Explore Lakeland, 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 Lakeland, 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 Lakeland.
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 | Lakeland |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Onondaga County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 43.090858 |
| Longitude | -76.242643 |
| Population | 2,556 |
| Density | 661.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 11779, 13209 |
| Area Code | 516, 315 |
| County Seat | Syracuse |
| School District | Solvay Union Free School District |
Lakeland occupies a quiet stretch of land where the horizon is defined by the steady, unmoving presence of Onondaga Lake. It lies 2.8 miles west of Salina, NY (from Salina, NY: bearing 277°T), and is situated 5.5 miles west-northwest of Syracuse. The landscape here is characterized by the modest transition from flat, open plains into the subtle, inland terrain that defines this part of the state, far removed from any coastal influence. Ninemile Creek meanders through the periphery, its waters tracing a path through the earth that has long provided a natural boundary for the surrounding fields. Throughout the day, the light catches the surface of the water, casting long, silver shadows that stretch toward the County Of Onondaga Parks & Rec Land, where the local vegetation thrives in the damp, fertile soil of the basin.
Lakeland carries the weight of a history rooted in the industrial expansion of the region, where the labor of past generations shaped the character of the neighborhood. The economy remains tethered to the infrastructure that grew alongside the nearby waterways, maintaining a pace of life that values the steady, predictable cycles of the seasons over the frantic energy of larger metropolitan centers. Residents often look toward the distant Appalachian Mountains when the air is crisp and clear, though the immediate focus remains on the local commons and the quiet persistence of the community. Even as the decades pass, the spirit of Lakeland endures in the way the morning mist clings to the ground, a reminder that the land itself retains the memory of all who have walked its paths.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lakeland, New York. Coordinates: 43.090858, -76.242643. 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 Lakeland includes the ZIP code (11779, 13209), telephone area code (516, 315), county seat of Onondaga County (Syracuse), and school district assignment (Solvay Union Free 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 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. |