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Hilltown Pennsylvania Map

Explore Hilltown, Pennsylvania, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Hilltown, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Hilltown, Pennsylvania Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Hilltown, Pennsylvania. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Pennsylvania or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Hilltown.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Hilltown
State	Pennsylvania (PA)
County	Adams County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	41.770366
Longitude	-75.178227
Density	N/A /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	18104, 17307, 18417, 18927
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Gettysburg

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About Hilltown, Pennsylvania

Hilltown is a locality in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. Hilltown is located at 41.7704°N, 75.1782°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 18104, 17307, 18417.

Hilltown emerges from the landscape as a collection of weathered stone and timber foundations anchored to the undulating clay of south-central Pennsylvania. It lies 15.0 miles northeast of Waynesboro, PA (from Waynesboro, PA: bearing 51°T), and is situated 8.1 miles west-northwest of Gettysburg. Marsh Creek carves a singular, winding path through the local terrain, its waters reflecting the heavy, bruised grays of an impending autumn sky before disappearing into the shadows of the nearby woodland. Beyond the immediate fields, the far horizon is held in check by the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which stand as a silent, jagged witness to the changing seasons. The air here carries a crisp, mineral sharpness, particularly at dusk when the cooling earth releases the scent of dampened soil and decaying leaves, grounding the senses in the quiet gravity of the interior plateau.

Hilltown sustains its modest pulse through a history of agrarian labor and the steady, rhythmic persistence of trades that have long defined this corner of the Commonwealth. While the industrial fervor of larger regional hubs remains distant, the economy here is tied to the land and the proximity of Michaux State Forest, which provides both a buffer of dense timber and a recreational expanse for those wandering the Lippencot Trail. Residents often look toward the quiet expanse of Chambersburg Reservoir for a reprieve from the heat, or find solace in the deep, sheltered basin of Marsh Creek Hollow. Life in Hilltown moves with the deliberate pace of a place that understands its own boundaries, where the echoes of past homesteading remain etched into the architecture and the local character is defined by a deep, unspoken familiarity with the woods and the water.

Nearby Outdoor Places

State Game Land 159 (State Resource Management Area) — 2.8 mi, 257° W
Butternut Island (Conservation Area) — 3.8 mi, 086° E
Delaware River Waterway Access (State Recreation Area) — 5.0 mi, 042° NE
Long Eddy River Edges (Conservation Area) — 5.3 mi, 009° N
Hancock Fp Detached Parcel (State Conservation Area) — 5.6 mi, 011° N
Pinchot State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 5.7 mi, 022° N
Spruce Swamp Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.7 mi, 022° N
Delaware River Access (State Recreation Area) — 5.9 mi, 022° N
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River (Wild & Scenic River) — 8.9 mi, 139° SE · 31 acres
Prompton State Park (State Park) — 12.1 mi, 220° SW
Dvaa (Gallery) — 12.7 mi, 152° SE
Tusten Theatre (Theatre) — 12.8 mi, 151° SE
Capitol Theatre (Theatre) — 13.7 mi, 338° N
The Camptons (Gallery) — 13.7 mi, 338° N
Trout Brook Studios (Gallery) — 13.7 mi, 338° N
Hancock-Chehocton Historical Society (Museum) — 13.9 mi, 337° NW
Grassy Track Continues (Attraction) — 15.2 mi, 158° S
Rattlesnake, 2018-7-1 (Attraction) — 15.4 mi, 159° S
Lake Superior State Park (State Park) — 15.8 mi, 113° SE
Old stone bridge (Historic Ruins) — 15.9 mi, 219° SW
1969 Woodstock Monument (Monument) — 16.0 mi, 107° E
Dorflinger Glass Museum (Museum) — 16.4 mi, 182° S
RIVER ACCESS sign (Attraction) — 17.1 mi, 151° SE
Beamoc Trout (Public Artwork) — 17.6 mi, 051° NE
Woodloch Pines Resort (Attraction) — 17.9 mi, 165° S
Viewing Platform (Viewpoint) — 19.3 mi, 296° NW
Unknown Structure (Historic Ruins) — 21.0 mi, 224° SW
Bridge (Monument) — 22.3 mi, 153° SE
Liberty Museum and Arts Center (Museum) — 22.4 mi, 085° E
Big Indian Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 28.2 mi, 058° NE

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