Explore Moira, 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 Moira, 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 Moira.
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 | Moira |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Franklin County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 44.818108 |
| Longitude | -74.555736 |
| Population | 2,400 |
| Density | 35.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 12957 |
| Area Code | 845 |
| County Seat | Malone |
Moira reveals itself through a landscape of expansive, level fields that hold the pale, northern light with a quiet, persistent gravity. It lies 18.1 miles east-southeast of Massena, NY (from Massena, NY: bearing 115°T), and is situated 13.0 miles west of Malone. Lawrence Brook meanders through the low-lying terrain, its waters carving a subtle path through the earth only a mile from the center of activity. To the south, the distant silhouette of the Adirondack Mountains anchors the horizon, a jagged reminder of the rugged wilderness that defines the broader region. The air here carries a crisp, clean weight, particularly during the transition of seasons when the foliage of Franklin State Forest Number Two, located six miles away, burns with the deep, rusted hues of autumn. At dusk, shadows stretch across the open plains, turning the fields into vast, muted canvases that seem to hold the silence of the North Country in their keeping.
Moira traces its origins to the labor of early settlers who recognized the agricultural potential of this fertile expanse, establishing a rhythm of life dictated by the seasons and the soil. The local economy remains tethered to the land, with working farms and modest industry providing the sturdy foundation upon which the daily routine turns. Residents often find respite in the quietude of the Town Of Moira Land, a local preserve that offers a space for reflection away from the steady, rhythmic demands of agricultural production. Life in Moira moves with a deliberate, unadorned pace, where the changing color of the sky above the fields serves as the primary clock for those who work the earth. Even when the winter frost settles heavily over the ground, the people maintain a grounded perspective, finding a strange, enduring beauty in the stark, monochromatic landscape that persists until the first thaw.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Moira, New York. Coordinates: 44.818108, -74.555736. 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 Moira includes the ZIP code (12957), telephone area code (845), county seat of Franklin County (Malone), and school district assignment.
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. |