Tuscarora Pennsylvania Map

About Tuscarora, Pennsylvania

Tuscarora is a locality in Juniata County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 375. The population density is 720.3 people per km². Tuscarora is located at 40.7688°N, 76.0377°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 17082, 17982.

Tuscarora occupies a rugged expanse where the Juniata River carves a deliberate path through the earth, marking the land with its persistent, rhythmic flow. It lies 23.3 miles north-northwest of Carlisle, PA (from Carlisle, PA: bearing 341°T), and is situated 13.7 miles east-southeast of Lewistown. The surrounding terrain rises into the weathered heights of the Appalachian Mountains, which stand as silent, jagged sentinels on the horizon, defining the limits of the sky. Nearby, the James C. Nelson Wild Area offers a quiet sanctuary of dense timber and uncultivated brush, while the shadowed depths of Blue Spring Hollow hold the cool, damp breath of the morning long after the sun has climbed high. The light here has a peculiar, heavy clarity, casting long, sharp shadows that seem to anchor the buildings to the soil, grounding Tuscarora in a landscape that feels both ancient and stubbornly enduring.

Tuscarora maintains a character forged by the slow, deliberate work of those who have long harvested the timber and tilled the stubborn, rocky earth of the region. Economic life remains tethered to the patterns of the land, echoing a history of resourcefulness where the silence of the woods is occasionally broken by the steady industry of local trade. While the nearby Tuscarora State Forest stretches toward the horizon as a vast, green expanse, the daily pulse of the people remains centered on the immediate necessity of the valley floor. Life moves with the unforced cadence of the seasons, a quiet testament to a place that asks for little but provides a persistent, steady sense of belonging to the traveler who pauses to observe the way the wind moves through the pines.

About This Tuscarora Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Tuscarora, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.768758, -76.037749. 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 Tuscarora includes the ZIP code (17082, 17982), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Juniata County (Mifflintown), and school district assignment (Tamaqua 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.