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Franklin Pennsylvania Map

Explore Franklin, 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 Franklin, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Franklin, Pennsylvania Map

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

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	Franklin
State	Pennsylvania (PA)
County	Chester County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	40.342041
Longitude	-78.883782
Population	278
Density	179.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	15909, 15668, 16323
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	West Chester
School District	Conemaugh Valley School District

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About Franklin, Pennsylvania

Franklin is a locality in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 278. The population density is 179.8 people per km². Franklin is located at 40.3420°N, 78.8838°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Franklin is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 15909, 15668, 16323.

Franklin emerges from the verdant, rolling landscape where the persistent waters of Big Elk Creek carve a quiet path through the earth. It lies 16.7 miles south of Coatesville, PA (from Coatesville, PA: bearing 185°T), and is situated 7.7 miles east-northeast of Calvert. The ground here holds the steady, patient weight of the inland plateau, where the air often carries the sharp, clean scent of damp soil and ancient stone. To the west, the distant silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains marks the horizon with a jagged, ink-blue line, while the closer reach of Elk Neck State Forest breathes a deep, shadowed silence into the afternoon. Sunlight catches the surface of Big Elk Creek State Park, illuminating the way the light filters through dense timber to settle upon the mossy banks, turning the ordinary passage of a day into something measured by the slow, deliberate turning of the leaves.

Franklin retains the hushed gravity of an older architecture, its brick facades and sturdy courthouse square speaking of a time when the pulse of the local economy was synchronized with the rhythm of the land. The proximity of Gilpins Falls, nine miles distant, lends a subtle, percussive energy to the regional water table, feeding into the quiet commerce that flows through the streets like the creek itself. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of a season, whether one is venturing toward the calm waters of Somerset Lake or attending to the quiet work that sustains the neighborhood. History remains visible in the plain, unadorned craftsmanship of the buildings, standing as silent observers to a life that favors the endurance of the soil over the fleeting speed of the modern world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Franklin Ballfield (Local Recreation) — 0.4 mi, 042° NE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 043° NE
Blue Jay Park (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 144° SE
Parkhill Playground (Local Recreation) — 1.3 mi, 024° NE
Morley’s Dog (Public Artwork) — 2.2 mi, 240° SW
World War II Memorial (Monument) — 2.2 mi, 239° SW
Bottle Works (Arts Centre) — 2.2 mi, 266° W
Wagner-Ritter House (Museum) — 2.4 mi, 266° W
Rolling Mills Mine Disaster (Monument) — 2.4 mi, 245° SW
Memorial Auditorium (Theatre) — 2.4 mi, 237° SW
John P. Murtha Statue (Monument) — 2.4 mi, 239° SW
Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 2.6 mi, 244° SW
Gallitzin State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 2.8 mi, 332° NW
Laurel Ridge State Park (State Park) — 3.7 mi, 291° W
Roxbury Bandshell (Theatre) — 3.9 mi, 213° SW
State Game Land 042 (State Resource Management Area) — 5.4 mi, 253° W
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (Museum) — 5.7 mi, 152° SE
Charles F. Lewis Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.1 mi, 310° NW
Coal Miner's Museum and Memorial (Museum) — 6.3 mi, 093° E
Disaster’s Edge Environmental Education Center (Nature Reserve) — 6.4 mi, 093° E
Clear Shade Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 12.4 mi, 150° SE
Cambria County Historical Society (Museum) — 13.2 mi, 039° NE
Nathan's Divided Nature Education Center (Nature Reserve) — 14.1 mi, 038° NE
Blue Knob State Park (State Park) — 14.2 mi, 109° E
Keirn Family World War II Museum (Museum) — 17.3 mi, 049° NE
Cresson Railroad Observation Platform (Attraction) — 17.6 mi, 061° NE
Jack Be Nimble (Attraction) — 21.2 mi, 255° W
Hush A Bye Baby (Attraction) — 21.2 mi, 255° W

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