Laurel Lake Pennsylvania Map

About Laurel Lake, Pennsylvania

Laurel Lake is a locality in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 144. The population density is 78.4 people per km². Laurel Lake is located at 41.9570°N, 75.9183°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 18812.

Laurel Lake holds the quiet, silvered stillness of a basin carved into the Pennsylvania landscape, where the water mirrors the shifting gray of the sky. It lies 9.8 miles south of Binghamton, NY (from Binghamton, NY: bearing 180°T), and is situated 7.9 miles southwest of Conklin. Laurel Lake Creek moves with a steady, deliberate pace through the low-lying terrain, feeding the damp earth and sustaining the dense undergrowth that clings to the banks. Beyond the immediate water, the land rises into modest, weathered elevations that provide a sense of enclosure against the wider horizon. The air here carries the scent of cooling silt and damp pine, a heavy, grounded atmosphere that lingers long after the sun has slipped behind the distant shadows of the Appalachian Mountains.

Historical remnants of the region’s industrial pulse remain in the scattered, sturdy architecture that defines the local character, though the economy has long since moved toward the quiet rhythms of small-scale stewardship. Workers who once looked toward the promise of the Allegheny Plateau now find their livelihood in the maintenance of the land and the modest commerce that supports those living near Longford Lake. To the west, the deep, shadowed expanse of Doubleday Glen offers a stark contrast to the managed clearings, while the denser timber of Tracy Creek State Forest serves as a persistent reminder of the wilderness that predates all human settlement. Life in Laurel Lake moves with the slow, predictable change of the seasons, marked by the steady flow of the creek and the enduring, unadorned resilience of the people who make their home upon this soil.

About This Laurel Lake Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Laurel Lake, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 41.95702, -75.918251. 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 Laurel Lake includes the ZIP code (18812), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Susquehanna County (Montrose), and school district assignment (Montrose 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.