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Lewis New York Map

Explore Lewis, 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 Lewis, New York

How to Use This Lewis, New York Map

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

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

Latitude	44.275049
Longitude	-73.565689
Population	1,400
Density	12.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	12950
Area Code	845
County Seat	Elizabethtown

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About Lewis, New York

Lewis is a locality in Essex County, New York, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,400. The population density is 12.0 people per km². Lewis is located at 44.2750°N, 73.5657°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 12950.

Lewis maintains a quiet, deliberate composure as the Spruce Mill Brook cuts a steady, dark line through the low-lying terrain. It lies 19.4 miles east of North Elba, NY (from North Elba, NY: bearing 83°T), and is situated 18.2 miles west-southwest of Shelburne. The landscape surrounding Lewis consists of vast, open stretches that give way to the expansive, flat expanse of The Plains just a few miles to the west. Big Pond sits only a mile away, its surface reflecting the heavy, slate-colored skies that characterize the interior of the state. On clear days, the distant, jagged silhouette of the Adirondack Mountains rises against the horizon, providing a permanent, stoic backdrop to a region defined by the slow movement of water and the persistent growth of hardy, terrestrial scrub.

Life in Lewis reflects a long-standing reliance on the land, where the Town of Lewis Land preserves the character of the soil and the quietude of the local woods. The economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the seasons, echoing the labor of earlier generations who worked the timber and cleared the brush that still defines the border between the wilderness and the small, scattered outposts of habitation. There is a distinct, metallic quality to the light in late afternoon that catches the edges of the barns and the surface of the brook, stripping the environment of artifice and leaving only the raw, functional beauty of the geography. The pace here is dictated by the transition of the seasons, a cycle felt keenly by those who recognize the weight of the silence in the gaps between the trees.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Town Of Lewis Land (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 011° N
Essex County Lands (Local Conservation Area) — 0.3 mi, 157° SE
Taylor Pond Wild Forest (State Conservation Area) — 2.4 mi, 140° SE
Jay Mountain Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 3.0 mi, 287° W
Hurricane Mountain Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 3.5 mi, 258° W
Pauline Murdock Wma (State Resource Management Area) — 3.5 mi, 187° S
Town Of Elizabethtown Land (Local Park) — 4.0 mi, 201° S
Adirondack history center museum (Museum) — 4.2 mi, 197° S
Hammond Pond Wild Forest (State Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 178° S
Giant View (Viewpoint) — 4.7 mi, 219° SW
Northwest Bay Road (Monument) — 7.8 mi, 137° SE
State of New York Lands (State Recreation Area) — 8.1 mi, 102° E
New York State Lands (State Recreation Area) — 10.7 mi, 053° NE
Adirondack Art Association (Gallery) — 10.9 mi, 077° E
Button Bay State Park (State Park) — 11.6 mi, 124° SE
Bert Williams Farm (Historic Ruins) — 11.8 mi, 303° NW
Buzz Wright Memorial (Monument) — 13.1 mi, 169° S
Clintonville (Monument) — 13.2 mi, 358° N
Potholes (Attraction) — 16.1 mi, 289° W
Indian Head Rock (Attraction) — 16.1 mi, 289° W
Whirlpool Cove (Attraction) — 16.1 mi, 289° W
Master Pothole (Attraction) — 16.1 mi, 289° W
Rokeby Museum Special Collections Library (Museum) — 16.6 mi, 102° E
Robeby Museum (Museum) — 16.7 mi, 102° E
The Vergennes Opera House (Theatre) — 17.2 mi, 115° SE
Big Wooden Bear (8') (Public Artwork) — 17.5 mi, 291° W
North Star Underground Railroad Museum (Museum) — 18.1 mi, 016° N
Crown Point Historic Site (Museum) — 18.3 mi, 158° S
Gage's Redoubt (Historic Castle / Fort) — 18.5 mi, 159° S
Green Mountain National Forest (National Forest) — 26.4 mi, 113° SE · 412k acres

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