Picture Rocks Pennsylvania Map

About Picture Rocks, Pennsylvania

Picture Rocks is a locality in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 643. The population density is 254.9 people per km². Picture Rocks is located at 41.2798°N, 76.7130°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Picture Rocks is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 17762.

Picture Rocks holds its ground where the Muncy Creek carves a deliberate path through the landscape, its currents shaping the valley floor into a quiet basin of alluvial soil and persistent greenery. It lies 15.2 miles east of Williamsport, PA (from Williamsport, PA: bearing 80°T), and is situated 6.4 miles northeast of Muncy. The air here carries the weight of the interior, far removed from the brine of any coast, cooling rapidly as the sun slips behind the western ridges. Beyond the immediate banks of the creek, the terrain rises into the steady, timbered slopes that define this part of the state, occasionally broken by the soft, earthen contours of Green Valley. During the twilight hours, a bruised indigo light settles over Water Street Park, turning the grass a deep, muted charcoal and silencing the mechanical hum that otherwise punctuates the day.

Industrial ambition once turned the wheels of Picture Rocks, leaving behind a legacy of sawmills and small-scale manufacturing that defined the rhythm of the local economy for generations. While the roar of the mills has faded, the character of the place remains tied to the hard-working extraction and craftsmanship that first drew people to these woods. Residents look toward the distant Appalachian Mountains as a permanent, hazy boundary on the horizon, while those seeking the solitude of the wilderness often head toward the deep timber of Loyalsock State Forest. On weekends, the activity shifts toward the Miller Trail or the spray of Angel Falls, yet the social core persists in the modest, brick-lined streets that have watched the seasons turn at Highland Lake and beyond for over a century.

About This Picture Rocks Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Picture Rocks, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 41.279803, -76.713012. 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 Picture Rocks includes the ZIP code (17762), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Lycoming County (Williamsport), and school district assignment (East Lycoming 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.