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Summerhill Pennsylvania Map

Explore Summerhill, 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 Summerhill, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Summerhill, Pennsylvania Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Summerhill, 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 Summerhill.

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.

CitySummerhill
StatePennsylvania (PA)
CountyLancaster County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude40.376397
Longitude-78.761479
Population479
Density545.6 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Codes19362, 15958
Area Code215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County SeatLancaster
School DistrictForest Hills School District

About Summerhill, Pennsylvania

Summerhill is a locality in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 479. The population density is 545.6 people per km². Summerhill is located at 40.3764°N, 78.7615°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Summerhill is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 19362, 15958.

Summerhill exists as a quiet collection of dwellings upon the high, firm ground of the Allegheny Plateau, where the horizon remains defined by the vast, open sky rather than the distant silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains. It lies 19.6 miles southwest of Coatesville, PA (from Coatesville, PA: bearing 223°T), and is situated 7.0 miles northwest of Calvert. The landscape surrounding Summerhill is characterized by a deliberate, patient topography, where the earth yields to the steady carving of Octoraro Creek, a waterway that marks the land with its persistent, low-slung course. Only four miles away, the dense growth of William Penn State Forest provides a dark, verdant counterpoint to the orderly patterns of nearby farmland, and the proximity of Octorara Creek Acquisition offers a preserved sanctuary for the local flora. When the light of late afternoon slants across the fields, it highlights the subtle textures of the soil, revealing a terrain that feels ancient and settled, indifferent to the haste of the world beyond its borders.

Economic life in Summerhill remains tethered to the rhythms of the interior, reflecting a legacy of industry and labor that once defined the broader region through coal and iron. While the echoes of past extraction have softened into the quiet commerce of the present, the people here maintain a steady, unadorned diligence that honors the persistence of their predecessors. The proximity of Octoraro Lake, just two miles to the east, offers a stillness that complements the steady pace of daily errands and seasonal cycles. Whether it is the distant, muted roar of Amos Falls nine miles away or the quiet stretch of the Mason-Dixon Trail ten miles to the south, the geography of the region serves as a constant, grounding influence on the character of the residents. Life in Summerhill is defined by this understated relationship with the land, a place where the passage of time is measured not by grand events, but by the slow, reliable turn of the seasons across the plateau.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • New Germany Road Playground (Local Recreation) — 0.0 mi, 059° NE
  • Mount Carmel Drive Borough Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 245° SW
  • 1889 Park (Local Park) — 2.3 mi, 181° S
  • Disaster’s Edge Environmental Education Center (Nature Reserve) — 2.7 mi, 181° S
  • Coal Miner's Museum and Memorial (Museum) — 2.7 mi, 183° S
  • St. Michael Veterans' Memorial (Monument) — 3.0 mi, 182° S
  • Sidman Veterans' Memorial (Monument) — 3.3 mi, 164° S
  • State Game Land 079 (State Resource Management Area) — 5.1 mi, 339° N
  • Salix Veterans' Memorial (Monument) — 5.1 mi, 182° S
  • Wilmore Resevoir - Patrick's Road Property Acq. (Local Recreation) — 6.1 mi, 042° NE
  • Gallitzin State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 6.7 mi, 161° S
  • Cassandra Railroad Overlook (Viewpoint) — 6.9 mi, 072° E
  • Cambria County Historical Society (Museum) — 8.0 mi, 014° N
  • Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (Museum) — 8.3 mi, 207° SW
  • Bottle Works (Arts Centre) — 9.0 mi, 254° W
  • Nathan's Divided Nature Education Center (Nature Reserve) — 9.0 mi, 015° N
  • Morley’s Dog (Public Artwork) — 9.0 mi, 247° SW
  • Wagner-Ritter House (Museum) — 9.2 mi, 254° W
  • Memorial Auditorium (Theatre) — 9.3 mi, 246° SW
  • Blue Knob State Park (State Park) — 9.9 mi, 136° SE
  • Laurel Ridge State Park (State Park) — 10.0 mi, 264° W
  • Roxbury Bandshell (Theatre) — 10.2 mi, 237° SW
  • Cresson Railroad Observation Platform (Attraction) — 10.9 mi, 056° NE
  • Charles F. Lewis Natural Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.0 mi, 281° W
  • Keirn Family World War II Museum (Museum) — 11.2 mi, 036° NE
  • Clear Shade Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 11.3 mi, 171° S
  • Old Duncansville Airmail field (Attraction) — 16.8 mi, 080° E
  • Leap-The-Dips (Theme Park) — 20.3 mi, 071° E
  • Trough Creek Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 30.2 mi, 106° E

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About This Summerhill Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Summerhill, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.376397, -78.761479. 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 Summerhill includes the ZIP code (19362, 15958), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Lancaster County (Lancaster), and school district assignment (Forest Hills 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.