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Cayuga Heights New York Map

Explore Cayuga Heights, New York, 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 Cayuga Heights, New York

How to Use This Cayuga Heights, New York Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Cayuga Heights, New York. 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 New York 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 Cayuga Heights.

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	Cayuga Heights
State	New York (NY)
County	Tompkins County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	42.459517
Longitude	-76.486607
Population	4,114
Density	898.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	14850
Area Code	607
County Seat	Ithaca
School District	Ithaca City School District

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About Cayuga Heights, New York

Cayuga Heights is a locality in Tompkins County, New York, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,114. The population density is 898.9 people per km². Cayuga Heights is located at 42.4595°N, 76.4866°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Cayuga Heights is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 14850.

Cayuga Heights rises above the basin floor as a deliberate arrangement of steep slopes and shaded ravines, defined by the persistent, cold-water pulse of Pleasant Grove Brook as it carves through the local shale. It lies 1.4 miles north-northeast of Ithaca, NY (from Ithaca, NY: bearing 21°T), and is situated 3.2 miles east of Tompkins. The landscape here is defined by a verticality that pulls the eye toward the shimmering expanse of Cayuga Lake, visible through the gaps in the dense, deciduous canopy that characterizes the local terrain. Sunlight in the late afternoon catches the jagged limestone outcrops, casting long, sharp shadows that emphasize the dramatic drop toward the water, while the air maintains a crisp, inland clarity that feels distinct from the humid density found elsewhere in the state. Within the preserved boundaries of the Village of Cayuga Heights Land, the earth remains quiet, holding the scent of damp moss and decaying leaves that drift down from the distant, forested horizon, where the influence of the Appalachian Mountains hums in the blue-tinted distance.

Development in Cayuga Heights was shaped by a mid-century academic ambition, grounding its economy and social character in the intellectual gravity of the nearby university. The architecture reflects a period of thoughtful expansion, where mid-century modern residences sit unobtrusively among older, stately homes, suggesting a preference for privacy and quiet scholarship over commercial sprawl. While the Twin Glens remain a rugged reminder of the region’s geological volatility, the daily rhythm of the village is one of orderly, deliberate motion, punctuated by the seasonal migration of students and the steady maintenance of its wooded residential lanes. It is a place that values the slow accumulation of history, where the proximity to the Yellow Barn State Forest offers a deliberate retreat into a wilder, unmanaged silence, providing a necessary counterpoint to the disciplined, scholarly atmosphere that defines the local way of life.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Ithaca Town Lands (Local Resource Management Area) — 0.4 mi, 050° NE
Risley Theater (Theatre) — 0.5 mi, 150° SE
City of Ithaca Land (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 212° SW
Monument of Ezra Cornell (Monument) — 0.7 mi, 174° S
Andrew Dickson White Statue (Monument) — 0.7 mi, 169° S
Cornell Cinema (Cinema) — 0.9 mi, 177° S
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 038° NE
Mundy Wildflower Garden (Local Conservation Area) — 1.0 mi, 123° SE
Statler Auditorium (Theatre) — 1.0 mi, 167° S
Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook (Viewpoint) — 1.1 mi, 273° W
Cayuga-Seneca Canal (State Recreation Area) — 1.3 mi, 244° SW
Allan H. Treman Marine Facility (State Recreation Area) — 1.3 mi, 262° W
Six Mile Creek Natural Area (Local Conservation Area) — 1.4 mi, 187° S
Tompkins Center for History & Culture (Museum) — 1.5 mi, 201° S
Cinemapolis (Cinema) — 1.5 mi, 201° S
The Overlook At West Hill (housing for the elderly) (Attraction) — 2.7 mi, 280° W
Buttermilk Falls State Park (State Park) — 2.9 mi, 208° SW
Turn here for fresh eggs farm stand (Attraction) — 4.1 mi, 290° W
Robert H. Treman State Park (State Park) — 4.9 mi, 218° SW
Stick And Stone Farm and CSA (Attraction) — 4.9 mi, 293° NW
Incodema (Attraction) — 5.1 mi, 140° SE
Unidentified Stone Tower (Historic Ruins) — 5.3 mi, 219° SW
Field School House (Museum) — 5.4 mi, 351° N
Bob Baker BBQ Pavilion (Monument) — 5.5 mi, 352° N
Danby Gathery Art Works (Gallery) — 7.0 mi, 179° S
Sims-Jennings Preserve at Cayuga Cliffs (Nature Reserve) — 8.2 mi, 331° NW
Ulysses Historical Society (Museum) — 10.2 mi, 301° NW
Finger Lakes National Forest (National Forest) — 12.9 mi, 283° W · 16k acres

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