Carlisle Barracks Pennsylvania Map

About Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania

Carlisle Barracks is a locality in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 938. The population density is 1074.7 people per km². Carlisle Barracks is located at 40.2101°N, 77.1730°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 17013.

Carlisle Barracks commands a quiet plateau where the limestone-filtered waters of the Letort Spring Run pulse with a persistent, subterranean cold. It lies 1.0 miles northeast of Carlisle, PA (from Carlisle, PA: bearing 55°T), and is situated 8.7 miles west of Mechanicsburg. Beyond the manicured parade grounds, the horizon is defined by the serrated silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains, a dark, permanent boundary that anchors the sky. The air here holds a crisp, continental weight, cooling rapidly as the sun retreats behind the low, folded ridges of the valley. To the west, the landscape deepens into the shadowed basin of Rocky Hollow, while the quiet, reflective surface of Opossum Lake waits five miles off, mirroring the seasonal shifts of the Pennsylvania hardwoods.

Carlisle Barracks maintains a rhythm dictated by its long evolution from a colonial frontier outpost into a premier center for strategic military education. The local economy and daily atmosphere are shaped by this intellectual and institutional discipline, standing in contrast to the nearby agrarian stillness of Biddle Mission Park. Residents and scholars alike often traverse the regional landscape toward the more rugged, untamed reaches of Michaux State Forest, or find a steady, meditative pace walking the path of the Maple Hollow Trail. The legacy of the site remains palpable in the enduring brickwork and the measured, deliberate tempo of the grounds, where the urgency of national history settles into the calm, recurring cycles of the seasons.

About This Carlisle Barracks Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.2101, -77.173. 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 Carlisle Barracks includes the ZIP code (17013), 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 (Carlisle Area School District).

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.