Slatedale Pennsylvania Map

About Slatedale, Pennsylvania

Slatedale is a locality in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 458. The population density is 593.4 people per km². Slatedale is located at 40.7445°N, 75.6566°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 18079, 18080.

Slatedale occupies a quiet corner of the landscape where the earth holds the deep, gray memory of stone beneath a canopy of hardwoods. It lies 9.3 miles west-northwest of Northampton, PA (from Northampton, PA: bearing 296°T), and is situated 4.6 miles south-southwest of Palmerton. Trout Creek carves a persistent path through the terrain, its waters moving with a steady, cooling clarity that mirrors the sky. Three miles distant, the waters of Sand Spring Lake gather in a stillness that contrasts with the rhythmic pull of the creek, while the distant, hazy silhouette of the Pocono Mountains defines the horizon. Within Slatedale, the air possesses a crisp, mineral quality, particularly when the low, amber light of late afternoon catches the dust of the roads and illuminates the rugged, unadorned texture of the valley floor.

Slatedale traces its enduring identity to the veins of rock that once defined the regional industry, leaving behind a landscape marked by the labor of those who extracted the earth’s rigid bounty. The legacy of these quarries lingers in the architecture and the deliberate, measured pace of the people who maintain the local character. Children play at Slatedale Playground, a space that serves as a modern anchor for the neighborhood, standing in quiet contrast to the older, deeper history of the nearby Nis Hollow. Life here remains tethered to the changing seasons, where the economy has shifted from the intensity of the pits to a slower, more modest rhythm, leaving the residents to cultivate their lives in the shadow of the ridges that define this silent, inland corridor.

About This Slatedale Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Slatedale, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.744539, -75.656576. 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 Slatedale includes the ZIP code (18079, 18080), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Lehigh County (Allentown), and school district assignment (Northern Lehigh 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.