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Plainville New York Map

Explore Plainville, 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.

Interactive Map of Plainville, New York

How to Use This Plainville, New York Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Plainville, 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 Plainville.

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	Plainville
State	New York (NY)
County	Onondaga County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	43.159234
Longitude	-76.447159
Population	1,800
Density	120.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	13112, 13137
Area Code	315
County Seat	Syracuse

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About Plainville, New York

Plainville is a locality in Onondaga County, New York, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,800. The population density is 120.0 people per km². Plainville is located at 43.1592°N, 76.4472°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 13112, 13137.

Plainville occupies a quiet expanse of land where the horizon is defined by the steady, unhurried flow of the Seneca River. It lies 3.3 miles south of Lysander, NY (from Lysander, NY: bearing 170°T), and is situated 8.0 miles west-northwest of Van Buren. The atmosphere here carries the damp weight of a landscape shaped by water, as the nearby waters of Cross Lake and the sheltered reach of Cornells Cove temper the intensity of the seasons. Even in the height of summer, the air retains a cool, fluid quality, and the light at dusk often takes on a bruised, silvery cast that reflects off the wetlands and low-lying fields. To the west, the distant silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains serves as a vague, jagged reminder of the wider world, while the immediate topography remains defined by the gentle, deep-cut depression of Whiskey Hollow, where the shadows linger long after the morning sun has cleared the treeline.

Plainville maintains a rhythm dictated by the persistent, utilitarian influence of the Erie Canal, which cuts a straight, iron-gray line through the local geography. The economy has shifted over generations from the seasonal labor of the fields to a more modest, quiet persistence, with the presence of Big Island nearby serving as a persistent landmark for those who work the waterways and adjacent acreage. In the quiet transition between the harvest and the first frost, the inhabitants move with a familiarity born of long winters and the steady, predictable pulse of the regional landscape. There is a particular, austere beauty in the way the local architecture keeps low to the ground, hunkering down against the elements as if to mirror the stoic, self-contained character of a population that has long found its purpose in the fertile, damp soil of the valley.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Erie Canal (State Recreation Area) — 1.2 mi, 142° SE
Village Of Baldwinsville Land (Local Park) — 1.9 mi, 075° E
Onondaga County Land (Local Park) — 1.9 mi, 052° NE
Cross Lake Islands Wma (State Resource Management Area) — 3.2 mi, 194° S
Three Rivers Wma (State Resource Management Area) — 4.1 mi, 059° NE
Oswego Canal (State Recreation Area) — 5.6 mi, 003° N
Shacksboro Museum (Museum) — 5.7 mi, 095° E
Great Bear Recreational Area (Local Recreation) — 8.1 mi, 029° NE
Lost World Museum (Museum) — 8.8 mi, 057° NE
Weedsport Theatre (Theatre) — 9.7 mi, 217° SW
Camillus Forest Unique Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.7 mi, 128° SE
Movie Tavern (Cinema) — 11.4 mi, 128° SE
Kallet-State Theatre (Theatre) — 11.4 mi, 008° N
Northern Montezuma Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.6 mi, 235° SW
Department Of The Air Force (Monument) — 13.1 mi, 118° SE
Veterans Memorial At The Fair (Monument) — 13.1 mi, 118° SE
United States Coast Guard (Monument) — 13.1 mi, 118° SE
Great New York State Fair (Attraction) — 13.2 mi, 117° SE
Sainte Marie Mission Site Museum (Museum) — 13.5 mi, 110° E
John D. Barrow Gallery (Gallery) — 14.8 mi, 176° S
Regal Destiny USA (Cinema) — 15.1 mi, 114° SE
Tipperary Hill Heritage Memorial (Public Artwork) — 15.3 mi, 120° SE
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.9 mi, 240° SW · 20k acres
601 Tully (Gallery) — 16.3 mi, 119° SE
Fair Haven Beach State Park (State Park) — 16.4 mi, 314° NW
La Casita Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 16.5 mi, 118° SE
Site of Crossover Bridge (Historic Ruins) — 16.6 mi, 232° SW
Cayuga-Seneca Canal Lock 11 (Historic Ruins) — 16.6 mi, 231° SW
Onondaga Historical Association Museum & Research Center (Museum) — 16.9 mi, 117° SE
Montezuma Marshes Nnl (National Monument) — 18.5 mi, 232° SW · 4,306 acres

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