quiet waters of Speedwell Forge Dam catch the late afternoon light, mirroring the expansive Pennsylvania sky in a dark, glassy surface that anchors the horizon. On clear days, the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains emerges as a faint, jagged ink-line against the clouds, serving as a silent sentinel to the westward view. Within the immediate borders of Elm, the Penn-Elm Lions Club Park provides a communal clearing where the local air carries the scent of damp earth and the crisp, clean mineral quality of the nearby stream.

Elm maintains the disciplined, industrious character of a region built upon the steady productivity of the soil and the methodical labor of its inhabitants. History here is written in the architecture of sturdy barns and the enduring layouts of family farms that have defined the local economy for generations. While the pace of modern life exerts its pressure, the community retains a preference for the tangible—the seasonal cycle of planting and harvest remains the primary clock by which the days are marked. Residents often seek the quietude of the Horseshoe Trail, a path that links the surrounding countryside through a corridor of deep, quiet woods. Life in Elm persists with a focus on self-reliance and a quiet, unadorned appreciation for the land, where the changing colors of the foliage provide a more significant marker of time than the frantic shifts of the outside world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Speedwell Forge County Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 010° N
Speedwell Forge (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 032° NE
State Game Land 156 (State Resource Management Area) — 1.9 mi, 346° N
de Perrot Woods Nature Preserve (Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 055° NE
Rannel's Kettle Run Nature Preserve (Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 004° N
Miller Property Acquisition 1 (Local Recreation) — 2.8 mi, 065° NE
State Game Land 046 (State Resource Management Area) — 2.9 mi, 044° NE
Lititz Springs Swimming Pool/Recreation Center (Local Recreation) — 3.5 mi, 152° SE
Petting Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 3.7 mi, 039° NE
Lion Statue (Public Artwork) — 3.8 mi, 149° SE
Wall of Rememberance (Monument) — 3.8 mi, 147° SE
Cornwall Open Pit Mine (Historic Ruins) — 5.4 mi, 323° NW
Cornwall Iron Furnace 1742 - 1883 (Historic Ruins) — 5.6 mi, 327° NW
Schaeffer Farm (Attraction) — 6.9 mi, 022° N
Conservation Heritage Museum (Museum) — 7.0 mi, 048° NE
Valley View (Viewpoint) — 7.0 mi, 053° NE
Mount Gretna Tabernacle (Theatre) — 7.0 mi, 297° NW
16th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry at Camp Hastings. (Monument) — 7.4 mi, 295° NW
The "Governor's Troop" (Monument) — 7.5 mi, 293° NW
Pennsylvania Farm Museum (Museum) — 8.5 mi, 154° SE
Bounce Kraze (Attraction) — 8.9 mi, 173° S
Chestnut Street Log House (Museum) — 10.1 mi, 335° NW
Mount Joy Historical Society (Museum) — 10.5 mi, 233° SW
Light's Fort (Museum) — 10.9 mi, 337° NW
Schnader Theatre (Theatre) — 10.9 mi, 172° S
Curio. Gallery & Creative Supply (Gallery) — 11.5 mi, 169° S
Susquehanna Riverlands State Park (State Park) — 17.6 mi, 233° SW
Swatara State Park (State Park) — 19.2 mi, 334° NW
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 20.3 mi, 349° N · 110k acres

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