Explore Melrose Park, 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 Melrose Park, 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 Melrose Park.
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 | Melrose Park |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Cayuga County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 42.905644 |
| Longitude | -76.514054 |
| Population | 2,141 |
| Density | 221.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 13021 |
| Area Code | 315 |
| County Seat | Auburn |
| School District | Auburn City School District |
Melrose Park occupies a quiet expanse of terrain defined by the steady, persistent presence of the Owasco River. It lies 2.1 miles southeast of Auburn, NY (from Auburn, NY: bearing 141°T), and is situated 6.2 miles west-southwest of Skaneateles. The Owasco Lake provides a serene anchor for the landscape, its surface often reflecting the pale, thin light of late afternoon as the water moves toward the riverbed. Beyond the immediate banks, the land stretches into a quiet corridor of fields and secondary growth, far removed from the distant, jagged silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains. Here, the ground holds the memory of deep seasonal frost, and the air carries a crispness that lingers long after the sun has slipped behind the horizon. The Cayuga County Real Property R Land remains a quiet, unadorned presence, offering a patch of open space that connects the local topography to the wider, inland rhythms of the region.
Melrose Park maintains a steady, deliberate pace that reflects its long-standing relationship with the land and the modest industries that have sustained it over generations. The economy remains rooted in the practical necessities of the region, where the labor of the day is measured by the changing colors of the harvest and the maintenance of local infrastructure. While the Lettie M Cook Memorial Forest stands as a reminder of the dense, wilder reaches that once dominated the interior, modern life here is shaped by the proximity of the water and the simple, functional layout of the roads. Residents often look toward the eventual promise of Cat Hollow, a geologic feature that marks the varied elevation of the surrounding country. Life in Melrose Park is defined by an understated persistence, where the changing seasons dictate the tempo of daily activity and the quiet endurance of its people.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Melrose Park, New York. Coordinates: 42.905644, -76.514054. 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 Melrose Park includes the ZIP code (13021), telephone area code (315), county seat of Cayuga County (Auburn), and school district assignment (Auburn 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. |