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Chinchilla Pennsylvania Map

Explore Chinchilla, 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 Chinchilla, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Chinchilla, Pennsylvania Map

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

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	Chinchilla
State	Pennsylvania (PA)
County	Lackawanna County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	41.485848
Longitude	-75.666462
Population	1,959
Density	301.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	18411, 18410
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Scranton
School District	Abington Heights School District

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About Chinchilla, Pennsylvania

Chinchilla is a locality in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,959. The population density is 301.9 people per km². Chinchilla is located at 41.4858°N, 75.6665°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 18411, 18410.

Chinchilla occupies a quiet stretch of the Pennsylvania landscape where the earth rises in slow, deliberate folds toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Pocono Mountains. It lies 4.5 miles north-northwest of Dunmore, PA (from Dunmore, PA: bearing 329°T), and is situated 4.6 miles north of Scranton. Leggetts Creek carves a narrow, persistent path through the limestone-rich soil, its waters mirroring the slate-gray sky that often settles over the region during the transition between seasons. The air here holds a crisp, earthen weight, carrying the scent of damp moss and dormant fields that stretch toward the edges of Pinchot State Forest. Sunlight filters through the dense canopy of the surrounding woodland in thin, sharp blades, illuminating the rugged terrain that defines the character of the terrain.

Chinchilla maintains a steady, internal rhythm defined by the remnants of an industrial era that once relied heavily on the extraction of anthracite from the deep, shadowed veins of the earth. The local economy has shifted from those heavy, soot-stained roots toward a quieter existence, though the legacy of that labor remains in the sturdy, unadorned architecture that lines the secondary roads. Residents move with the measured pace of those who understand the permanence of the ridges, often venturing five miles toward the dramatic, sheer-walled descent of the Nay Aug Park Gorge or walking the well-worn path of the Pinnacle Trail. Life here favors the practical, finding a singular, understated beauty in the way the frost clings to the valley floor long after the morning has fully arrived.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Pinchot State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 0.6 mi, 239° SW
Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 250° W
Bagley Preserve (Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 203° SW
Hemlock Drive Park (Local Park) — 1.5 mi, 276° W
Scenic View (Viewpoint) — 1.5 mi, 197° S
Summit Pointe Park (Park) — 1.8 mi, 168° S
Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 152° SE
Unknown Ball Field (Local Recreation) — 2.3 mi, 283° W
AT&T Long Lines RANSOM Facility Historical Site (Historic Ruins) — 2.7 mi, 220° SW
Swansee Recreation Area Expansion (Local Recreation) — 2.7 mi, 101° E
Rabbit Hollow Wildlife Sanctuary (Local Conservation Area) — 2.8 mi, 331° NW
Houdini Museum (Museum) — 3.7 mi, 177° S
Caboose (Monument) — 3.9 mi, 311° NW
Veterans' Memorial (Monument) — 4.0 mi, 142° SE
Nittany Lion Shrine (Public Artwork) — 4.0 mi, 143° SE
State Game Land 307 (State Resource Management Area) — 4.7 mi, 057° NE
Lackawanna State Park (State Park) — 4.8 mi, 336° NW
Pat Montana Memorial Plaque (Monument) — 4.8 mi, 157° SE
Archbald Pothole State Park (State Park) — 4.9 mi, 071° E
Laura Craig Gallery (Gallery) — 5.2 mi, 179° S
Civil War Museum (Museum) — 5.3 mi, 177° S
Smurfit Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 5.3 mi, 175° S
Iron Horse Movie Bistro (Cinema) — 5.4 mi, 180° S
Inspection Pit (Historic Ruins) — 5.5 mi, 183° S
Everhart Museum (Museum) — 6.0 mi, 169° S
Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve at Moosic Mountain (Nature Reserve) — 7.3 mi, 117° SE
The Pavilion at Montage Mountain (Theatre) — 9.5 mi, 179° S
Battle of Wyoming (Registered Battlefield) — 15.5 mi, 217° SW
Art 'n Vino (Arts Centre) — 18.7 mi, 214° SW
KISS Theatre Company (Theatre) — 19.0 mi, 210° SW

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