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Forty Fort Pennsylvania Map

Explore Forty Fort, 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 Forty Fort, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Forty Fort, Pennsylvania Map

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

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	Forty Fort
State	Pennsylvania (PA)
County	Luzerne County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	41.27897
Longitude	-75.878252
Population	4,239
Density	1254.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	18704
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Wilkes-Barre
School District	Wyoming Valley West School District

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About Forty Fort, Pennsylvania

Forty Fort is a locality in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,239. The population density is 1254.2 people per km². Forty Fort is located at 41.2790°N, 75.8783°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Forty Fort is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 18704.

Forty Fort occupies a level expanse of land that traces the sweeping curve of the Susquehanna River, where the water moves with a heavy, deliberate patience against the silt-laden banks. It lies 1.5 miles northeast of Kingston, PA (from Kingston, PA: bearing 39°T), and is situated 2.3 miles north of Wilkes-Barre. The landscape of the Wyoming Valley unfolds here as a broad, alluvial floor, bounded by distant, hazy silhouettes of the Pocono Mountains that catch the bruised violet light of late afternoon. Within the borders of Forty Fort, the air often holds the crisp, metallic scent of moving water, and the ground retains a quiet flatness that contrasts sharply with the rugged, tilted ridges looming on the horizon. Residents find a respite in the open green spaces of Forty Fort Borough Park, a local commons that serves as a terrestrial anchor amidst the quiet residential streets and the persistent, slow-motion pulse of the river winding just beyond the tree line.

Industry in this region was once defined by the deep, carbon-rich veins of the earth, leaving behind an anthracite memory that still informs the character of the local architecture and the stoic temperament of the people. While the economy has long since moved away from the heavy extraction that shaped the early settlement, the legacy remains in the sturdy, unadorned masonry of older storefronts and the pride taken in maintaining a quiet, functional civic life. A few miles away, the singular beauty of Whirlpool Canyon Falls cuts through the rock, and the calm, contained waters of Frances Slocum Lake offer a different kind of stillness, yet the daily rhythm of the borough remains tethered to the valley’s historical endurance. Life here moves with a steady, predictable cadence, marked by the changing colors of the hardwoods and the shifting currents of the Susquehanna River, which remains a constant witness to the cycles of a place built on grit and fertile ground.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Forty Fort Marker (Monument) — 0.3 mi, 091° E
Luzerne County Levee Trail (Local Recreation) — 0.3 mi, 086° E
Luzerne County Recreation Complex (Local Recreation) — 0.7 mi, 041° NE
Third Avenue Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 170° S
Kingston Community Park (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 180° S
Art 'n Vino (Arts Centre) — 1.4 mi, 153° SE
Back Mountain Trail (Conservation Area) — 1.6 mi, 298° NW
Arts Center of Wilkes-Barre (Arts Centre) — 1.7 mi, 154° SE
Pinchot State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 2.1 mi, 255° W
The Mary Stegmaier Mansion (Attraction) — 2.4 mi, 191° S
Hyperview (Public Artwork) — 2.4 mi, 189° S
Wilkes-Barre Movies 14 (Cinema) — 2.5 mi, 187° S
Battle of Wyoming (Registered Battlefield) — 2.5 mi, 043° NE
KISS Theatre Company (Theatre) — 2.6 mi, 145° SE
The Big Cow (Attraction) — 3.5 mi, 177° S
Seven Tubs Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 3.5 mi, 155° SE
Frances Slocum State Park (State Park) — 3.5 mi, 343° N
Wilkes-Barre Township War Memorial (Monument) — 3.6 mi, 170° S
Buttonwood Honor Roll (Monument) — 5.2 mi, 221° SW
Nescopeck State Park (State Park) — 11.8 mi, 180° S
The Pavilion at Montage Mountain (Theatre) — 12.1 mi, 067° NE
Pine Hill Vista (Viewpoint) — 12.9 mi, 103° E
Inspection Pit (Historic Ruins) — 13.9 mi, 050° NE
Iron Horse Movie Bistro (Cinema) — 14.1 mi, 051° NE
Laura Craig Gallery (Gallery) — 14.3 mi, 051° NE
Civil War Museum (Museum) — 14.5 mi, 051° NE
Everhart Museum (Museum) — 14.8 mi, 055° NE

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