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Lawtons New York Map

Explore Lawtons, 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 Lawtons, New York

How to Use This Lawtons, New York Map

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

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

Latitude	42.538116
Longitude	-78.930868
Population	480
Density	35.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	14091
Area Code	716
County Seat	Buffalo

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About Lawtons, New York

Lawtons is a locality in Erie County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 35.0 people per km². Lawtons is located at 42.5381°N, 78.9309°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 14091.

Lawtons occupies a modest expanse of land where the persistent, winding course of Big Sister Creek defines the local topography. It lies 9.3 miles south-southeast of Evans, NY (from Evans, NY: bearing 159°T), and is situated 8.1 miles south-southwest of Eden. This landscape is a quiet study in inland transition, characterized by level fields that surrender slowly to the deeper, more rugged cuts of the nearby Zoar Valley. The air here holds a distinct, crisp weight, especially when the late afternoon sun illuminates the pale grasses and the dense, encroaching vegetation of the Lawtons Water Lands. Even in the stillness of a summer dusk, the terrain feels alert, shaped by the slow, patient erosion of the soil and the seasonal shifts that turn the earth from a rich, dark loam into a landscape of hard, frozen silence.

Lawtons maintains a rhythm tethered to its agrarian roots, where the economy has long been dictated by the yield of the surrounding fields and the practical needs of the local people. While the distant silhouette of Cream Ridge serves as a faint, jagged marker on the horizon, the daily life of Lawtons remains concentrated on the immediate, tangible labor of the land. Families here have grown accustomed to the quiet preservation of the Erie County Reforestation Area, a reminder of the region’s long-standing relationship with timber and conservation. The character of the place is not found in grand monuments, but in the steady endurance of its infrastructure and the way the residents move through the seasons, mindful of the distance to the Silver Creek Reservoir and the subtle, unchanging demands of their rural home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lawtons Water Lands (Local Resource Management Area) — 0.2 mi, 178° S
Town of Collins Land (Local Park) — 2.0 mi, 182° S
Town of North Collins Land (Local Park) — 2.9 mi, 360° N
Collins State Correctional Facility (State Resource Management Area) — 3.0 mi, 179° S
Collins Town Lands (Local Resource Management Area) — 3.1 mi, 164° S
Clear Lake Wma (State Resource Management Area) — 3.8 mi, 075° E
Zoar Valley Unique Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.2 mi, 171° S
Kazoo Factory (Museum) — 7.8 mi, 012° N
Erie County Lands (Local Conservation Area) — 7.9 mi, 139° SE
Open Space (Local Conservation Area) — 8.5 mi, 016° N
Evangola State Park (State Park) — 8.6 mi, 300° NW
Bear Point (Viewpoint) — 8.6 mi, 165° S
East Otto State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 9.0 mi, 136° SE
New York State Lands (State Recreation Area) — 13.3 mi, 023° NE
Boundary (Attraction) — 13.3 mi, 125° SE
South Dayton Depot Movie and Rail Museum (Museum) — 13.6 mi, 206° SW
A Wish on the Wind (Public Artwork) — 13.7 mi, 099° E
Eternal Flame Falls (Attraction) — 14.5 mi, 039° NE
Ward Monument (Monument) — 14.6 mi, 037° NE
Scranton Fire Fighter Memorial (Monument) — 14.9 mi, 020° N
Hamburg Fairgrounds (Attraction) — 15.0 mi, 023° NE
Griffis Sculpture Park: Rohr Hill site (Attraction) — 16.4 mi, 129° SE
Veterans memorial (Monument) — 17.0 mi, 048° NE
Dipson Cinemas 6 (Cinema) — 18.1 mi, 020° N
Pavilion (Theatre) — 18.1 mi, 030° NE
Orchard Park Historical Society (Museum) — 18.5 mi, 031° NE
Dunkirk Historical Museum (Museum) — 20.8 mi, 259° W
Adams Art Gallery (Gallery) — 20.9 mi, 259° W
Forever Wild Forest Trail Head (Nature Reserve) — 21.5 mi, 254° W
Fredonia Opera House (Cinema) — 21.5 mi, 252° W

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