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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.

CityFranklin
StatePennsylvania (PA)
CountyWestmoreland County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude40.342041
Longitude-78.883782
Population278
Density179.8 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Codes15909, 15668, 16323
Area Code215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County SeatGreensburg
School DistrictConemaugh Valley School District

About Franklin, Pennsylvania

Franklin is a locality in Westmoreland 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 occupies a rugged intersection of the Allegheny Plateau where the cool, persistent current of Haymakers Run carves a path through the dense, timbered landscape. It lies 2.8 miles northeast of Murrysville, PA (from Murrysville, PA: bearing 45°T), and is situated 9.9 miles east-southeast of Penn Hills. The terrain shifts from the sharp, sudden inclines leading toward Kemerer Hollow to the quiet, dark waters of Exton Lake, which sits only three miles from the center of the grid. On clear mornings, the distant, hazy silhouette of the Allegheny Mountains marks the eastern horizon, grounding Franklin in a geography of deep woods and enduring stone. The air here carries a sharp, metallic weight, heavy with the scent of damp earth and the cooling breath of the forest that encroaches upon the edges of the streets.

Franklin rose from the necessity of extraction and the relentless pulse of industry, a place where the earth was long ago punctured to harvest the dark, viscous wealth beneath the soil. The economy, once dictated by the frantic rhythm of the derricks and the iron-willed ambition of early prospectors, has softened into a steadier, more deliberate pace centered around the architecture of the courthouse square. Residents traverse the grounds of King Reserve (Potter's Corner) with an awareness of the legacy left by those who labored in the shadow of the rigs, their influence still visible in the sturdy brick facades and the utilitarian design of the local storefronts. Life in Franklin persists with a quiet gravity, defined by a stoic resilience that honors the labor of the past while the seasons cycle slowly over the unchanging hills.

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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About This Franklin Map Page

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 Westmoreland County (Greensburg), 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.