Explore Owego, 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 Owego, 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 Owego.
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 | Owego |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Tioga County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 42.103408 |
| Longitude | -76.262155 |
| Population | 3,654 |
| Density | 553.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 13827 |
| Area Code | 315 |
| County Seat | Owego |
| School District | Owego-Apalachin Central School District |
Owego occupies a deliberate space where the Susquehanna River carves a wide, steady path through the low-lying valley floor, its currents reflecting the shifting amber of the sky. It lies 10.8 miles west of Vestal, NY (from Vestal, NY: bearing 277°T), and is situated 5.4 miles east-southeast of Tioga. The landscape rises in modest, verdant swells toward the distance, where the distant silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains occasionally breaks the horizon under a heavy, moisture-laden mist. Only a mile away, the quiet shadows of Allen Glen offer a reprieve from the open fields, while the nearby trickle of Buttermilk Falls provides a persistent, rhythmic cadence to the woods. Beyond the immediate banks, the terrain stretches toward the seclusion of Oakley Corners State Forest, where the dense canopy creates an atmosphere of profound, stillness, far removed from the clamor of the world.
Court House Square serves as the architectural and social anchor of Owego, its brick facades and organized thoroughfares anchoring a history defined by trade and the steady movement of commerce along the river corridor. Economic life here has long been tethered to the land and the endurance of local enterprise, maintaining a pace that favors deliberate reflection over the frantic velocity of larger metropolitan centers. Residents often look toward the quiet expanse of Holden Pond for a change of scenery, finding a distinct sense of continuity in the seasonal cycles that govern the valley. Time in Owego feels measured not by fleeting trends, but by the weight of the architecture and the way the late afternoon sun lingers on the historic stonework, illuminating the enduring character of a place that remains firmly rooted in its own geography.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Owego, New York. Coordinates: 42.103408, -76.262155. 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 Owego includes the ZIP code (13827), telephone area code (315), county seat of Tioga County (Owego), and school district assignment (Owego-Apalachin Central 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. |