Explore Little Falls, 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 Little Falls, 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 Little Falls.
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 | Little Falls |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Herkimer County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 43.043404 |
| Longitude | -74.859596 |
| Population | 4,605 |
| Density | 463.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 13365 |
| Area Code | 315 |
| County Seat | Herkimer |
| School District | Little Falls City School District |
Little Falls occupies a deep, narrow gorge where the Mohawk River carves a dramatic passage through the bedrock, creating a rugged silhouette of stone and water. It lies 19.2 miles east-southeast of Utica, NY (from Utica, NY: bearing 102°T), and is situated 9.1 miles east-northeast of Ilion. The terrain rises sharply from the river’s edge, where the dark, jagged cliffs define the physical character of the landscape more than any distant peak. Sunlight hits the water at an angle that turns the flow into hammered pewter, illuminating the moss-slicked boulders that have remained unmoved for centuries. Beyond the immediate banks, the land stretches into a quiet, terrestrial vastness, far removed from the pressures of the distant coastline, with the peaceful expanse of Kyser Lake resting five miles away.
Industrial ambition once harnessed the raw power of the Mohawk River to drive the mills and factories that shaped the identity of Little Falls, leaving behind a legacy of sturdy brick architecture that still anchors the streets. The local economy, having transitioned from its manufacturing origins, now finds a slower, more deliberate pace, with the open grounds of Park providing a space for the quiet observation of the changing seasons. Residents move through a landscape that bears the weight of generations, where the daily rhythm is marked by the shifting light against the stone walls and the steady, unceasing movement of the river. Despite the distance from the Appalachian Mountains, the horizon remains dominated by the earth's natural geometry, grounding the spirit of those who call this place home.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Little Falls, New York. Coordinates: 43.043404, -74.859596. 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 Little Falls includes the ZIP code (13365), telephone area code (315), county seat of Herkimer County (Herkimer), and school district assignment (Little Falls City 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. |