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Karns Pennsylvania Map

Explore Karns, 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 Karns, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Karns, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.630622
Longitude	-79.703659
Population	175
Density	N/A /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	15065, 16041
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Pittsburgh

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About Karns, Pennsylvania

Karns is a locality in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 175. Karns is located at 40.6306°N, 79.7037°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 15065, 16041.

Karns occupies a quiet plateau where the land shifts into a series of long, rhythmic slopes that descend toward the banks of the Allegheny River. It lies 5.3 miles northeast of New Kensington, PA (from New Kensington, PA: bearing 37°T), and is situated 9.3 miles north-northeast of Plum. The air here holds a distinct, cool clarity, sharpened by the presence of dense, deciduous woodlands that turn to deep shades of russet and gold when the autumn light hits the canopy. Four miles to the east, the quiet water of Holtzhauer Lake reflects the sky in a muted, slate-colored mirror, while the distant, hazy silhouette of the Allegheny Mountains suggests a vastness beyond the immediate horizon. The geography of Karns is defined by these subtle elevations, where the earth seems to exhale under the weight of the changing seasons, and the quiet stillness of the landscape is broken only by the persistent, low-frequency movement of the nearby riverbed.

Karns carries the mark of an era built on the hard, industrial pulse of the regional economy, a history etched into the very soil that once supported the extraction of resources. The presence of Harrison Ballpark serves as a central point of gravity for local life, offering a patch of manicured green where the summer evenings are punctuated by the crack of a bat and the shouts of neighbors. Four miles away, the natural depression of Dock Hollow serves as a reminder of the region’s rugged, uneven topography, a feature that has shaped the way the land was cleared and settled over generations. Life in Karns follows the steady, unpretentious cadence of a place that values its own privacy, where the heritage of the Allegheny Plateau remains visible in the sturdy architecture of older buildings and the enduring, deliberate pace of the people who call the area home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Tredway Trail (Local Recreation) — 0.3 mi, 131° SE
Citizens Hose Playground (Local Recreation) — 0.6 mi, 263° W
Alsco Community Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 248° W
Harrison Hills Park (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 027° NE
Saint Mary Statue (Monument) — 3.0 mi, 175° S
Granite Crucfix (Monument) — 3.0 mi, 173° S
World War Memorial US Army and Navy & Polish Army (Monument) — 3.6 mi, 187° S
Large Scale Systems Museum (LSSM) (Museum) — 5.6 mi, 216° SW
GQT Cinemas 18 (Cinema) — 6.2 mi, 231° SW
Marshall Auditorium (Theatre) — 7.1 mi, 215° SW
Barking Slopes Overlook (Viewpoint) — 8.3 mi, 214° SW
Allegheny Islands State Park (State Park) — 8.5 mi, 221° SW
Cooper Hall (Saxonburg Museum) (Museum) — 10.1 mi, 327° NW
Saxonburg Museum (Museum) — 10.1 mi, 327° NW
The Oaks Theater (Theatre) — 10.8 mi, 223° SW
Ring Series (Public Artwork) — 11.5 mi, 247° SW
Bloop Museum (Museum) — 12.5 mi, 209° SW
In Tune With The Arts Studios (Arts Centre) — 12.7 mi, 266° W
Depreciation Lands Museum (Museum) — 13.1 mi, 259° W
Penn Hills Cinemas (Cinema) — 13.3 mi, 209° SW
Churchill Valley Greenway (Nature Reserve) — 14.5 mi, 211° SW
Lookout Point (Attraction) — 15.4 mi, 233° SW
Pittsburgh Yarn Company (Attraction) — 16.2 mi, 218° SW
Moraine State Park (State Park) — 26.4 mi, 325° NW

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