Harbor Hills

Geography

Harbor Hills is located in southern Licking County on the north and northeast sides of Buckeye Lake. The CDP is in the southern part of Licking Township and is bordered to the west by the village of Buckeye Lake in Union Township of Licking County, and to the south by Thornport in Perry County. Interstate 70 forms the northern edge of the CDP, and Ohio State Route 13 forms the eastern edge. The neighborhood of Harbor Hills is in the western part of the CDP, while Edgewater Beach is in the southeast corner of the CDP. Both neighborhoods have shorefront on Buckeye Lake. From State Route 13, Interstate 70 leads west to Columbus and east to Zanesville, while State Route 13 leads north to Newark, the Licking county seat, and southeast to Somerset. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Harbor Hills CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 20.94%, are water. The water area is part of Buckeye Lake, a reservoir constructed in the 19th century as part of the Ohio and Erie Canal project, but is now primarily used for recreation.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  11,555
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  8,530
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  8,196
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  7,549
• House Finch

  Haemorhous mexicanus (P.L.Statius Müller, 1776) · Aves
  7,459
• Song Sparrow

  Melospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves
  6,961
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  6,788
• American Goldfinch

  Spinus tristis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  6,704

Most recent

• M 2.9 — 2025-05-09
  3 km S of Pleasant City, Ohio
• M 2.8 — 2025-04-29
  1 km SE of Pleasant City, Ohio
• M 3.1 — 2025-04-24
  3 km S of Pleasant City, Ohio
• M 3.1 — 2025-04-22
  3 km ESE of Buffalo, Ohio
• M 2.5 — 2018-01-26
  7 km NNW of Vincent, Ohio
• M 3.4 — 2017-06-03
  1 km WNW of Batesville, Ohio