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.
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 | Cambria 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 | Ebensburg |
| School District | Conemaugh Valley School District |
Franklin defines its character through the steady, insistent presence of the Little Conemaugh River, which carves a path through the landscape with a persistent, fluid momentum. It lies 2.2 miles east-northeast of Johnstown, PA (from Johnstown, PA: bearing 61°T), and is situated 4.0 miles east-northeast of Westmont. The terrain surrounding Franklin rises in firm, earthen shelves, leading the eye toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Allegheny Mountains that hem in the horizon. Sunlight catches the moisture in the air here, casting a cool, pearlescent glow over the dark, dense foliage of the nearby State Forest Lands, while the quiet proximity of the Hinckston Run Reservoir offers a stillness that contrasts with the river’s constant motion. At the edge of the local grid, Oak Street Park provides a humble, grassy reprieve where the land levels out, grounding the rugged topography in a space of simple, human-scaled utility.
Economic life in Franklin has long been shaped by the stubborn resilience of the terrain and the proximity of deep-cut features like Soap Hollow, which once dictated the movement of goods and the labor of those who worked the earth. The rhythm of the days is marked by a quiet endurance, reflecting an industrial heritage that prioritized the practical over the decorative, leaving behind a legacy of sturdy brick and iron that persists in the local architecture. Travelers who venture six miles out to traverse the Roger Mountain Trail or pause to witness the sudden, vertical drop of Winding Staircase Falls find a landscape that demands a measured pace, one that respects the gravity of the hills and the deep, silent history of the soil. Life in Franklin remains tethered to these physical realities, where the changing seasons dictate the color of the canopy and the cold, clear clarity of the water defines the character of the morning.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Franklin, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.342041, -78.883782. 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 Franklin includes the ZIP code (15909, 15668, 16323), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Cambria County (Ebensburg), and school district assignment (Conemaugh Valley 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. |