Park Place Pennsylvania Map

About Park Place, Pennsylvania

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 codes: 17948, 18220.

Park Place occupies a quiet basin where the persistent North Mahanoy Creek carves a path through the earth, marking the land with a silver, winding signature. It lies 10.5 miles southwest of Hazleton, PA (from Hazleton, PA: bearing 218°T), and is situated 7.3 miles west-northwest of Tamaqua. The landscape here is defined by the deep, internal geography of the region, where the terrain slopes toward the nearby Negro Hollow and the cool, still waters of Park Place Lake gather in the valley floor. On clear days, the distant silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains provides a jagged, blue-gray boundary to the horizon, grounding the immediate sprawl of woodland and meadow in a vast, geologic frame. The air carries a crisp, terrestrial weight, devoid of any maritime influence, settling heavily into the hollows as the afternoon light turns the surrounding foliage into muted shades of bronze and slate.

Parente Family Park serves as the functional center of Park Place, offering a modest expanse of green space that anchors the daily rhythm of the residents. The local economy and character bear the quiet marks of a long-standing anthracite heritage, a history etched into the very soil that once fueled the industrial pulse of the commonwealth. Beyond the immediate neighborhood, the topography shifts toward the rugged terrain that eventually leads to the cascading water of Tomhicken Falls, a reminder of the raw energy still held within the regional watershed. Life in Park Place proceeds with a deliberate, steady cadence, reflecting a legacy of labor and endurance that remains visible in the sturdy brickwork and the unadorned, functional architecture of the local streets.

About This Park Place Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Park Place, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.838421, -76.097989. 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 Park Place includes the ZIP code (17948, 18220), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Schuylkill County (Pottsville), and school district assignment (Mahanoy 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.