Rockwood Pennsylvania Map

About Rockwood, Pennsylvania

Rockwood is a locality in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 843. The population density is 974.5 people per km². Rockwood is located at 39.9158°N, 79.1573°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Rockwood is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 17046, 15557.

Rockwood occupies a quiet expanse of the Pennsylvania interior where the horizon is defined by the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It lies 3.4 miles northwest of Lebanon, PA (from Lebanon, PA: bearing 323°T), and is situated 9.0 miles east-northeast of Palmyra. The landscape here is characterized by undulating fields and dense woodland, a terrain that stretches toward the serene waters of DeHart Reservoir, which gathers the quietude of the surrounding elevation. Little Swatara Creek carves a narrow, persistent path through the local topography, its seasonal currents shaping the drainage of the fields and the low-lying pastures. During the late afternoon, the light settles over the earth in muted tones, casting long shadows that emphasize the texture of the soil and the resilience of the deciduous growth common to the nearby Haldeman State Forest. Residents often walk the Lebanon Valley Rail Trail - Northern Extension Acquisition, a path that marks the intersection of human movement and the encroaching wild of the Monroe Valley.

Rockwood maintains a character forged by the steady persistence of regional industry and the slow, deliberate pace of agrarian life. Historically, the patterns of settlement were dictated by the availability of resources and the necessity of navigating the difficult, uneven ground that defines this part of the Commonwealth. Economic activity has long been tied to the land’s capacity for production, whether through the labor of the soil or the quiet operations of commerce that serve the scattered homesteads. The Old Indian Trail remains a reminder of earlier passages, a vestige of a time when the movement of people was dictated by the natural contours of the ridges and the flow of the land. In Rockwood, the rhythm of the day is marked not by the urgency of distant metropolises, but by the changing of the seasons and the cycle of the harvest, anchoring the people to a history that remains quietly present in the architecture and the silence of the evening air.

About This Rockwood Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rockwood, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 39.915754, -79.157308. 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 Rockwood includes the ZIP code (17046, 15557), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Lebanon County (Lebanon), and school district assignment (Rockwood 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.