Vandercook Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jackson County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

[4] The community is in central Jackson County, in the eastern part of Summit Township.

It sits on the eastern side of Vandercook Lake, a water body on the Grand River.

Part of the community is bordered to the north by the city of Jackson, the county seat.

U.S. Route 127 forms the eastern edge of the CDP; the highway leads north 6 miles (10 km) to Interstate 94 northeast of Jackson and south 24 miles (39 km) to Hudson.