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Franklin Forge Pennsylvania Map

Explore Franklin Forge, 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 Forge, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Franklin Forge, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.47285
Longitude	-78.235011
Population	14
Density	235.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	16693
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Hollidaysburg
School District	Williamsburg Community School District

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About Franklin Forge, Pennsylvania

Franklin Forge is a locality in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 14. The population density is 235.0 people per km². Franklin Forge is located at 40.4729°N, 78.2350°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 16693.

Franklin Forge emerges from the damp, shaded lowlands where Piney Creek cuts a deliberate path through the limestone earth. It lies 9.0 miles east-southeast of Altoona, PA (from Altoona, PA: bearing 111°T), and is situated 8.7 miles east-northeast of Hollidaysburg. The Ganister Blue Hole sits as a cold, still eye at the center of the landscape, its depth reflecting the shifting gray palette of the overcast sky. To the east, the distant, hazy spine of the Allegheny Mountains defines the horizon, providing a permanent backdrop to the dense, quiet timber of State Game Land 147 that encroaches upon the property lines. The atmosphere here holds a heavy, earthen stillness, punctuated only by the seasonal rush of water against moss-covered stone, suggesting a land that prefers the slow accumulation of sediment to the frantic pace of the outside world.

Franklin Forge carries the weight of an industrial origin in its name, a lingering echo of the iron-working heritage that once drew men to these rugged corridors. While the heavy furnaces have long since cooled, the local economy remains tethered to the land’s raw capacity, transitioning from the extraction of ore to the quieter rhythms of woodcraft and the stewardship of the surrounding acreage. To the west, the gentle depression of Turkey Valley offers a respite from the sharper gradients of the plateau, providing a fertile corridor where the light lingers longer in the autumn evenings. Life in Franklin Forge moves with the steady, predictable pulse of a place that understands its own boundaries, keeping its history in the quiet decay of stone foundations and the persistence of the forest, which slowly reclaims whatever the iron industry left behind.

Nearby Outdoor Places

State Game Land 147 (State Resource Management Area) — 0.2 mi, 034° NE
Lower Trail (Local Recreation) — 0.7 mi, 102° E
State Game Land 166 (State Resource Management Area) — 1.3 mi, 322° NW
Canoe Creek State Park (State Park) — 1.7 mi, 275° W
Riverside Park (Local Park) — 1.7 mi, 109° E
Recreation Drive Park (Local Recreation) — 1.8 mi, 095° E
Quarry (Historic Ruins) — 2.8 mi, 299° NW
Brush Mountain Woodlands (Conservation Area) — 5.9 mi, 274° W
Korean War Memorial (Monument) — 5.9 mi, 256° W
Raystown Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 7.3 mi, 151° SE
Raystown Lake (Recreation Area) — 7.8 mi, 153° SE
Leap-The-Dips (Theme Park) — 8.5 mi, 269° W
The Lower Trail (Monument) — 8.8 mi, 042° NE
Lincoln Caverns (Museum) — 8.9 mi, 074° E
Golden Tiger Statue (Public Artwork) — 9.0 mi, 256° W
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (Museum) — 9.2 mi, 289° W
Old In-town Altoona airstrip (Monument) — 9.4 mi, 318° NW
Little Juniata Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.1 mi, 035° NE
Spruce Creek Rail Tunnel West Portal (Attraction) — 10.5 mi, 032° NE
Spruce Creek Rail Tunnel East Portal (Attraction) — 10.5 mi, 034° NE
Trough Creek Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 10.5 mi, 150° SE
Trough Creek State Park (State Park) — 10.5 mi, 147° SE
Spruce Creek Vista (Viewpoint) — 11.5 mi, 031° NE
Suzanne von Liebig Theatre (Theatre) — 11.6 mi, 080° E
Old Duncansville Airmail field (Attraction) — 11.8 mi, 251° W
Tyrone Historical Society (Museum) — 13.5 mi, 359° N
Grace Nature Trail (Nature Reserve) — 15.5 mi, 002° N
Former Phillips Sand Co. (2 Plants) (Historic Ruins) — 16.2 mi, 111° E
Mapleton Historical Society (Museum) — 16.5 mi, 110° E
Galliztin Tuneels Museum (Museum) — 16.6 mi, 272° W

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