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Vandling Pennsylvania Map

Explore Vandling, 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 Vandling, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Vandling, Pennsylvania Map

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

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

Latitude	41.633139
Longitude	-75.470461
Population	730
Density	214.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	18421
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Scranton
School District	Forest City Regional School District

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About Vandling, Pennsylvania

Vandling is a locality in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 730. The population density is 214.7 people per km². Vandling is located at 41.6331°N, 75.4705°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Vandling is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 18421.

Vandling emerges from the rugged terrain of the Lackawanna Valley as a quiet sentinel of the northern anthracite region. It lies 17.0 miles north-northeast of Dunmore, PA (from Dunmore, PA: bearing 30°T), and is situated 4.4 miles north-northeast of Carbondale. Meredith Brook carves a persistent, narrow path through the borough, its waters moving with a steady, cooling urgency past the foundations of homes and the quiet expanses of Oak Street Borough Park. To the west, the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Pocono Mountains provide a permanent horizon, while the landscape itself remains defined by the steep, coal-dusted slopes that characterize this part of the Allegheny Plateau. The air here carries a crisp, mineral quality, especially when the light of late afternoon catches the slate-gray clouds, casting long, sharp shadows over the uneven terrain that slopes toward the distant, calm surface of Belmont Reservoir.

Vandling carries the heavy, enduring imprint of the coal industry, a legacy that remains etched into the very architecture of its streets and the resilience of its people. Generations of laborers built their lives around the deep earth’s bounty, and though the great extraction has long since receded into memory, the rhythm of daily life retains a sturdy, unpretentious character shaped by that demanding history. Families move through the day with a deliberate pace, acknowledging the persistence of a place that has seen the boom of the mines fade into a quiet, modern endurance. Beyond the immediate cluster of houses, the land opens into the deeper reaches of the region, where the solitude of Tinker Hollow reminds the traveler that human industry is merely a brief, passing chapter in the long, slow story of these hills.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Oak Street Borough Park (Local Park) — 0.0 mi, 277° W
Rail Trail of Northeastern Pa. (Local Recreation) — 0.5 mi, 120° SE
Kennedy Park (Local Park) — 1.2 mi, 353° N
Lackawanna River Heritage Trail (Local Recreation) — 2.5 mi, 190° S
Sposito Preserve (Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 225° SW
Pinchot State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 3.6 mi, 162° S
White Oak Pond (State Resource Management Area) — 4.0 mi, 073° E
Unknown Structure (Historic Ruins) — 5.7 mi, 175° S
Scenic Overlook (Carbondale) (Viewpoint) — 5.7 mi, 193° S
Old stone bridge (Historic Ruins) — 5.7 mi, 120° SE
Prompton State Park (State Park) — 6.1 mi, 089° E
Prompton Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 6.5 mi, 095° E
Prompton Lake (Recreation Area) — 6.5 mi, 095° E
Birthplace of First Aid (Monument) — 8.3 mi, 210° SW
Borough Establishment (Monument) — 8.3 mi, 210° SW
WW1, WW1, Korean War (Monument) — 8.3 mi, 210° SW
Varden Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.4 mi, 158° S
Lackawanna State Park (State Park) — 11.3 mi, 254° W
Rabbit Hollow Wildlife Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 13.9 mi, 236° SW
Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve at Moosic Mountain (Nature Reserve) — 13.9 mi, 195° S
Nittany Lion Shrine (Public Artwork) — 15.4 mi, 210° SW
Dorflinger Glass Museum (Museum) — 16.0 mi, 116° SE
Houdini Museum (Museum) — 17.1 mi, 216° SW
Smurfit Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 18.2 mi, 212° SW
Civil War Museum (Museum) — 18.3 mi, 213° SW
Laura Craig Gallery (Gallery) — 18.4 mi, 213° SW
Everhart Museum (Museum) — 18.4 mi, 209° SW
Iron Horse Movie Bistro (Cinema) — 18.6 mi, 213° SW
White Pines and Blueberries (Attraction) — 18.8 mi, 133° SE
Swimming Rock (Attraction) — 18.8 mi, 134° SE

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