Lenape Heights Pennsylvania Map

About Lenape Heights, Pennsylvania

Lenape Heights is a locality in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,144. The population density is 578.1 people per km². Lenape Heights is located at 40.7642°N, 79.5206°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 16226.

Lenape Heights occupies a plateau where the land breaks into the quiet, folded geometry of Limestone Hollow. It lies 18.6 miles northeast of New Kensington, PA (from New Kensington, PA: bearing 44°T), and is situated 3.6 miles south of Kittanning. The Tub Mill Run cuts a narrow, purposeful path through the earth, its rhythmic gurgle defining the quietude of the mornings before the light fully crests the distant, hazy silhouette of the Allegheny Mountains. This terrain, defined by the persistent carving of water into bedrock, holds a heavy, damp stillness in the hollows, while the higher ground catches the sharp, clear air that sweeps across the interior of the state. Three miles to the east, the water of Crooked Creek Lake pools in a stillness that mirrors the muted gray of the overcast sky, anchoring the landscape with a presence that feels both ancient and settled.

Lenape Heights carries the weight of a regional history rooted in the extraction and labor that once powered the surrounding corridors of industry. The rhythm of daily life here remains tethered to the educational anchor of Lenape Elementary School, which serves as the quiet center for the families and workers who reside in the modest, sturdy dwellings that dot the slopes. While the broader economic pulse of the region has shifted away from the heavy mills that once dominated the horizon toward Pittsburgh, a residue of that industrious past lingers in the way the local roads follow the contours of the terrain. Life in Lenape Heights moves with a deliberate, unadorned pace, where the changing of the seasons is marked by the shifting colors of the hardwoods and the long, slanted shadows that stretch across the schoolyard as the afternoon wanes.

About This Lenape Heights Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lenape Heights, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.764231, -79.5206. 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 Lenape Heights includes the ZIP code (16226), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Armstrong County (Kittanning), and school district assignment (Armstrong 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.