Explore 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 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 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 | Ferndale |
| State | Pennsylvania (PA) |
| County | Bucks County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.290549 |
| Longitude | -78.919817 |
| Population | 1,547 |
| Density | 1535.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 17866, 18972, 17985, 15905 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| County Seat | Doylestown |
| School District | Ferndale Area School District |
Ferndale exists as a quiet accumulation of limestone and slate, where the earth holds the chill of the inland autumn long after the sun has retreated behind the silhouettes of the trees. It lies 6.7 miles east of Springfield Bucks County, PA (from Springfield Bucks County, PA: bearing 87°T), and is situated 9.8 miles northwest of Byram. The landscape around Ferndale is defined by a rhythmic descent into the nearby Pleasant Valley, a depression in the terrain that channels the cool, damp air of the evening across the fields. Only a mile away, the quiet movement of Gallows Run slices through the soil, carving a narrow path toward the larger water systems of the region, while the still, reflective surface of Lake Warren offers a local anchor for the light of the waning day. The horizon remains unbroken by the jagged peaks of the Appalachian Mountains, which remain a distant, hazy memory far beyond the immediate, grounded reality of the local topography.
Bucks County Horse Park occupies the immediate landscape, its expansive grounds serving as a testament to the enduring relationship between the residents of Ferndale and the land they inhabit. The local economy maintains a steady, deliberate pace, shifting away from the heavy industrial echoes of the past toward a quiet endurance rooted in the stewardship of these acres. Life in Ferndale moves with the measured cadence of a place that understands its own boundaries, where the primary concerns are the cycle of the seasons and the maintenance of the infrastructure that connects these rural expanses. The atmosphere is one of functional simplicity, defined by the practical architecture of the region and the steady, unadorned work of those who labor in the fields or manage the small enterprises that sustain the daily requirements of the local population.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ferndale, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.290549, -78.919817. 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 Ferndale includes the ZIP code (17866, 18972, 17985), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Bucks County (Doylestown), and school district assignment (Ferndale 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. |