Explore Grantville, 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 Grantville, 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 Grantville.
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 | Grantville |
| State | Pennsylvania (PA) |
| County | Dauphin County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.377867 |
| Longitude | -76.646357 |
| Population | 1,800 |
| Density | 55.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 17028 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| County Seat | Harrisburg |
Grantville occupies a quiet expanse of land where the horizon is defined by the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It lies 5.3 miles east of West Hanover, PA (from West Hanover, PA: bearing 80°T), and is situated 9.0 miles east-northeast of Lower Paxton. Bow Creek carves a slender, silver path through the landscape only a mile away, its current pulling softly against the stones that line its bank. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and cooling asphalt, particularly as the low sun lengthens the shadows across the fields that stretch toward the horizon. Beyond the immediate development, the terrain yields to the dense, quiet depths of Haldeman State Forest, while the Second Mountain Trail offers a rugged, narrow passage for those seeking the solitude of the higher ridges. East Hanover Nature Park provides a sanctuary of open green space where the wind moves through the tall grass in rhythmic, visible waves, creating an impression of vastness that belies the modest scale of the surrounding countryside.
Grantville functions as a waypoint of industry and agriculture, maintaining a pace that favors steady labor over the frantic urgency of larger hubs. The economic life of Grantville remains tethered to the movement of goods and the maintenance of the land, reflecting a heritage built on the practical necessities of Pennsylvania commerce. Residents often look toward the nearby Monroe Valley for the rhythm of their days, while Marquette Lake offers a quiet mirror for the sky five miles distant. The character of the locale is found in the simple, sturdy architecture that lines the roads, standing as a quiet record of regional persistence. Here, the transition from daylight to dusk brings a particular clarity to the sky, turning the atmosphere a soft, bruised violet that settles over the rooftops and suggests a life governed by the changing seasons rather than the fleeting trends of the outside world.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Grantville, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.377867, -76.646357. 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 Grantville includes the ZIP code (17028), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Dauphin County (Harrisburg), 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. |