Explore Grantham, 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 Grantham, 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 Grantham.
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 | Grantham |
| State | Pennsylvania (PA) |
| County | Cumberland County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.15648 |
| Longitude | -76.996366 |
| Population | 2,800 |
| Density | 120.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 17027 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| County Seat | Carlisle |
Grantham emerges from the confluence of fertile lowland soil and the quiet, steady passage of Trout Run, which carves a narrow, rhythmic path through the local landscape. It lies 10.0 miles southwest of Harrisburg, PA (from Harrisburg, PA: bearing 216°T), and is situated 4.0 miles south of Mechanicsburg. These waters gather momentum before slipping past the quiet edges of Grantham Park, where the afternoon light often turns the grass a deep, burnished gold. To the west, the silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains rise against the horizon, anchoring the wide expanse of the valley floor in a permanent, stony stillness. The air here holds a crisp, earthen quality, carrying the scent of damp soil and the subtle, metallic tang of the creek beds that define the regional geography.
Grantham maintains a character shaped by the enduring presence of higher education and the agricultural heritage of the surrounding plains. The local economy and daily life revolve around the steady, intellectual pulse of the campus, which stands as a quiet pillar of activity amidst the more traditional, seasonal rhythms of the neighboring farms. While the bustle of larger regional centers feels distant, the pace here remains deliberate, defined by the changing colors of the canopy and the persistent flow of Trout Run. Residents often look toward the distant ridges of the Blue Ridge Mountains as the day wanes, observing how the shadows lengthen across the fields, signaling a return to the measured, predictable quiet that has long been the hallmark of life in Grantham.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Grantham, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.15648, -76.996366. 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 Grantham includes the ZIP code (17027), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Cumberland County (Carlisle), and school district assignment.
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. |