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Danby New York Map

Explore Danby, 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 Danby, New York

How to Use This Danby, New York Map

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

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

Latitude	42.356588
Longitude	-76.466818
Population	506
Density	56.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	14850, 14883
Area Code	607
County Seat	Ithaca
School District	Ithaca City School District

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About Danby, New York

Danby is a locality in Tompkins County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 506. The population density is 56.5 people per km². Danby is located at 42.3566°N, 76.4668°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 14850, 14883.

Danby defines the character of the high upland plateau that separates the deeper, water-carved troughs of the region. It lies 6.2 miles south of Ithaca, NY (from Ithaca, NY: bearing 172°T), and is situated 8.1 miles south-southeast of Tompkins. Buttermilk Creek carves a persistent, rhythmic path through the terrain, its waters gathering momentum as they spill toward the lower elevations of Buttermilk Falls State Park. The landscape is defined by the quiet accumulation of deep woods and the persistent drainage of the highlands, where the stillness of Jennings Pond mirrors the heavy, gray skies of a late autumn afternoon. To the north, the rugged topography drops away, hinting at the distant Appalachian Mountains that frame the horizon in hazy, blue-tinted silhouettes. Four miles out, the dense canopy of Danby State Forest anchors the wilderness, while the deep, shadowed crevice of VanBuskirk Gulf slices through the bedrock, a reminder of the slow, grinding forces that shaped these slopes long before the first settlers arrived.

Danby emerged from an era of rugged agrarian ambition, where the stubborn resistance of the soil dictated the pace of life and the shape of the local economy. Though the promise of industry once drew settlers to clear the timber and work the fields, the modern rhythm of the place favors a quiet, residential endurance that respects the limitations of the earth. Residents often travel toward the nearby academic centers for employment, leaving the rural stretches to the silence of the woods and the occasional, distant roar of Lucifer Falls. The character of the locality remains tethered to its geological isolation, a stubborn independence that persists even as the seasons change the color of the hills from the pale, bruised greens of spring to the rusted iron of November. Life here moves with the deliberate, unforced pace of the creek, unconcerned with the frantic developments of the lower valleys.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Danby Gathery Art Works (Gallery) — 0.9 mi, 278° W
Buttermilk Falls State Park (State Park) — 1.2 mi, 230° SW
Danby State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 1.6 mi, 205° SW
Danby Town Lands (Local Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 089° E
Eldridge Wilderness Preserve (Conservation Area) — 2.7 mi, 358° N
Town of Ithaca Land (Local Park) — 3.1 mi, 335° NW
Six Mile Creek Natural Area (Local Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 003° N
City of Ithaca Land (Local Park) — 3.3 mi, 003° N
Incodema (Attraction) — 3.9 mi, 035° NE
Shindagin Hollow State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 4.7 mi, 113° SE
Robert H. Treman State Park (State Park) — 5.0 mi, 305° NW
Black Diamond Trail (State Recreation Area) — 5.0 mi, 315° NW
Unidentified Stone Tower (Historic Ruins) — 5.3 mi, 304° NW
Cinemapolis (Cinema) — 5.9 mi, 345° N
Tompkins Center for History & Culture (Museum) — 6.0 mi, 345° N
Statler Auditorium (Theatre) — 6.2 mi, 353° N
Cornell Cinema (Cinema) — 6.3 mi, 351° N
Andrew Dickson White Statue (Monument) — 6.4 mi, 352° N
Monument of Ezra Cornell (Monument) — 6.5 mi, 352° N
Southeast Overlook (Viewpoint) — 6.6 mi, 006° N
Cayuga-Seneca Canal (State Recreation Area) — 6.6 mi, 340° N
Risley Theater (Theatre) — 6.7 mi, 354° N
The Overlook At West Hill (housing for the elderly) (Attraction) — 8.4 mi, 334° NW
Turn here for fresh eggs farm stand (Attraction) — 9.8 mi, 331° NW
Spencer Historical Museum (Museum) — 10.0 mi, 188° S
Stick And Stone Farm and CSA (Attraction) — 10.6 mi, 328° NW
Field School House (Museum) — 12.6 mi, 352° N
Bob Baker BBQ Pavilion (Monument) — 12.7 mi, 352° N
Sims-Jennings Preserve at Cayuga Cliffs (Nature Reserve) — 15.1 mi, 341° N
Finger Lakes National Forest (National Forest) — 16.9 mi, 306° NW · 16k acres

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