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Rockhill Pennsylvania Map

Explore Rockhill, Pennsylvania, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Rockhill, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Rockhill, Pennsylvania Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Rockhill, Pennsylvania. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Pennsylvania or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Rockhill.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

CityRockhill
StatePennsylvania (PA)
CountyHuntingdon County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude40.241067
Longitude-77.899521
Population379
Density502.9 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Codes17551, 17249
Area Code215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County SeatHuntingdon
School DistrictSouthern Huntingdon County School District

About Rockhill, Pennsylvania

Rockhill is a locality in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 379. The population density is 502.9 people per km². Rockhill is located at 40.2411°N, 77.8995°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Rockhill is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 17551, 17249.

Rockhill manifests as a quiet intersection of earth and water, defined by the persistent, low-slung passage of Blacklog Creek as it winds through the landscape. It lies 24.5 miles north-northwest of Chambersburg, PA (from Chambersburg, PA: bearing 329°T), and is situated 9.9 miles south of Mount Union. The surrounding terrain is shaped by the subtle shifts of the ridge-and-valley topography, where the land rises into modest, wooded elevations that hold the morning mist until long after the sun has climbed. Beyond the immediate banks of the creek, the earth gives way to the pastoral expanses of Monroe Valley, a corridor of green that feels removed from the frantic pace of larger industrial centers. On clear days, the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains anchor the horizon, serving as a jagged, blue-gray reminder of the vast, ancient geology that dictates the climate and the slow, rhythmic turning of the seasons in this part of the world.

Rockhill maintains a character forged by the legacies of extractive labor and the quiet, persistent industry of those who have worked the soil and the timberlands for generations. The influence of the nearby State Game Land 099 colors the local temperament, where the preservation of the woods and the stewardship of the land remain central to the collective identity. Residents often look toward the nearby Singers Gap Reservoir for a sense of stillness, or traverse the Butler Trail to mark the passage of time against the backdrop of the changing leaves. Life in Rockhill is measured in the steady, unremarkable chores of the day, where the economy still bears the faint, lingering imprint of a time when the region’s natural resources fueled the growth of the state, leaving behind a persistent, grounded resilience in the people who remain.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • East Broad Top Railroad (Museum) — 0.0 mi, 191° S
  • Rockhill Trolley Museum (Museum) — 0.0 mi, 106° E
  • State Game Land 099 (State Resource Management Area) — 3.1 mi, 322° NW
  • Shirleysburg Community Center Park (Local Park) — 4.1 mi, 016° N
  • Rothrock State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 4.2 mi, 181° S
  • Shade Gap Memorial Park (Local Park) — 4.5 mi, 152° SE
  • Post Office and General Store (Historic Ruins) — 7.7 mi, 281° W
  • Windy Vista (Viewpoint) — 8.9 mi, 352° N
  • Three Crosses of Mapleton (Attraction) — 10.3 mi, 351° N
  • Former Phillips Sand Co. (2 Plants) (Historic Ruins) — 10.4 mi, 346° N
  • Mapleton Historical Society (Museum) — 10.7 mi, 348° N
  • World War 2 Memorial (Monument) — 10.7 mi, 348° N
  • Triangle (Monument) — 10.8 mi, 348° N
  • Trough Creek Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 11.9 mi, 310° NW
  • Big Spring State Park (State Park) — 12.5 mi, 084° E
  • Raystown Lake (Recreation Area) — 12.6 mi, 329° NW
  • Raystown Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 12.6 mi, 336° NW
  • Trough Creek State Park (State Park) — 12.7 mi, 296° NW
  • The Paper Trail (Public Artwork) — 18.0 mi, 340° N
  • Suzanne von Liebig Theatre (Theatre) — 19.0 mi, 341° N
  • Captain Phillips' Rangers Memorial (Monument) — 19.4 mi, 274° W
  • Lincoln Caverns (Museum) — 20.6 mi, 334° NW
  • Three Sisters Rock Formation (Attraction) — 22.2 mi, 006° N
  • Huber Art Center (Arts Centre) — 23.6 mi, 122° SE
  • Capitol Theatre (Theatre) — 24.6 mi, 149° SE
  • Voila! Children's Art & Creativity Center (Arts Centre) — 24.6 mi, 149° SE
  • Spruce Creek Rail Tunnel East Portal (Attraction) — 27.4 mi, 335° NW
  • Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 30.4 mi, 135° SE · 110k acres
  • James C. Nelson Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 32.3 mi, 059° NE

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About This Rockhill Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rockhill, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.241067, -77.899521. 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 Rockhill includes the ZIP code (17551, 17249), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Huntingdon County (Huntingdon), and school district assignment (Southern Huntingdon County School District).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

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.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.