Pleasant View Pennsylvania Map

About Pleasant View, Pennsylvania

Pleasant View is a locality in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 677. The population density is 453.8 people per km². Pleasant View is located at 40.6093°N, 79.5751°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 17082, 16823, 17356.

Pleasant View emerges from the landscape as a quiet confluence of woodland and agricultural fields, defined by the winding path of Pine Run as it cuts through the local clay. It lies 8.4 miles east-southeast of York, PA (from York, PA: bearing 119°T), and is situated 7.1 miles southeast of East York. The horizon is held by the faint, jagged silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which stand thirty miles away as a constant, hazy reminder of the broader geological frame. Closer at hand, the terrain softens into the gentle slopes that define the regional character, where the light at dusk catches the edges of the trees, casting long, violet shadows across the soil. Only two miles distant, the waters of Red Lion Reservoir hold a mirror to the sky, providing a stillness that informs the pace of the afternoon as the sun dips behind the ridge.

Pleasant View carries the weight of a long-standing agrarian heritage, an economic life once tethered to the rhythms of the harvest and the steady, local labor of the Pennsylvania interior. The architecture speaks to this industrious past, with sturdy brick structures that seem to absorb the humidity of the summer months and the bite of winter winds. A mile from the center, the Windsor Borough Old Jailhouse remains as a stark, singular landmark of local administration and history, a grounded piece of masonry that anchors the memory of the area. Life here moves with the deliberate measure of a place that understands its own boundaries, whether one is walking the paths toward the distant Camp Echo Trail or simply watching the seasons shift across the expanse of the Dunkard Valley.

About This Pleasant View Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pleasant View, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.609262, -79.575054. 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 View includes the ZIP code (17082, 16823, 17356), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of York County (York), and school district assignment (Kiski 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.