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Sylvan Hills Pennsylvania Map

Explore Sylvan Hills, 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 Sylvan Hills, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Sylvan Hills, Pennsylvania Map

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

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.

City	Sylvan Hills
State	Pennsylvania (PA)
County	York County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	40.448672
Longitude	-78.383921
Population	720
Density	725.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	17406, 16648
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	York
School District	Hollidaysburg Area School District

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About Sylvan Hills, Pennsylvania

Sylvan Hills is a locality in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 720. The population density is 725.8 people per km². Sylvan Hills is located at 40.4487°N, 78.3839°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 17406, 16648.

Sylvan Hills emerges from the landscape as a collection of quiet streets and sturdy homes defined by the steady, inland rhythm of the Pennsylvania countryside. It lies 6.2 miles east of York, PA (from York, PA: bearing 84°T), and is situated 9.4 miles southwest of West Hempfield. The terrain here holds a subtle tension between the flat, productive earth of the York Valley to the west and the more rugged, folded topography that eventually climbs toward the distant Blue Ridge Mountains. Close at hand, the water of Kreutz Creek carves a narrow, persistent path through the soil, offering a cool relief to the dense thickets that border the edge of Stonewood Park. When the late afternoon sun hangs low, the light stretches across the fields in long, amber slats, illuminating the fine dust that rises from the gravel shoulders of local roads.

History in Sylvan Hills is measured in the persistence of small-scale industry and the slow transformation of timbered land into residential blocks. Residents often look toward the nearby Red Lion Reservoir for a measure of stillness, a body of water that anchors the surrounding woods and provides a sharp, blue contrast to the deep greens of the summer canopy. While the local economy has shifted away from the intensive labor of the past, the town retains a grounded character, favoring the durability of brick and the quiet maintenance of private gardens over the frantic pace of larger hubs. Those seeking a longer walk sometimes head toward the Camp Echo Trail, following a path that has been worn smooth by generations of travelers who prefer the shade of the oaks to the noise of the main highway.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Golden Tiger Statue (Public Artwork) — 1.0 mi, 239° SW
Legion Memorial Park (Local Park) — 1.4 mi, 224° SW
Chimney Rocks Park (Local Park) — 1.5 mi, 172° S
Fort Fetter Community Park Acquisition (Local Recreation) — 1.6 mi, 218° SW
Leap-The-Dips (Theme Park) — 1.6 mi, 336° NW
Brush Mountain Woodlands (Conservation Area) — 1.7 mi, 038° NE
Chimney Rocks Park Addition (Local Recreation) — 1.8 mi, 185° S
Korean War Memorial (Monument) — 2.1 mi, 085° E
State Game Land 147 (State Resource Management Area) — 2.6 mi, 167° S
Old Duncansville Airmail field (Attraction) — 4.0 mi, 236° SW
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (Museum) — 4.7 mi, 349° N
Canoe Creek State Park (State Park) — 5.0 mi, 064° NE
State Game Land 198 (State Resource Management Area) — 5.4 mi, 282° W
Quarry (Historic Ruins) — 6.1 mi, 061° NE
Wopsononock Lookout (Viewpoint) — 8.7 mi, 340° N
Old In-town Altoona airstrip (Monument) — 8.8 mi, 010° N
Galliztin Tuneels Museum (Museum) — 9.1 mi, 285° W
Cresson Railroad Observation Platform (Attraction) — 10.9 mi, 276° W
Admiral Peary Monument (Monument) — 11.3 mi, 274° W
Blue Knob State Park (State Park) — 13.4 mi, 216° SW
Keirn Family World War II Museum (Museum) — 13.8 mi, 287° W
Trough Creek Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 15.4 mi, 137° SE
Lincoln Caverns (Museum) — 16.9 mi, 076° E
Tyrone Historical Society (Museum) — 16.9 mi, 026° NE
Spruce Creek Rail Tunnel West Portal (Attraction) — 17.1 mi, 052° NE
Spruce Creek Rail Tunnel East Portal (Attraction) — 17.2 mi, 053° NE
Nathan's Divided Nature Education Center (Nature Reserve) — 18.0 mi, 282° W
Grace Nature Trail (Nature Reserve) — 19.1 mi, 026° NE
Clear Shade Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 24.2 mi, 225° SW

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