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Esperance New York Map

Explore Esperance, 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 Esperance, New York

How to Use This Esperance, New York Map

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

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.

CityEsperance
StateNew York (NY)
CountySchoharie County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude42.761186
Longitude-74.256518
Population346
Density273.2 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code12066
Area Code518
County SeatSchoharie
School DistrictSchoharie Central School District

About Esperance, New York

Esperance is a locality in Schoharie County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 346. The population density is 273.2 people per km². Esperance is located at 42.7612°N, 74.2565°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Esperance is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 12066.

Esperance holds the Schoharie Creek in a slow, winding embrace, the waterway carving a rhythmic path through the limestone-heavy earth. It lies 12.7 miles south-southwest of Amsterdam, NY (from Amsterdam, NY: bearing 196°T), and is situated 6.2 miles west of Duanesburg. The land here rises in modest, verdant swells that seem to inhale the cool, inland air, far removed from the saline reach of any distant coastline. To the north, the terrain softens toward the quiet waters of Conover Pond, while the distant, hazy blue silhouettes of the Catskill Mountains anchor the southern horizon. Within the village limits, the Village Common Land provides a modest patch of green where the light of late afternoon catches the tall grass, casting long, amber shadows that linger over the soil.

Generations have cultivated the stony, stubborn acreage of Esperance, shifting from the early reliance on milling and timber to a quieter, modern persistence. The local economy remains tethered to the slow pulse of agriculture and the maintenance of a rural life that values the heavy silence of the woods over the clamor of industrial centers. Visitors occasionally wander toward the nearby Bozen Kill Falls, drawn by the sudden, percussive energy of water striking stone, yet the daily rhythm of the village remains unbothered by such brief interruptions. Ecker Hollow lies further afield, a reminder of the deep, geological fissures that define this rugged corner of the state, where life moves with the deliberate, unhurried gravity of the passing seasons.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Village Common Land (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 288° W
  • Charleston State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 317° NW
  • Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy Land (Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 349° N
  • Village Of Delanson Land (Local Park) — 3.8 mi, 055° NE
  • Lost Valley State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 4.6 mi, 342° N
  • Wiggins Family Homestead Foundation (Historic Ruins) — 5.8 mi, 061° NE
  • Christman Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 6.6 mi, 101° E
  • Christman Memorial (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 102° E
  • Montgomery County Lands (Local Conservation Area) — 6.9 mi, 303° NW
  • Gobbler's Knob Family Fun Park (Attraction) — 9.9 mi, 233° SW
  • Berne Museum (Museum) — 11.3 mi, 147° SE
  • Sculpture Park (Public Artwork) — 11.3 mi, 110° E
  • Upper Falls Overlook (Viewpoint) — 11.5 mi, 066° NE
  • John Boyd Thacher State Park (State Park) — 11.6 mi, 117° SE
  • New York State Lands (State Recreation Area) — 11.7 mi, 351° N
  • Erie Canal (State Recreation Area) — 12.0 mi, 349° N
  • Memorial Park (Monument) — 12.1 mi, 198° S
  • Coessens Memorial (Monument) — 12.2 mi, 019° N
  • Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site (Historic Ruins) — 12.5 mi, 353° N
  • Rialto Theatre (Theatre) — 12.7 mi, 015° N
  • Walter Elwood Museum (Museum) — 12.9 mi, 016° N
  • Mohawk Valley Railway Society (Museum) — 12.9 mi, 016° N
  • Rotterdam Square Cinema (Cinema) — 14.0 mi, 077° E
  • Via Aquarium (Aquarium) — 14.1 mi, 076° E
  • Schenectady History Museum (Museum) — 16.0 mi, 076° E
  • GE Theatre (Theatre) — 16.3 mi, 077° E
  • Hamilton Hill Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 16.3 mi, 079° E
  • The Capital Region Entertainment Hall of Fame (Attraction) — 16.3 mi, 077° E
  • Peck Hill State Forest (State Wilderness) — 21.4 mi, 345° N
  • Silver Lake Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 33.6 mi, 354° N

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About This Esperance Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Esperance, New York. Coordinates: 42.761186, -74.256518. 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 Esperance includes the ZIP code (12066), telephone area code (518), county seat of Schoharie County (Schoharie), and school district assignment (Schoharie Central School District).

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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.