East Freetown New York Map
Explore East Freetown, 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 East Freetown, New York
How to Use This East Freetown, New York Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for East Freetown, 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 East Freetown.
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 | East Freetown |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Cortland County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 42.552015 |
| Longitude | -75.987146 |
| Population | 480 |
| Density | 22.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 13040 |
| Area Code | 315 |
| County Seat | Cortland |
About East Freetown, New York
East Freetown is a locality in Cortland County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 22.0 people per km². East Freetown is located at 42.5520°N, 75.9871°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 13040.East Freetown occupies a landscape defined by the persistent, cold-water pulse of Gee Brook as it carves through the modest elevations of the central plateau. It lies 10.4 miles east-southeast of Cortland, NY (from Cortland, NY: bearing 109°T), and is situated 19.0 miles northwest of Greene. The terrain here rises and falls in long, quiet swells of earth, blanketed by a mix of hardwood stands and open fields that hold the heavy, silver-gray light of late autumn afternoons. To the north, the land slopes toward the deeper, more sheltered contours of Taylor Valley, while the immediate surroundings remain governed by the quietude of Baker School House State Forest, where the scent of damp pine needles and decaying leaves anchors the air. It is a place where the horizon remains intimate and grounded, far removed from the jagged drama of the Appalachian Mountains that wait nearly ninety miles to the east, leaving East Freetown to exist in a state of suspended, rural stillness.
Generations of settlers established this locality on the strength of its timber and the stubborn fertility of its soil, pivoting away from the early industrial ambitions of the nineteenth century toward the measured pace of modern agriculture and private woodlots. The economic rhythm of East Freetown is dictated by the seasons, shifting from the frantic activity of haying in the summer to the slow, wood-smoke-filled dormancy of the winter months. While the legacy of small-scale milling and homesteading remains etched into the property lines and stone walls that crisscross the woods, the present character of the land is defined by a deep, protective isolation. Residents move through their days with a deliberate economy of motion, finding a particular beauty in the way the frost gathers on the fences at dawn or how the stillness of the woods remains unbroken, save for the occasional, distant rustle of a deer moving through the undergrowth.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Baker School House State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 0.2 mi, 334° NW
- Taylor Valley State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 2.6 mi, 354° N
- Papish Pond Multiple Use Area (State Resource Management Area) — 3.9 mi, 159° S
- Nor’easter Mountain Coaster (Attraction) — 8.9 mi, 251° W
- New York State Grange Museum (Museum) — 10.0 mi, 292° W
- 1890 House (Museum) — 10.4 mi, 287° W
- 1939 World's Fair Flagpole (Monument) — 10.7 mi, 288° W
- Stadium Red (Stadium) — 11.2 mi, 283° W
- Stadium White (Stadium) — 11.3 mi, 283° W
- Cortland Repertory Theatre (Theatre) — 13.8 mi, 322° NW
- Birthplace of John D Rockefeller (Historic Ruins) — 14.0 mi, 221° SW
- SpecOpMfg (Gun shop) (Attraction) — 14.6 mi, 179° S
- Bowman Lake State Park (State Park) — 14.8 mi, 098° E
- Coles Maple Syrup and Cream (Attraction) — 14.9 mi, 168° S
- Snyder's Maple (Attraction) — 14.9 mi, 168° S
- Turkey Hill State Forest (Viewpoint) — 15.5 mi, 215° SW
- All Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 19.0 mi, 144° SE
- Gandee Gallery (Gallery) — 19.6 mi, 001° N
- Spafford Forest Coldbrook Reforestation Area (Nature Reserve) — 20.4 mi, 324° NW
- Fillmore Glen State Park (State Park) — 20.8 mi, 295° NW
- 6 On the Square (Arts Centre) — 21.2 mi, 111° E
- Castle Creek Memorial (Monument) — 22.9 mi, 171° S
- Northeast Classic Car Museum (Museum) — 23.7 mi, 092° E
- Finger Lakes National Forest (National Forest) — 38.1 mi, 270° W · 16k acres
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About This East Freetown Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of East Freetown, New York. Coordinates: 42.552015, -75.987146. 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 East Freetown includes the ZIP code (13040), telephone area code (315), county seat of Cortland County (Cortland), and school district assignment.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
