Park Place, Pennsylvania — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Park Place, Schuylkill County.
| City | Park Place |
| State | Pennsylvania (PA) |
| County | Schuylkill |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.838421 |
| Longitude | -76.097989 |
| Population | 204 |
| Density | 43.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
Park Place is a locality in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 204. The population density is 43.5 people per km². Park Place is located at 40.8384°N, 76.0980°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 18220.
Park Place lies in a shallow valley, its houses and small businesses clinging to the gentle slopes that rise towards the ridgelines bordering the north and south. It lies 10.5 miles south-west of Hazleton, PA (from Hazleton, PA: bearing 218°T), and is situated 7.3 miles west-north-west of Tamaqua. The landscape here is a study in muted greens and browns, the rolling hills covered in a patchwork of deciduous trees that turn a fiery spectacle in autumn and stand stark and skeletal against the winter sky. A quiet creek, often no more than a whispered murmur after dry spells, meanders through the heart of Park Place, its banks lined with reeds and the occasional sturdy oak. The air, especially after a rain, carries the clean scent of damp earth and pine, a refreshing balm that seems to seep into the very bones of the place, grounding it firmly in the Appalachian foothills. The history of Park Place is deeply intertwined with the veins of anthracite coal that once pulsed beneath these hills, a legacy that shaped its early growth and the character of its people. Though the mines have long since fallen silent, their influence remains, a subtle undercurrent in the local economy that now leans more towards small-scale agriculture and the quiet hum of service industries. Remnants of that industrial past can be glimpsed in the sturdy, unpretentious architecture of older buildings, their brickwork weathered by decades of Pennsylvania seasons. The community carries a certain stoicism, a quiet resilience born from generations of hard work and a deep connection to the land, where the rhythm of life is dictated less by clocks and more by the slow turning of the seasons.
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This page provides an interactive Google map of Park Place, Pennsylvania with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Park Place and Schuylkill County. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Park Place is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Park Place is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |