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Palmdale Pennsylvania Map

Explore Palmdale, 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 Palmdale, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Palmdale, Pennsylvania Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Palmdale, 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 Palmdale.

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	Palmdale
State	Pennsylvania (PA)
County	Dauphin County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	40.297869
Longitude	-76.61858
Population	1,308
Density	340.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	17033
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Harrisburg
School District	Derry Township School District

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About Palmdale, Pennsylvania

Palmdale is a locality in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,308. The population density is 340.1 people per km². Palmdale is located at 40.2979°N, 76.6186°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 17033.

Palmdale occupies a modest expanse of land where the horizon is defined by the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It lies 1.9 miles east-northeast of Hershey, PA (from Hershey, PA: bearing 64°T), and is situated 9.1 miles east of Lower Paxton. The earth here holds a quiet solidity, characterized by fields that rise and fall in long, rhythmic swells toward the horizon. Palmdale Park serves as a central clearing, a patch of managed green that anchors the local landscape against the encroachment of the surrounding woodlands. Nearby, the waters of Spring Creek trace a narrow, persistent path through the soil, their movement a constant, low-frequency hum against the stillness of the afternoon. When the light shifts toward dusk, the air takes on a crisp, cooling density, turning the color of the sky into a bruised plum that settles over the low-lying terrain.

Palmdale grew from the steady, industrious pulse of Pennsylvania’s interior, reflecting a legacy of regional labor that remains legible in the architecture of its older buildings. The local economy maintains a grounded character, favoring small-scale enterprise and the maintenance of the infrastructure that keeps the region connected to the broader transit arteries of the state. While the deep, dark timber of Haldeman State Forest stands eighteen miles away as a testament to the wilder stretches of the Commonwealth, the daily life of Palmdale is oriented toward the steady intersection of road and field. Residents often look toward the Middletown Reservoir as a quiet relief from the heat of high summer, the water providing a still, reflective surface that mirrors the changing clouds. There is a particular, unadorned honesty in the way the morning light catches the grain of the local stone, revealing the quiet endurance of a place that values the slow accumulation of seasons over the rush of modern transit.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Palmdale Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 225° SW
Buck Swank Stadium (Stadium) — 1.4 mi, 069° E
The Old Hershey Chocolate Factory (Attraction) — 1.7 mi, 244° SW
Founders Park (Local Park) — 1.7 mi, 211° SW
Black-tailed Prairie Dog (Attraction) — 1.8 mi, 249° W
American Elk (Attraction) — 1.8 mi, 250° W
Mountain Lion (Attraction) — 1.8 mi, 250° W
Michael Horrocks 9/11 Memorial (Monument) — 1.8 mi, 222° SW
Girl Chasing Butterflies (Public Artwork) — 2.0 mi, 270° W
Alger Property Acquisition (Local Recreation) — 2.4 mi, 125° SE
CocoaPlex (Cinema) — 2.5 mi, 220° SW
Adventure Sports in Hershey (Theme Park) — 4.3 mi, 183° S
Skyline Park Movie Screen (Cinema) — 5.7 mi, 293° NW
Leedy Theater (Theatre) — 5.9 mi, 066° NE
State Game Land 145 (State Resource Management Area) — 5.9 mi, 128° SE
State Game Land 246 (State Resource Management Area) — 6.0 mi, 203° SW
Abandoned Mount Gretna Prison Foundations (Historic Ruins) — 7.5 mi, 134° SE
Memorial Lake State Park (State Park) — 8.3 mi, 007° N
Swatara State Park (State Park) — 12.1 mi, 028° NE
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 12.4 mi, 018° N · 110k acres

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