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Herricks New York Map

Explore Herricks, 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 Herricks, New York

How to Use This Herricks, New York Map

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

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

Latitude	40.755379
Longitude	-73.666796
Population	4,398
Density	2963.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	11040
Area Code	718, 347, 929
County Seat	Mineola
School District	Herricks Union Free School District

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About Herricks, New York

Herricks is a locality in Nassau County, New York, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,398. The population density is 2963.5 people per km². Herricks is located at 40.7554°N, 73.6668°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 11040.

Herricks maintains a quiet, deliberate presence upon the topography of Long Island, where the land settles into a gentle, persistent slope toward the salt-tinged air of the coast. It lies 1.4 miles west-northwest of North Hempstead, NY (from North Hempstead, NY: bearing 288°T), and is situated 6.9 miles east of Queens. The horizon remains dominated by the domestic architecture of mid-century suburban expansion, yet the landscape retains a connection to the natural world through the protected expanses of Nassau County Lands that weave through the residential blocks. Only three miles away, the tidal pulse of Hempstead Harbor exerts a subtle influence on the atmosphere, bringing a cooling dampness that settles over the lawns at dusk. A short distance to the north, the surface of Ridder Pond offers a quiet, glassy mirror for the changing seasons, serving as a tranquil anchor in a geography otherwise defined by the steady, rhythmic transit of those moving between home and labor.

History lingers in Herricks through the remnants of early agrarian roots, which have gradually yielded to the industrious pace of a modern, service-oriented economy. Where once the earth was turned for harvest, the contemporary rhythm is dictated by the flow of commuters and the academic focus of local schools that anchor the neighborhood’s social life. On clear days, the distant silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains might occupy the imagination, though the reality of the locality is firmly rooted in the immediate, human-scaled activity of its streets. The quietude of the evening, when the light turns a soft, bruised purple against the rooftops, reveals a place that balances the remnants of its quiet, rural past with the persistent, forward-looking energy of the present.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Nassau County Lands (Local Resource Management Area) — 0.1 mi, 251° W
Garden City Park Water District Lands (Local Resource Management Area) — 0.3 mi, 268° W
TOWN OF NORTH HEMPSTEAD Land (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 173° S
COUNTY OF NASSAU Land (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 051° NE
Pray for Us O Holy Mother of God (Monument) — 1.1 mi, 249° W
Site of First North Hempstead Town Council Meeting (Monument) — 1.1 mi, 026° NE
Albertson WWII Memorial (Monument) — 1.4 mi, 043° NE
Theodore Roosevelt (Public Artwork) — 1.9 mi, 130° SE
North Shore Towers Cinema (Cinema) — 2.5 mi, 272° W
Olmsted Theatre (Theatre) — 2.5 mi, 161° S
The Floral Park Historical Society Museum & Archives (Museum) — 2.9 mi, 224° SW
Van Nostrand - Starkins House And Museum (Museum) — 2.9 mi, 022° N
OneRiver (Arts Centre) — 2.9 mi, 334° NW
Flying Through the Years at Roosevelt Field (Museum) — 3.0 mi, 114° SE
Mason's Overlook (Viewpoint) — 3.4 mi, 338° N
Color Theory Art Studio (Arts Centre) — 3.4 mi, 013° N
African American Museum (Museum) — 3.8 mi, 147° SE
Nassau County Firefighters Museum (Museum) — 4.1 mi, 117° SE
Virginia Point (Nature Reserve) — 4.3 mi, 291° W
Hempstead Lake State Park (State Park) — 4.5 mi, 162° S
QCC Art Gallery (Gallery) — 4.8 mi, 270° W
Shadowbox Theater (Theatre) — 4.8 mi, 269° W
Nassau County International Cricket Stadium (Stadium) — 5.1 mi, 110° E
Valley Stream State Park (State Park) — 5.2 mi, 193° S
Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 10.5 mi, 017° N · 6,772 acres
Congressman Lester Wolff Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 10.5 mi, 017° N · 3,365 acres
Gateway National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 10.6 mi, 215° SW · 47k acres

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