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Leicester New York Map

Explore Leicester, 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 Leicester, New York

How to Use This Leicester, New York Map

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

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

Latitude	42.772007
Longitude	-77.896671
Population	440
Density	470.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	14481
Area Code	585
County Seat	Geneseo
School District	York Central School District

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About Leicester, New York

Leicester is a locality in Livingston County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 440. The population density is 470.6 people per km². Leicester is located at 42.7720°N, 77.8967°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Leicester is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 14481.

Leicester commands a high, open plateau where the wind carries the scent of turned earth and the quiet persistence of a long-settled landscape. It lies 21.5 miles southeast of Batavia, NY (from Batavia, NY: bearing 137°T), and is situated 4.4 miles west-southwest of Geneseo. Beards Creek carves a deliberate path through the terrain, its waters cutting deep toward the base of the slope while Taunton Gully shadows the land two miles to the east. Across the horizon, the faint, jagged silhouette of Bulgary Ridge anchors the distance, reminding those who walk these fields of the tectonic weight far beyond the local horizon. The light at dusk here has a particular, heavy clarity, turning the grasses to shades of copper as the sun dips behind the western rise, casting long, lean shadows that stretch across the Village Of Leicester Land.

History in Leicester remains tethered to the slow, steady labor of the soil, where the economy has long favored the yield of the harvest over the frantic pace of manufacturing. Life moves in synchronization with the seasons, from the thaw that swells the creek banks to the deep freeze that drives residents toward the warmth of woodstoves and hearths. Those seeking the sound of falling water often trek three miles to Fall Brook Falls, a place where the geology of the region reveals its jagged, limestone bones, or find a moment of stillness beside the quiet, reedy edges of Hemp Pond. Leicester maintains a character defined by this deliberate isolation, a place where the modern world feels distant enough to allow the local rhythm to remain entirely its own.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Village Of Leicester Land (Local Park) — locality lies within
Civil War Soldier Monument (Monument) — 0.0 mi, 268° W
Starr Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 359° N
Leicester Town Lands (Local Resource Management Area) — 0.8 mi, 061° NE
Genesee Valley Greenway State Park (State Recreation Area) — 1.2 mi, 104° E
Letchworth State Park (State Park) — 1.7 mi, 159° S
Squawkie Hill (Viewpoint) — 2.3 mi, 180° S
Mount Morris Reservoir (Recreation Area) — 2.7 mi, 192° S
Two Rivers Reservoir (Recreation Area) — 2.7 mi, 192° S
Grumman F6F Hellcat (Replica) (Attraction) — 3.1 mi, 057° NE
9/11 Memorial (Monument) — 3.9 mi, 072° E
Veterans' Memorial (Monument) — 4.3 mi, 069° E
Groveland Secondary Trailway (State Recreation Area) — 5.1 mi, 356° N
Geneseo Theaters (Cinema) — 5.5 mi, 073° E
Sonyea State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 7.3 mi, 157° SE
Silver Lake State Park (State Park) — 9.8 mi, 230° SW
Minnehans Fun Center (Attraction) — 10.2 mi, 064° NE
Spotlight Theater (Cinema) — 12.2 mi, 260° W
Hemlock-Canadice State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 13.5 mi, 093° E
Big Springs Historical Museum (Museum) — 14.1 mi, 009° N
Rolling Hills Asylum (Attraction) — 14.1 mi, 302° NW
Mary Jemison (Public Artwork) — 14.8 mi, 210° SW
Balloons Over Letchworth Launch (Attraction) — 15.1 mi, 210° SW
Holland Land Office Museum (Museum) — 21.6 mi, 317° NW
Cybersecurity Experience Center (Museum) — 24.2 mi, 027° NE
RIT Turf Field (Stadium) — 24.2 mi, 027° NE
Ingle Auditorium (Theatre) — 24.3 mi, 027° NE
Rusty Stove (Historic Ruins) — 25.2 mi, 256° W
Homestead Site (Historic Ruins) — 25.8 mi, 255° W
Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 32.1 mi, 318° NW · 22k acres

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