Explore Fairview-Ferndale, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Fairview-Ferndale, 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 Fairview-Ferndale.
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 | Fairview-Ferndale |
| State | Pennsylvania (PA) |
| County | Northumberland County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.7799 |
| Longitude | -76.5752 |
| Population | 2,075 |
| Density | 825.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 17866 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| County Seat | Sunbury |
| School District | Shamokin Area School District |
Fairview-Ferndale emerges from the dark, sediment-rich earth where the Carbon Run carves a narrow, persistent path through the landscape. It lies 16.7 miles south-southwest of Bloomsburg, PA (from Bloomsburg, PA: bearing 202°T), and is situated 1.1 miles southwest of Shamokin. The terrain here is defined by the sharp, rhythmic folds of the regional topography, where the ground rises and falls in long, muscular ridges that eventually dissolve into the distant, hazy blue outlines of the Appalachian Mountains. To the west, the land dips into the quiet seclusion of Bear Valley, a corridor of limestone and shale that seems to hold the evening light longer than the higher ground. Only three miles away, the surface of Number Four Reservoir remains a flat, slate-colored mirror, reflecting the heavy clouds that frequently drift over the valley floor. The air in Fairview-Ferndale carries the scent of damp moss and cooling stone, a crisp reminder of the deep, inland silence that settles over the region once the sun slips behind the western ridges.
Fairview-Ferndale exists as a quiet accumulation of anthracite memory, anchored by the modest expanse of Coal Township Park where local life finds its center. The economy, once tethered to the rhythmic output of the mines, has shifted into a slower, more deliberate pace, leaving behind the stark, industrial bones of a former era that still catch the low afternoon sun. Residents here often look toward the twenty-mile horizon where the dense timber of Haldeman State Forest creates a dark, green boundary against the sky. On weekends, the activity shifts toward the James Path, where the crunch of gravel underfoot provides a steady cadence for those traversing the rugged, uneven terrain. This locality maintains a sturdy, unadorned character, shaped by the weight of its history and the persistent, slow-moving currents of the Carbon Run that continue to define its borders.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Fairview-Ferndale, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.7799, -76.5752. 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 Fairview-Ferndale includes the ZIP code (17866), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Northumberland County (Sunbury), and school district assignment (Shamokin Area 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. |