Hastings Pennsylvania Map

About Hastings, Pennsylvania

Hastings is a locality in Forest County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,213. The population density is 833.3 people per km². Hastings is located at 40.6647°N, 78.7094°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Hastings is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 16347, 16646.

Hastings emerges from the high, rugged terrain of the Allegheny Plateau where the earth holds the deep, shadowed memory of coal and iron. It lies 30.5 miles west-northwest of Saint Marys, PA (from Saint Marys, PA: bearing 294°T), and is situated 9.6 miles north of Marienville. The Hastings Run carves a quiet, persistent path through the local topography, its waters tracing the contours of the land toward the nearby depths of Lindsey Hollow. Beyond the immediate periphery, the dense, verdant expanse of the Allegheny National Forest blankets the horizon, grounding the environment in a profound, unyielding silence that persists even as the light fades into a bruised, autumnal purple. The air here carries a distinct, crisp weight, suggesting the vast, inland distance that separates this geography from the humid influence of any distant coastline.

Hastings bears the heavy, honest imprint of an industrial heritage, defined by the persistent labor that once pulled the wealth of the earth from beneath these hills. While the frenetic pace of the old mining era has tempered into a slower, more deliberate cadence, the legacy of that work remains visible in the sturdy, weathered architecture that defines the local streets. Residents move with the familiarity of a shared history, often looking toward the recreational stillness of Beaver Meadows Lake or walking the quiet, leaf-strewn stretches of the Minister Valley Trail. The economy has shifted from the extraction of raw materials to a quiet reliance on the surrounding natural abundance, leaving Hastings as a place where the passage of time is measured not by the clock, but by the slow, seasonal turning of the woods.

About This Hastings Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hastings, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.664729, -78.709412. 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 Hastings includes the ZIP code (16347, 16646), 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 (Cambria Heights 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.