Explore Hinkletown, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Hinkletown, 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 Hinkletown.
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 | Hinkletown |
| State | Pennsylvania (PA) |
| County | Lancaster County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.404549 |
| Longitude | -75.123228 |
| Population | 181 |
| Density | 115.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 18947, 17522 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| County Seat | Lancaster |
| School District | Eastern Lancaster County School District |
Hinkletown occupies a landscape defined by the deliberate, steady movement of the Conestoga River, which bends through the surrounding earth like a slow-moving pulse. It lies 3.7 miles southeast of Ephrata, PA (from Ephrata, PA: bearing 126°T), and is situated 9.8 miles east of Lititz. The terrain here unfolds in a series of quiet, fertile ridges, where the heavy, loam-rich soil dictates the cadence of the seasons and the deep, verdant color of the fields. During the late afternoon, the light catches the dust rising from the lanes, turning the air into a golden, suspended haze that settles over the low-lying meadows. While the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains marks the far horizon, the immediate geography feels intimate, dominated by the rhythmic persistence of the water and the sturdy, unadorned architecture of the valley floor.
Hinkletown retains a character forged by generations who viewed the land not as a commodity to be exhausted, but as a long-term trust to be managed with exacting, quiet labor. The local economy persists in this tradition, maintaining a focus on agriculture and the specialized craftsmanship that defines this corner of Pennsylvania. Residents often venture toward the Ephrata Township Community Park for a brief respite, though the true rhythm of life is found in the persistent commerce of the roadside and the steady, honest work of the mills and shops. History here is not a collection of monuments but a living habit, reflected in the way the architecture remains modest and functional, favoring utility over ornament. Even as the modern world encroaches, Hinkletown preserves an atmosphere of deliberate stillness, where the passage of time is measured by the growth of crops and the subtle shift of shadows across the barn siding.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hinkletown, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.404549, -75.123228. 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 Hinkletown includes the ZIP code (18947, 17522), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Lancaster County (Lancaster), and school district assignment (Eastern Lancaster County School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |