Highland Park Pennsylvania Map

About Highland Park, Pennsylvania

Highland Park is a locality in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. Highland Park is located at 40.2318°N, 76.9014°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 17009.

Highland Park unfurls across a landscape sculpted by the gentle persistence of water and earth, where rolling terrain gives way to the quiet murmur of nearby creeks. It lies 3.0 miles south-south-west of Harrisburg, PA (from Harrisburg, PA: bearing 197°T), and is situated 7.9 miles south-west of Lower Paxton. The land here breathes with the soft green of cultivated fields and the deeper hues of maturing woodlands, a verdant quilt stitched with the silver threads of small waterways that thread their way through the countryside. Sunlight, especially as it slants low in the afternoon, casts long, melancholic shadows across the meadows, imbuing the very air with a sense of ancient stillness. The character of Highland Park is one of quiet endurance, a place where the seasons dictate a steady, unhurried pace, and the distant hum of agricultural machinery is often the loudest sound to break the natural quiet. The history of Highland Park is intertwined with the fertile soil and the industrious spirit of its early settlers, who found here a bounty that sustained them and fostered a burgeoning local economy built on agriculture and a touch of light manufacturing. The echoes of this past can still be discerned in the sturdy, unpretentious architecture of older buildings and the enduring traditions of community gatherings that mark the passage of time. While the specific industries may have shifted over the decades, the legacy of hard work and resourcefulness remains a defining characteristic of Highland Park, a quiet testament to the generations who have called this place home. The nearby waterways, once vital arteries for commerce and sustenance, now offer a more serene beauty, reflecting the sky and providing a tranquil counterpoint to the enduring, grounded spirit of the community.

About This Highland Park Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Highland Park, Pennsylvania — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 40.231757, -76.901363. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Highland Park and Cumberland County.

Detailed location data for Highland Park includes the ZIP code (17044), 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 (Mifflin County School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Highland Park is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.