McKee Pennsylvania Map

About McKee, Pennsylvania

McKee is a locality in Perry County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 262. The population density is 266.9 people per km². McKee is located at 40.3605°N, 78.4211°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 17068, 16637.

McKee occupies a quiet stretch of land where the earth rises and falls in long, rhythmic swells of limestone and shale. It lies 15.7 miles north of Carlisle, PA (from Carlisle, PA: bearing 354°T), and is situated 18.5 miles northwest of Mechanicsburg. High, jagged silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains press against the horizon, anchoring the sky with a weight that makes the air feel dense and cool. Near the town’s edge, the current of Lutman Run pulls at the roots of sycamores, its water moving with a persistent, low-frequency clarity over smooth river stones. Beyond the immediate clearings, the land deepens into the shadows of Little Buffalo State Park, where the forest canopy holds the heat of the afternoon long after the sun has begun to retreat behind the ridges.

McKee carries the quiet gravity of a settlement grown from the soil’s own resources, where the economy has long traded in the labor of the land and the steady work of extraction. The legacy of the region remains visible in the sturdy, unadorned architecture that lines the older roads, reflecting a time when the rhythm of existence was dictated by the harvest and the kiln. Residents often look toward the distant, hushed corridors of Dark Hollow, where the Dark Hollow Trail offers a path into the dense, untamed thickets that once defined the frontier. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of a place that has seen the rise of industry and the slow, inevitable return of the woods, maintaining a solitude that feels as permanent as the bedrock beneath the foundations.

About This McKee Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of McKee, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.360453, -78.421066. 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 McKee includes the ZIP code (17068, 16637), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Perry County (Bloomfield), and school district assignment (Spring Cove 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.