Vandling Pennsylvania Map

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.

About This Vandling Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Vandling, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 41.633139, -75.470461. 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 Vandling includes the ZIP code (18421), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Lackawanna County (Scranton), and school district assignment (Forest City Regional 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.