Ford Cliff Pennsylvania Map
Explore Ford Cliff, 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 Cliff, Pennsylvania
How to Use This Ford Cliff, Pennsylvania Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Ford Cliff, 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 Cliff.
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 Cliff |
| State | Pennsylvania (PA) |
| County | Armstrong County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.760342 |
| Longitude | -79.533656 |
| Population | 361 |
| Density | 1834.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 16228 |
| 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 |
About Ford Cliff, Pennsylvania
Ford Cliff is a locality in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 361. The population density is 1834.0 people per km². Ford Cliff is located at 40.7603°N, 79.5337°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Ford Cliff is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 16228.Ford Cliff defines the rugged character of the Allegheny Plateau, where the landscape is carved by the persistent current of Tub Mill Run as it cuts through the earth. It lies 17.9 miles northeast of New Kensington, PA (from New Kensington, PA: bearing 43°T), and is situated 3.9 miles south of Kittanning. The air here holds the cool, damp weight of the deep woods, and the terrain rises into the uneven, forested shoulders of the region, far removed from the leveling influence of any coastal tide. To the east, Limestone Hollow dips into the shadows of the hills, creating a quiet basin that gathers the evening mist long before the sun disappears. Residents find a simple, open space for reflection at the Ford Cliff Playground, where the ground is marked by the shifting seasonal light that filters through the canopy of native oaks.
Industrial memory persists here, echoing the heavy labor that once propelled the local economy through the extraction and processing of the earth’s hidden wealth. While the rhythms of daily life have shifted, the proximity of Crooked Creek Lake provides a steady, reflective presence for those who live where the plateau breaks into steep, verdant ridges. The distant, hazy silhouette of the Allegheny Mountains serves as a permanent, immovable landmark on the horizon, grounding the perspective of every traveler passing through. Ford Cliff maintains a character built on the sturdiness of its geography, where the persistence of the local creek and the stillness of the nearby hollow define the slow, deliberate pace of the passing day.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Ford Cliff Playground (Local Recreation) — 0.1 mi, 336° NW
- Armstrong Trail (Private Recreation) — 0.4 mi, 318° NW
- Riverfront Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 319° NW
- Armstrong Trails Property (Private Recreation) — 0.5 mi, 228° SW
- Pittsburgh Plate Glass Ford City Works (Monument) — 0.7 mi, 003° N
- Lenape Elementary School (Recreation Easement) — 0.8 mi, 074° E
- 7th Avenue Playground (Local Recreation) — 0.9 mi, 026° NE
- Unknown Park (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 036° NE
- State Game Land 247 (State Resource Management Area) — 1.4 mi, 009° N
- Fort Armstrong (Monument) — 1.7 mi, 018° N
- Crooked Creek Lake (Recreation Area) — 3.4 mi, 160° S
- Nicholson Island (Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 228° SW
- Kittanning (Monument) — 3.5 mi, 016° N
- Giant Cowboy (Public Artwork) — 3.8 mi, 040° NE
- Cooper Hall (Saxonburg Museum) (Museum) — 14.4 mi, 268° W
- Saxonburg Museum (Museum) — 14.4 mi, 268° W
- Cornplanter's Defeat (Registered Battlefield) — 15.4 mi, 344° N
- Community park (Attraction) — 15.8 mi, 151° SE
- Bradys Bend Iron Furnaces Historical Site (Historic Ruins) — 17.1 mi, 344° N
- Traister Petroglyphs (Historic Ruins) — 17.8 mi, 007° N
- Large Scale Systems Museum (LSSM) (Museum) — 18.1 mi, 222° SW
- GQT Cinemas 18 (Cinema) — 18.8 mi, 227° SW
- Marshall Auditorium (Theatre) — 19.6 mi, 221° SW
- Succop Theater (Theatre) — 20.4 mi, 284° W
- Barking Slopes Overlook (Viewpoint) — 20.9 mi, 221° SW
- Audubon Society (Museum) — 20.9 mi, 274° W
- MovieScoop Indiana Mall Cinemas (Cinema) — 21.1 mi, 120° SE
- IUP Museum (Museum) — 22.0 mi, 117° SE
- Clarion, Pennsylvania Wild And Scenic River Study Area (Wild & Scenic River) — 25.2 mi, 357° N · 12k acres
- Allegheny, Pennsylvania Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 30.7 mi, 342° N · 35k acres
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About This Ford Cliff Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ford Cliff, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.760342, -79.533656. 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 Ford Cliff includes the ZIP code (16228), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Armstrong County (Kittanning), and school district assignment (Armstrong 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. |
