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Welcome to Rustic Hills ...

Rustic Hills is located in Dauphin County<1>.

Rustic Hills is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Rustic Hills lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Rustic Hills: 717 & 223<3>

Communities Also Named Rustic Hills ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Rustic Hills - they are located in Colorado, Indiana and Maryland.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rustic Hills.

Communities near Rustic Hills ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rustic Hills.

  • Harrisburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Elizabethtown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Middletown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Mechanicsburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Camp Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Palmyra
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • New Cumberland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Steelton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Hummelstown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Lemoyne
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Rustic Hills. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rustic Hills.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rustic Hills. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rustic Hills.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rustic Hills. See our Newspapers Page for Rustic Hills.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rustic Hills ...

Looking for more information about Rustic Hills? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Rustic Hills, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rustic Hills.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Dauphin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rustic Hills - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 717 code has been Overlayed with the 223 area code. New phone numbers in the Rustic Hills area will be assigned with one of these codes: 717 or 223. As a result, placing a call in the Rustic Hills area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.