Church Hill Pennsylvania Map

About Church Hill, Pennsylvania

Church Hill is a locality in Forest County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,711. The population density is 477.0 people per km². Church Hill is located at 40.6926°N, 77.5949°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 16353, 19344, 17236.

Church Hill defines itself through the quiet, insistent movement of Prather Run as it carves a path through the dense, verdant canopy of the Allegheny National Forest. It lies 40.1 miles east of Meadville, PA (from Meadville, PA: bearing 97°T), and is situated 19.1 miles east-northeast of Oil City. This landscape is characterized by the rugged, elevated terrain of the Allegheny Plateau, where the air retains a crisp, pine-scented clarity that seems to sharpen the edges of the horizon. Two miles to the west, the land yields to the expansive, low-lying geometry of Beaver Valley, providing a stark contrast to the thick arboreal density that envelops the immediate surroundings. During the golden hour, the light filters through the canopy in thin, amber shafts, illuminating the moss-slicked stones of the creek bed and the subtle, rhythmic shifts in the elevation of the forest floor.

Church Hill maintains a modest, enduring presence, shaped by a history of timber extraction and the slow, deliberate pace of life dictated by the surrounding woodlands. The local economy persists in a quiet dialogue with the forest, drawing upon the resources of the Allegheny National Forest while residents find recreation along the Hunter Run Trail or by the quiet, reflective surface of Tionesta Lake. Far removed from the industrial clamor of distant urban centers, the daily life of Church Hill is marked by the sound of wind through the hemlocks and the seasonal transition of the hardwoods. It remains a place where the stillness is not an absence of activity, but a deliberate, heavy quality of the atmosphere, grounded firmly in the geography of a plateau that has watched the seasons cycle across the Pennsylvania wilderness for generations.

About This Church Hill Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Church Hill, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.692602, -77.59491. 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 Church Hill includes the ZIP code (16353, 19344, 17236), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Forest County (Tionesta), and school district assignment (Mifflin County 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.