Explore Ontario Center, 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 Ontario Center, 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 Ontario Center.
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 | Ontario Center |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Wayne County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 43.225897 |
| Longitude | -77.305821 |
| Population | 480 |
| Density | 35.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 14519, 14520 |
| Area Code | 585 |
| County Seat | Lyons |
Ontario Center occupies a quiet expanse of land defined by the expansive, slate-gray presence of Lake Ontario to the north. It lies 1.2 miles west-northwest of Ontario, NY (from Ontario, NY: bearing 287°T), and is situated 6.3 miles east of Webster. This landscape is characterized by flat to gently sloping terrain that holds the heavy, damp chill of the region’s long winters, while the nearby Ontario Town Lands provides a preserve of unmanicured thickets and open meadows. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and cooling stone, especially when the light fades over the horizon, casting long, thin shadows across the fields that stretch toward the distant silhouette of Maple Ridge. Water defines the local geography, with the modest, winding path of Bear Creek cutting through the soil just a mile away, serving as a quiet artery for the local watershed.
Ontario Center grew from an economy deeply rooted in the cultivation of the land, where the legacy of expansive orchards and agricultural labor remains etched into the rhythm of the seasons. The transition from a quiet farming settlement to a residential hub has maintained a steady, deliberate pace, far removed from the frenetic intensity of larger urban centers. Residents navigate a landscape where the remnants of historical homesteads sit alongside modern homes, reflecting a history of steady, modest growth. Life in Ontario Center revolves around the seasonal shifts of the upstate climate, where the harvest and the first snowfall dictate the tempo of the day, ensuring that the character of the place remains fixed in the quiet, persistent toil of those who work the soil.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ontario Center, New York. Coordinates: 43.225897, -77.305821. 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 Ontario Center includes the ZIP code (14519, 14520), telephone area code (585), county seat of Wayne County (Lyons), 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. |