Palmdale Pennsylvania Map

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.

About This Palmdale Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Palmdale, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.297869, -76.61858. 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 Palmdale includes the ZIP code (17033), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Dauphin County (Harrisburg), and school district assignment (Derry Township 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.