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Ford City Pennsylvania Map

Explore Ford City, 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 Ford City, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Ford City, Pennsylvania Map

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

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	Ford City
State	Pennsylvania (PA)
County	Armstrong County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	40.772286
Longitude	-79.529767
Population	2,859
Density	1711.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	16226
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Kittanning
School District	Armstrong School District

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About Ford City, Pennsylvania

Ford City is a locality in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,859. The population density is 1711.4 people per km². Ford City is located at 40.7723°N, 79.5298°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Ford City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 16226.

Ford City unfolds along the eastern bank of the Allegheny River, where the water moves with a heavy, deliberate composure through the deep, carved earth of the plateau. It lies 18.6 miles northeast of New Kensington, PA (from New Kensington, PA: bearing 41°T), and is situated 3.1 miles south of Kittanning. The landscape is defined by the steep elevation of the surrounding terrain, which drops away into the shadowed depth of Graff Hollow to the south, creating a natural basin that traps the amber light of late afternoon. Above the river’s path, the horizon is rimmed by the distant, hazy silhouette of the Allegheny Mountains, a reminder of the vast, rugged interior that stretches toward the eastern reaches of the state. Near the river’s edge, the Ford City Playground offers a flat, open expanse of green, a quiet space where the air often carries the damp, metallic scent of the rising current and the cool stillness of the nearby woods.

Ford City emerged from the industrial ambition of the late nineteenth century, built to serve the massive glassworks that once dominated the local skyline and defined the daily labor of its residents. The transition from a manufacturing powerhouse to its current, quieter rhythm has left a landscape of brick facades and orderly streets that mirror the disciplined layout of its founding era. While the heavy machinery of the past has largely vanished, the local economy remains anchored to the land and the river, with the nearby waters of Crooked Creek Lake providing a focus for regional recreation and a change in the town's pace. Life in Ford City moves with the predictable, steady cadence of a place that understands its own roots, where the changing seasons against the high ridges dictate the cycle of the year more than the frantic demands of the modern world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Armstrong Trail (Private Recreation) — 0.1 mi, 319° NW
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Ford City Works (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 235° SW
7th Avenue Playground (Local Recreation) — 0.2 mi, 084° E
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 099° E
Riverfront Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 228° SW
State Game Land 247 (State Resource Management Area) — 0.6 mi, 002° N
Ford Cliff Playground (Local Recreation) — 0.8 mi, 197° S
Lenape Elementary School (Recreation Easement) — 0.8 mi, 131° SE
Fort Armstrong (Monument) — 0.9 mi, 022° N
Armstrong Trails Property (Private Recreation) — 1.3 mi, 206° SW
Kittanning (Monument) — 2.6 mi, 016° N
Giant Cowboy (Public Artwork) — 3.0 mi, 047° NE
Crooked Creek Lake (Recreation Area) — 4.1 mi, 166° S
Cooper Hall (Saxonburg Museum) (Museum) — 14.7 mi, 265° W
Saxonburg Museum (Museum) — 14.7 mi, 265° W
Cornplanter's Defeat (Registered Battlefield) — 14.7 mi, 343° N
Bradys Bend Iron Furnaces Historical Site (Historic Ruins) — 16.4 mi, 342° N
Community park (Attraction) — 16.4 mi, 153° SE
Traister Petroglyphs (Historic Ruins) — 16.9 mi, 006° N
Large Scale Systems Museum (LSSM) (Museum) — 18.9 mi, 221° SW
GQT Cinemas 18 (Cinema) — 19.6 mi, 226° SW
Marshall Auditorium (Theatre) — 20.4 mi, 220° SW
Succop Theater (Theatre) — 20.4 mi, 281° W
Audubon Society (Museum) — 21.1 mi, 271° W
MovieScoop Indiana Mall Cinemas (Cinema) — 21.3 mi, 122° SE
Barking Slopes Overlook (Viewpoint) — 21.6 mi, 220° SW
IUP Museum (Museum) — 22.2 mi, 119° SE
Clarion, Pennsylvania Wild And Scenic River Study Area (Wild & Scenic River) — 24.4 mi, 357° N · 12k acres
Moraine State Park (State Park) — 26.7 mi, 300° NW
Allegheny, Pennsylvania Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 30.0 mi, 341° N · 35k acres

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