Pleasant Hill Pennsylvania Map

About Pleasant Hill, Pennsylvania

Pleasant Hill is a locality in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,926. The population density is 1551.8 people per km². Pleasant Hill is located at 40.3372°N, 76.4446°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 15701, 15906, 16123.

Pleasant Hill commands a position where the terrain rises in a series of deliberate, verdant swells, marking the transition toward the distant, hazy blue outlines of the Allegheny Mountains. It lies 2.4 miles north of Johnstown, PA (from Johnstown, PA: bearing 358°T), and is situated 3.5 miles north-northeast of Westmont. Laurel Run carves a narrow, persistent path through the local topography just a mile away, its waters moving with a quiet, persistent gravity toward the deeper recesses of the Conemaugh Gorge. Beyond the immediate clearings, the canopy of State Forest Lands deepens into a dense, emerald silence, while the proximity of White Tail Falls provides a rhythmic, percussive backdrop to the stillness of the afternoon. At the Middle Taylor Township Playground, the air often holds the crisp, metallic edge of the coming evening, a sensation that settles over the land long before the shadows actually stretch across the grass.

Pleasant Hill maintains a steady, industrious character that mirrors the broader legacy of the surrounding plateau, where the echoes of past mineral extraction have gradually softened into a quieter, modern pace. The life of the residents gravitates toward the intersection of private enterprise and the shared, open spaces that define the local landscape, such as the quiet utility of the Hinckston Run Reservoir nearby. There is a particular quality to the light here as it filters through the hardwoods, illuminating the modest, sturdy architecture that seems to have grown directly from the soil it occupies. While the Roger Mountain Trail invites those who seek the solitude of the higher ridges, the daily rhythm of Pleasant Hill remains anchored in the uncomplicated movement of people navigating the familiar streets between the forest edge and the center of their own small, self-contained world.

About This Pleasant Hill Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pleasant Hill, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.337172, -76.444595. 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 Pleasant Hill includes the ZIP code (15701, 15906, 16123), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Cambria County (Ebensburg), and school district assignment (Cornwall-Lebanon 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.