Ransomville New York Map
Explore Ransomville, 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 Ransomville, New York
How to Use This Ransomville, New York Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Ransomville, 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 Ransomville.
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 | Ransomville |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Niagara County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 43.238667 |
| Longitude | -78.909763 |
| Population | 1,316 |
| Density | 86.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 14131 |
| Area Code | 716 |
| County Seat | Lockport |
| School District | Wilson Central School District |
About Ransomville, New York
Ransomville is a locality in Niagara County, New York, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,316. The population density is 86.1 people per km². Ransomville is located at 43.2387°N, 78.9098°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 14131.Ransomville exists as a quiet confluence of flat, fertile earth where the sky feels expansive and unburdened by the heavy shade of distant peaks. It lies 9.6 miles west-southwest of Niagara, NY (from Niagara, NY: bearing 238°T), and is situated 7.8 miles northeast of Lewiston. The landscape here is characterized by the steady, industrious rhythm of agriculture, marked by expansive fields that transition slowly into the wooded boundaries of the Ransomville Water District Lands. Twelvemile Creek carves a humble, persistent path through the soil, its presence a constant, low-frequency hum in the local ecology, while the cooling influence of Lake Ontario hangs in the air just four miles to the north, tempering the heat of midsummer afternoons. During the long, gray months of the regional winter, the land settles into a stark, monochromatic stillness, where the frost clings to the stalks of dormant crops and the light at dusk turns the horizon into a thin, bruised ribbon of violet.
Ransomville maintains a character forged in the deliberate, solitary labor of those who work the land, a tradition that persists alongside the modern, quiet pace of a place defined more by its internal consistency than by external ambition. The local economy remains tethered to the soil, with the seasons dictating the cadence of life, much as they have since the earliest settlers recognized the value of this high-latitude basin. While the distant, uneven terrain of West Hill serves as a mere suggestion of elevation far to the south, the immediate focus remains on the productivity of the orchards and the maintenance of the infrastructure that supports rural life. The people of Ransomville move with a measured, practical grace, accustomed to the isolation that comes from living in a pocket of land that values utility and endurance over the transient noise of more populous corridors.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Town Of Porter Land (Local Park) — 2.9 mi, 262° W
- Dickersonville Cemetery (Monument) — 3.8 mi, 203° SW
- Wilson-Tuscarora State Park (State Park) — 4.5 mi, 026° NE
- Four Mile Creek State Park (State Park) — 4.6 mi, 301° NW
- Unknown Park (Local Park) — 6.9 mi, 037° NE
- Tuscarora Heroes Monument (Monument) — 7.8 mi, 234° SW
- Lewiston History Museum (Museum) — 8.1 mi, 235° SW
- Freedom Crossing Monument (Monument) — 8.3 mi, 237° SW
- Whirlpool Jetboat Tours (Attraction) — 8.4 mi, 237° SW
- Niagara Power Vista (Viewpoint) — 9.5 mi, 224° SW
- Whirlpool Rapids (Attraction) — 11.5 mi, 225° SW
- Whirlpool Aero Car (Attraction) — 11.6 mi, 224° SW
- Old bridge foundation (Historic Ruins) — 11.7 mi, 220° SW
- New York State Erie Canal Museum at Locks 34 & 35 (Museum) — 11.9 mi, 113° SE
- New York State Lands (State Recreation Area) — 12.3 mi, 109° E
- Atlantic Humpback Whales, Wall #81 (Public Artwork) — 12.5 mi, 217° SW
- Kenan House Gallery (Gallery) — 12.6 mi, 116° SE
- Taylor Theater (Theatre) — 12.6 mi, 116° SE
- Lytle Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 12.7 mi, 104° E
- Schoellkopf Power Plant Ruins (Attraction) — 12.7 mi, 217° SW
- Old Stone Chimney (Historic Ruins) — 13.0 mi, 212° SW
- Erie Canal (State Recreation Area) — 13.6 mi, 163° S
- River Art Gallery & Gifts (Gallery) — 14.9 mi, 174° S
- Niagara Amusement Park & Splash World (Theme Park) — 15.2 mi, 193° S
- Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.0 mi, 109° E · 22k acres
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About This Ransomville Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ransomville, New York. Coordinates: 43.238667, -78.909763. 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 Ransomville includes the ZIP code (14131), telephone area code (716), county seat of Niagara County (Lockport), and school district assignment (Wilson 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. |
