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Girard Pennsylvania Map

Explore Girard, 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 Girard, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Girard, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	42.000334
Longitude	-80.318119
Population	2,993
Density	493.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	16417
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Erie
School District	Girard School District

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About Girard, Pennsylvania

Girard is a locality in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,993. The population density is 493.0 people per km². Girard is located at 42.0003°N, 80.3181°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Girard is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 16417.

Girard commands a position of quiet deliberation upon the landscape, anchored by the vast, slate-gray presence of Lake Erie to the north. It lies 9.2 miles west-southwest of Millcreek, PA (from Millcreek, PA: bearing 239°T), and is situated 1.7 miles southeast of Lake City. Elk Creek carves a winding path through the local topography, its waters cutting deep ravines into the earth that define the rugged character of the surrounding woods. Sunlight often catches the moisture rising from the creek bed, casting a cool, shimmering luminescence over the trees that stand in stark contrast to the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains visible on the far horizon. Within the borough itself, the atmosphere remains disciplined and grounded, punctuated by the simple, functional presence of the Girard Borough Municipal Pool, where the stillness of a summer afternoon is broken only by the rhythmic splash of water.

History lingers in the deliberate arrangement of the local architecture, reflecting a lineage of industry that once moved at the pace of the iron rail and the turning of the mill wheel. Girard maintains an economy that favors the steady utility of regional agriculture and small-scale commerce, eschewing the frantic volatility of larger urban centers for a more measured, predictable cadence. A traveler might find a moment of sudden, startling beauty at Howard Falls, where the water descends in a persistent, musical cadence that seems to echo the town's own endurance. There is a perceptible dignity in the way the local life unfolds here, an existence marked by the changing colors of the canopy and the quiet, persistent flow of the land toward the lake.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Main Street Art (Gallery) — 0.0 mi, 245° SW
Girard Borough Municipal Pool (Local Recreation) — 0.0 mi, 338° N
Civil War Monument (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 058° NE
Battles Estate (Museum) — 0.4 mi, 119° SE
Hazel Kibler Memorial Museum (Museum) — 0.5 mi, 050° NE
Water Works Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 296° NW
Munro Property Acquisition (Local Recreation) — 0.7 mi, 283° W
Lower Elk Creek Natural Area (Conservation Area) — 1.8 mi, 295° NW
Lake City Conservation Area (Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 312° NW
Lake Erie Community Park (Local Park) — 2.2 mi, 322° NW
Erie Bluffs State Park (State Park) — 2.8 mi, 293° NW
Presque Isle State Park (State Park) — 3.3 mi, 034° NE
Hooks Gallery (Gallery) — 6.0 mi, 087° E
State Game Land 314 (State Resource Management Area) — 7.5 mi, 253° W
Bridge Dedication (Monument) — 8.0 mi, 064° NE
James Wildlife Preserve Mercyhurst University (Nature Reserve) — 8.1 mi, 060° NE
Brown's Farm Barn (Nature Reserve) — 8.1 mi, 067° NE
Buttermilk Falls Overlook (Viewpoint) — 8.3 mi, 065° NE
Cocktails & Color (Arts Centre) — 8.9 mi, 050° NE
Schaefer's Auto Art (Public Artwork) — 9.9 mi, 072° E
Daniel Roderick Reserve Plaque (Monument) — 10.4 mi, 261° W
V Gallery (Gallery) — 10.4 mi, 056° NE
Erie Movie House (Cinema) — 10.5 mi, 049° NE
State Game Land 101 (State Resource Management Area) — 11.1 mi, 209° SW
Tom Ridge Environmental Center (Museum) — 11.3 mi, 048° NE
Arlene's Broadway on Buffalo (Theatre) — 12.9 mi, 252° W
The Station Dinner Theatre (Theatre) — 13.0 mi, 064° NE
Hagerty Family Events Center (Stadium) — 14.1 mi, 055° NE
Erie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.5 mi, 132° SE · 18k acres
Allegheny National Forest (National Forest) — 50.9 mi, 117° SE · 514k acres

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