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Wayne Heights Pennsylvania Map

Explore Wayne Heights, 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 Wayne Heights, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Wayne Heights, Pennsylvania Map

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

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	Wayne Heights
State	Pennsylvania (PA)
County	Franklin County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	39.743705
Longitude	-77.55388
Population	2,606
Density	471.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	17268
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Chambersburg
School District	Waynesboro Area School District

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About Wayne Heights, Pennsylvania

Wayne Heights is a locality in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,606. The population density is 471.1 people per km². Wayne Heights is located at 39.7437°N, 77.5539°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 17268.

Wayne Heights emerges as a quiet expanse of land where the East Branch Antietam Creek carves a persistent path through the local topography, marking the earth with a steady, liquid rhythm. It lies 1.5 miles east-southeast of Waynesboro, PA (from Waynesboro, PA: bearing 124°T), and is situated 9.0 miles east of Antrim Township. The landscape settles into a series of modest elevations that rise toward the distant Appalachian Mountains, which haunt the horizon like a charcoal sketch against the pale sky. Nearby, the stillness of Red Run Lake offers a reflective surface for the changing seasons, while the dense, verdant reaches of Mont Alto State Forest provide a backdrop of timber and shadow. Within the local borders, Antietam Meadow Park serves as an open green lung, where the air often carries the crisp, sharp scent of damp soil and ancient stone. At dusk, the light here thins into a translucent amber, casting long, deliberate shadows that seem to slow the very pulse of the day.

Wayne Heights maintains a character forged in the intersection of agricultural heritage and the quiet persistence of regional enterprise. The proximity of the Hanging Valley influences the local climate, creating pockets of cool, lingering mist that define the early morning hours for those traveling toward the Warrior Trail. While the economy remains rooted in the industrious spirit of the Pennsylvania interior, the presence of landmarks like the distant Cunningham Falls adds a sense of natural gravity to the surrounding expanse. Life in Wayne Heights follows the deliberate pace of a landscape shaped by inland seasons rather than the frantic motion of crowded ports or coastal tides. The people here move with a measured awareness of their surroundings, favoring the reliability of the local soil and the enduring, quiet architecture of a place defined by its distance from the edge of the map.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Antietam Meadow Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 332° NW
Renfrew Museum & Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 299° NW
Otterbein Community Recreation Park (Local Recreation) — 0.6 mi, 241° SW
Washington Township (Local Recreation) — 1.8 mi, 247° SW
South Mountain State Park (State Park) — 2.9 mi, 141° SE
South Mountain Sp (State Park) — 2.9 mi, 141° SE
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 2.9 mi, 124° SE · 110k acres
Mason Dixon Line monument (Monument) — 3.0 mi, 124° SE
Beartown Woods Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 094° E
Michaux State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 3.4 mi, 012° N
High Rock (Viewpoint) — 3.7 mi, 154° SE
Meeting Of The Pines Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.6 mi, 010° N
Penn State Mont Alto Nittany Lion Shrine (Public Artwork) — 6.8 mi, 005° N
St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta Statue (Monument) — 11.3 mi, 112° E
Monsignor Hugh J. Phillips (Monument) — 11.4 mi, 112° E
Jonathan Hager House and Museum (Museum) — 11.8 mi, 233° SW
Frederick County Fire Museum (Museum) — 12.3 mi, 104° E
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Visitor Center (Museum) — 12.5 mi, 104° E
Pumpkin Cannon (Attraction) — 14.1 mi, 139° SE
Capitol Theatre (Theatre) — 14.4 mi, 337° NW
Voila! Children's Art & Creativity Center (Arts Centre) — 14.4 mi, 337° NW
John Eisenhower Bridge (Attraction) — 15.6 mi, 076° E
Old Cottage (Historic Ruins) — 16.9 mi, 167° S
Sunset Movie Theater (Cinema) — 17.4 mi, 228° SW
Gettysburg Museum (Museum) — 18.0 mi, 075° E
Ford Motor Company Fund Education Center (Museum) — 18.1 mi, 075° E
The Jennifer and David LeVan Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 18.2 mi, 070° E
Walkersville Southern Railroad (Attraction) — 20.7 mi, 149° SE

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