Explore Fineview, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Fineview, 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 Fineview.
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 | Fineview |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Jefferson County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 44.287547 |
| Longitude | -76.01217 |
| Population | 480 |
| Density | 35.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 13640 |
| Area Code | 315 |
| County Seat | Watertown |
Fineview anchors itself upon the rugged, wind-swept periphery of the St. Lawrence River region, where the steady, rhythmic pulse of Mullet Creek defines the local topography. It lies 19.9 miles north-northwest of Fort Drum, NY (from Fort Drum, NY: bearing 327°T), and is situated 22.2 miles north-northwest of Watertown. The landscape surrounding Fineview is defined by the sharp, glaciated edges of Cedar Island and the immediate reach of Wellesley Island State Park, where the trees lean away from the prevailing winds as if bowing to the water. A mile away, the expansive, light-drenched basin of Mullet Creek Bay catches the late afternoon sun, turning the surface into a sheet of hammered silver that contrasts with the deep, shadowed greens of the mainland. The air here holds a distinct, bracing chill, carrying the scent of damp stone and pine needles from the dense, unyielding woods that stretch toward the horizon.
Economic life in Fineview has long been tethered to the seasonal flux of the river and the quiet stewardship of the land, shifting away from the heavy industry of the past toward a more deliberate, independent pace. Residents often look toward the distant, hazy silhouette of McCarn Hill to gauge the coming weather, while the local rhythm remains dictated by the transition between the vibrant, boat-filled summer months and the heavy, isolating silence of the long winters. Though distant, the waters of Butterfield Lake serve as a mental boundary for the community, marking the edge of a more inland, pastoral existence that feels worlds apart from the immediate, fluid connection to the river. Life here is measured in the persistence of the tides and the slow, cyclical maintenance of docks and timber, a testament to a place that asks for little but rewards those who watch the water with patient, quiet attention.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Fineview, New York. Coordinates: 44.287547, -76.01217. 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 Fineview includes the ZIP code (13640), telephone area code (315), county seat of Jefferson County (Watertown), 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. |