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Farnham New York Map

Explore Farnham, 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 Farnham, New York

How to Use This Farnham, New York Map

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

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.

CityFarnham
StateNew York (NY)
CountyErie County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude42.594503
Longitude-79.09115
Population381
Density121.9 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Codes14081, 14061
Area Code716
County SeatBuffalo
School DistrictEvans-Brant Central School District (Lake Shore)

About Farnham, New York

Farnham is a locality in Erie County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 381. The population density is 121.9 people per km². Farnham is located at 42.5945°N, 79.0911°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Farnham is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 14081, 14061.

Farnham holds a quiet stillness within its borders, where the heavy, humid air of late summer settles over flat, expansive fields that stretch toward the horizon. It lies 6.8 miles southwest of Evans, NY (from Evans, NY: bearing 225°T), and is situated 5.2 miles west-northwest of Fenton. The landscape is defined by a low, unassuming topography, characterized by the dense, dark woodland that breaks the monotony of the farmland and the soft, earthy banks where Muddy Creek carves its slow path toward the distance. A mile away, the vast, slate-gray expanse of Lake Erie exerts a subtle gravity on the climate, drawing in sudden, sharp winds that stir the leaves of the ancient oaks. Within Farnham Village Lands, the earth feels reclaimed by a wilder, more patient rhythm, where the light at dusk turns a bruised, metallic purple, illuminating the grasses in a way that suggests a land waiting for the frost to return.

Farnham emerged as a place of industry and transit, its character forged by the relentless, iron-willed expansion of the rail lines that once dictated the pace of commerce. The local economy persists as a quiet reflection of these origins, moving away from the clamor of heavy production toward a slower, more deliberate existence that values the maintenance of older, timber-framed houses. There is a particular weight to the history here, felt in the way the architecture clings to the ground and in the silence that descends once the sun slips behind the distant, shadowed silhouette of Pope Hill. Life in Farnham is marked by the cycle of the seasons, a place where residents observe the turning of the year not through grand spectacles, but through the deepening amber of the cornfields and the persistent, muffled sound of the wind moving across the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Village of Farnham - Ball Park Land (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 086° E
  • Evangola State Park (State Park) — 0.4 mi, 001° N
  • Town of Evans Land (Local Park) — 2.0 mi, 357° N
  • Lake Erie Beach Park (State Park) — 2.1 mi, 356° N
  • Sunset Bay State Marine Park (State Recreation Area) — 2.9 mi, 229° SW
  • Hanover Town Lands (Local Resource Management Area) — 3.2 mi, 212° SW
  • Steamship Park (Local Recreation) — 5.2 mi, 233° SW
  • Cliff top (Viewpoint) — 7.2 mi, 021° N
  • Kazoo Factory (Museum) — 10.5 mi, 069° E
  • Zoar Valley Unique Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.5 mi, 138° SE
  • Dunkirk City Pier (Attraction) — 14.4 mi, 240° SW
  • Dunkirk Historical Museum (Museum) — 14.6 mi, 237° SW
  • Adams Art Gallery (Gallery) — 14.7 mi, 237° SW
  • Ong-Gwe-Ohn-Weh (Public Artwork) — 14.8 mi, 240° SW
  • On September 26, 1812 (Monument) — 15.1 mi, 243° SW
  • The Lighthouse Service (Monument) — 15.1 mi, 243° SW
  • South Buffalo North Side Light (Attraction) — 15.1 mi, 242° SW
  • Sarah Sinfield (Monument) — 15.1 mi, 243° SW
  • New York State Lands (State Recreation Area) — 15.7 mi, 058° NE
  • Forever Wild Forest Trail Head (Nature Reserve) — 15.8 mi, 232° SW
  • Lake Shore Savings Clock Tower (Attraction) — 15.9 mi, 232° SW
  • Michael C Rockefeller Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 16.0 mi, 232° SW
  • Bartlett Theatre (Theatre) — 16.0 mi, 232° SW
  • Marvel Theatre (Theatre) — 16.0 mi, 232° SW
  • Fredonia Opera House (Cinema) — 16.2 mi, 229° SW
  • South Dayton Depot Movie and Rail Museum (Museum) — 16.3 mi, 172° S
  • Hamburg Fairgrounds (Attraction) — 17.2 mi, 055° NE
  • Allegheny National Forest (National Forest) — 41.4 mi, 173° S · 514k acres
  • Allegheny National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 41.7 mi, 171° S · 24k acres

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About This Farnham Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Farnham, New York. Coordinates: 42.594503, -79.09115. 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 Farnham includes the ZIP code (14081, 14061), telephone area code (716), county seat of Erie County (Buffalo), and school district assignment (Evans-Brant Central School District (Lake Shore)).

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.