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Plainfield Pennsylvania Map

Explore Plainfield, 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 Plainfield, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Plainfield, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	40.203143
Longitude	-77.289984
Population	443
Density	264.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	17081
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Carlisle
School District	Big Spring School District

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About Plainfield, Pennsylvania

Plainfield is a locality in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 443. The population density is 264.8 people per km². Plainfield is located at 40.2031°N, 77.2900°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 17081.

Plainfield stretches across a landscape defined by the deliberate pace of the interior, where the horizon is anchored by the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It lies 5.3 miles west of Carlisle, PA (from Carlisle, PA: bearing 271°T), and is situated 6.5 miles west-southwest of Schlusser. Mount Rock Spring Creek meanders through the low ground nearby, its current tracing the limestone bedrock that shapes the local topography. In the quiet hours of late afternoon, the light settles heavily upon the fields, turning the soil a deep, bruised brown and sharpening the edges of the barns that stand against the expanse. A mile from the center, West Pennsboro Municipal Park offers a space for the stillness of the afternoon to linger, while Opossum Lake waits two miles away, its surface reflecting the changing moods of a sky that feels vast and unburdened by the pressures of the coast.

Plainfield maintains an economy rooted in the stubborn persistence of agriculture and the logistics of the modern corridor, a duality that keeps the local character grounded in both tradition and necessity. History here is felt in the architecture of the older farmsteads and the way the land has been subdivided over generations to accommodate the changing needs of the region. Those seeking the deeper woods find their way fifteen miles toward Michaux State Forest, or follow the paths through Kings Gap Hollow, where the air grows cooler and the canopy tightens. Beyond the immediate fields, the Pine Plantation Trail seven miles away provides a route for those who move through the landscape with a different intent, marking the slow transition from the cleared plains to the timbered heights that define the broader geography of this part of the state.

Nearby Outdoor Places

West Pennsboro Muncipal Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 080° E
Cumberland Valley Rail Trail PPL Acquisition/Trail Plan (Private Recreation) — 0.6 mi, 167° S
Cumberland Valley Rail-Trail (Local Recreation) — 0.6 mi, 167° S
Bethany Church Land Acquisition (Local Recreation) — 0.6 mi, 091° E
The Super Duper Awesome Hideout (Monument) — 0.9 mi, 327° NW
Valley Meadows Park/Forbes Path Park (Local Park) — 3.3 mi, 103° E
Waggoner's Gap Hawk Watch (Conservation Area) — 4.6 mi, 357° N
Thornwald Manor Park (Viewpoint) — 4.7 mi, 102° E
The Trout Gallery (Gallery) — 5.0 mi, 091° E
Benjamin Rush (Public Artwork) — 5.0 mi, 090° E
Bigspring Bulldog 3 (Monument) — 5.2 mi, 245° SW
Big spring Bulldog (Monument) — 5.2 mi, 245° SW
The Garden Gallery (Gallery) — 5.3 mi, 091° E
Cave Hill Nature Center (Nature Reserve) — 5.5 mi, 077° E
Tuscarora State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 6.4 mi, 311° NW
Kings Gap State Park (State Park) — 6.5 mi, 177° S
South Mountain (Kings Gap Forest Pools Preserve) (State Park) — 6.7 mi, 177° S
Michaux State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 7.8 mi, 161° S
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 9.7 mi, 146° SE · 110k acres
Allenberry Playhouse (Theatre) — 9.9 mi, 111° E
Henrys Tannery (Historic Ruins) — 10.5 mi, 299° NW
Sundy Place (Historic Ruins) — 10.5 mi, 301° NW
Camp Michaux (Historic Castle / Fort) — 11.8 mi, 193° S
Dellville Covered Bridge (Attraction) — 14.4 mi, 039° NE
Outdoor Classroom (Theatre) — 15.5 mi, 095° E
Huber Art Center (Arts Centre) — 15.8 mi, 231° SW
Parmer Hall (Arts Centre) — 16.1 mi, 102° E
Parmer Cinema (B 137) (Cinema) — 16.2 mi, 101° E
The Oakes Museum of Natural History (Museum) — 16.3 mi, 101° E
James C. Nelson Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 19.1 mi, 348° N

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