Mount Pleasant Pennsylvania Map

About Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania

Mount Pleasant is a locality in Perry County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,245. The population density is 1637.4 people per km². Mount Pleasant is located at 40.1509°N, 79.5434°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Mount Pleasant is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 15301, 17340, 17019.

Mount Pleasant occupies a quiet crease in the landscape where the steady, dark pulse of Shultz Creek carves a path through the earth. It lies 20.5 miles west-northwest of Carlisle, PA (from Carlisle, PA: bearing 293°T), and is situated 19.4 miles south of Lewistown. The air here holds the scent of damp loam and cooling stone, a signature of the proximity to the Tuscarora State Forest, where the canopy thickens into a deep, impenetrable green only three miles away. To the west, the rugged silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains marks the edge of the world, their blue-gray ridges imposing a sense of permanence against the shifting afternoon sky. A short distance away, the terrain dips into the shadowy basin of Robber Hollow, while the Conococheague Trail offers a narrow, dirt-packed artery for those wishing to wander the woods. The light at dusk here does not merely fade; it pools in the low places, turning the fields a bruised, metallic violet before the stars emerge over the silent surface of Bear Pond.

Mount Pleasant maintains a rhythm defined by the enduring patience of the soil and the legacy of those who first broke it. The local economy has long leaned upon the seasonal cycles of the land, complemented by the quiet industry of a population that values the integrity of a day’s labor. Residents often gather near the grounds of Toboyne Sportsman Park, a space that serves as the common denominator for social life, where the talk remains tethered to the harvest and the changing weather. There is a particular stillness in the way the morning mist clings to the porches, suggesting a history written more in the persistence of families than in grand monuments. Life in Mount Pleasant unfolds with the deliberate pace of a season, marked by the turning of leaves in the nearby woods and the steady, unhurried current of the creek that keeps the geography of the place perpetually awake.

About This Mount Pleasant Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.150932, -79.543363. 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 Mount Pleasant includes the ZIP code (15301, 17340, 17019), 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 (Mount Pleasant Area 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.