Hickory Hills Pennsylvania Map

About Hickory Hills, Pennsylvania

Hickory Hills is a locality in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 624. The population density is 171.7 people per km². Hickory Hills is located at 41.0376°N, 75.8205°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 18661.

Hickory Hills occupies a quiet intersection of the Pennsylvania landscape where the terrain rises in rhythmic, stubborn swells toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Pocono Mountains. It lies 9.6 miles south-southeast of Mountain Top, PA (from Mountain Top, PA: bearing 162°T), and is situated 9.7 miles northeast of Hazleton. Pond Creek carves a persistent path through the local topography, its waters moving with a deliberate, cold gravity that dictates the drainage of the surrounding basin. To the south, the George and Lillian Picton Wildlife Sanctuary (South) offers a stillness that defines the perimeter of the locality, providing a sanctuary where the flora remains largely undisturbed by the encroachment of modern development. The light here often takes on a bruised, amber quality as it filters through the canopy, illuminating the way the ground slopes gently toward the nearby Graham Pond, where the surface tension of the water reflects the shifting moods of the sky.

Hickory Hills retains the quiet posture of a place that has long balanced its internal economy between small-scale land management and the legacy of regional resource extraction. While the industry that once drove the broader northeast has faded into an anthracite memory, the local character remains anchored in a practical, unadorned work ethic inherited from those who first surveyed the rugged soil of Long Hollow. Residents often look toward the wider patterns of the Allegheny Plateau for their rhythm, finding a communal stability that contrasts with the more frantic pace of the larger cities to the east. Life in Hickory Hills moves in accordance with the seasons, whether it is the seasonal migration of interest toward the Boulder Field Trail or the simple, persistent maintenance of the homes that line the local roads.

About This Hickory Hills Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hickory Hills, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 41.037584, -75.820473. 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 Hickory Hills includes the ZIP code (18661), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Luzerne County (Wilkes-Barre), and school district assignment (Hazleton 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.