Paradise (PRR station)

Paradise, Pennsylvania
Census-designated place
Souvenir shop in Paradise on U.S. Route 30
Location in Lancaster County
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Coordinates: 40°0′35″N 76°7′43″W / 40.00972°N 76.12861°W / 40.00972; -76.12861Coordinates: 40°0′35″N 76°7′43″W / 40.00972°N 76.12861°W / 40.00972; -76.12861
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Lancaster
Township	Paradise
Area
• Total	1.2 sq mi (3 km2)
• Land	1.1 sq mi (3 km2)
• Water	0.04 sq mi (0.1 km2)
Elevation	364 ft (111 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	1,129
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	17562
Area code(s)	717
GNIS feature ID	1183274

Paradise is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States with a zip code of 17562. The population was 1,129 at the 2010 census.

Paradise, like Intercourse, is a popular site in Pennsylvania Dutch Country for tourists who like the name of the town; they are together often named in lists of "delightfully named towns" in Pennsylvania Dutchland, along with Blue Ball, Lititz, Bareville, Fertility, Bird-in-Hand, and Mount Joy. It was the setting of the 1994 comedy film Trapped in Paradise.

Paradise is located at 40°0′34″N 76°7′29″W / 40.00944°N 76.12472°W / 40.00944; -76.12472 (40.009469, -76.124781).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.1 km²), of which, 1.1 square miles (2.8 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km²) of it (2.59%) is water.