Pikes Creek Pennsylvania Map

About Pikes Creek, Pennsylvania

Pikes Creek is a locality in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 260. The population density is 78.9 people per km². Pikes Creek is located at 41.3065°N, 76.0960°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 18621.

Pikes Creek carves a persistent, silver-threaded path through the dense, verdant woodland that defines this corner of the Commonwealth. It lies 8.4 miles northwest of Nanticoke, PA (from Nanticoke, PA: bearing 326°T), and is situated 7.2 miles west-southwest of Dallas. The landscape here favors the quiet accumulation of moisture and shadow, where the low-hanging light of late afternoon catches the mist rising from the water’s edge. Beyond the immediate banks, the terrain rises into the quiet, terrestrial swells of the plateau, offering a rugged stillness that feels far removed from the clamor of industrial centers. A mile away, the expansive stands of Pinchot State Forest press close against the clearing, their tangled undergrowth and deep-rooted timber standing as a silent, permanent sentinel over the land.

Pikes Creek traces the history of a region shaped by the slow, deliberate work of the inland wilderness and the quiet resilience of those who settled its slopes. While the nearby Pikes Creek Reservoir offers a still, dark expanse of water to the north, the local economy has long been tethered to the forest and the earth, moving at the pace of the seasons rather than the ticking clock. Those who seek to wander the land often find their way toward the more distant, rugged paths of the Old Bulldozer Road Trail or the remote, cascading descent of Kitchen Creek Falls, both of which reveal the hidden, fractured geology of the region. Life here remains anchored to the patterns of the woods, a quiet existence that finds its rhythm in the turning of the leaves and the cooling air of Bear Hollow.

About This Pikes Creek Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pikes Creek, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 41.30647, -76.096038. 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 Pikes Creek includes the ZIP code (18621), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Luzerne County (Wilkes-Barre), and school district assignment (Lake-Lehman 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.