West Scranton High School
West Scranton High School, is a community-based school in the west side neighborhood of Scranton, Pennsylvania. It is one of the oldest schools in the area, having opened to the public in 1935, first as a junior high facility and later as a high school.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Ann and Electric City Trolley Museum.
Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Ann
Church
The Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Ann is a Minor Basilica and National Shrine of the Catholic Church located in Scranton, Pennsylvania within the Diocese of Scranton. Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Ann is situated 2,800 feet south of West Scranton High School.
Electric City Trolley Museum
Museum
Photo: Peter Van den Bossche, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Electric City Trolley Museum is a transport museum located in downtown Scranton, Pennsylvania, next to the Steamtown National Historic Site. The museum displays and operates restored trolleys and interurbans on former lines of the Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad, which are now owned by the government of Lackawanna County and operated by the Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad. Electric City Trolley Museum is situated 3,900 feet east of West Scranton High School.
The Marketplace at Steamtown
Shopping center
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Marketplace at Steamtown is a shopping mall in Scranton, Pennsylvania. United States. It was conceived in the mid-1980s as the keystone of downtown revitalization, though the project was not completed until 1993. The Marketplace at Steamtown is situated 1 mile east of West Scranton High School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Scranton and Dunmore.
Scranton
Photo: Vasiliymeshko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scranton is a city in Northeastern Pennsylvania. It is near Wilkes-Barre, and is the seventh most populous city in the state. Today, it is perhaps best known as the setting of the hit TV show "The Office" and the birthplace of Joe Biden, the 46th President of the United States.
Dunmore
Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunmore is a borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States, adjoining Scranton. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania and was settled in 1835 and incorporated in 1862.
Chinchilla
Hamlet
Chinchilla is a village and census-designated place in Scott and South Abington townships, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. The CDP's population was 2,098 at the time of the 2010 United States Census. Chinchilla is situated 4½ miles north of West Scranton High School.
West Scranton High School
- Type: School
- Description: high school in Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
- Categories: high school and education
- Location: City of Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.40965° or 41° 24′ 35″ northLongitude
-75.68783° or 75° 41′ 16″ westElevation
810 feet (247 metres)Open location code
87H6C856+VVOpenStreetMap ID
node 357336263OpenStreetMap feature
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