Explore Romulus, 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 Romulus, 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 Romulus.
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 | Romulus |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Seneca County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 42.752292 |
| Longitude | -76.833567 |
| Population | 356 |
| Density | 225.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 14541 |
| Area Code | 585 |
| County Seat | Waterloo |
| School District | Romulus Central School District |
Romulus sits upon a wide, glacial plateau where the earth holds the memory of ancient ice in its deep, fertile soils. It lies 10.9 miles southeast of Geneva, NY (from Geneva, NY: bearing 138°T), and is situated 18.4 miles southwest of Auburn. The landscape surrounding Romulus unfolds in a measured sequence of open fields and woodlots, punctuated by the quiet persistence of Kendig Creek as it carves a path toward the nearby waters of Cayuga Lake. To the west, the land descends into the shadows of Hicks Gully, a natural depression that catches the low-slanting autumn sun and holds the mist long after the dawn has broken. Though the distant, jagged silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains remain far beyond the horizon, the immediate terrain maintains a steadfast, grounded character, defined by the seasonal transformation of deciduous trees and the expansive, unencumbered sky that dictates the pace of the day.
History clings to the soil of Romulus like the persistent frost of a late spring, echoing a legacy of agricultural endurance and the disciplined lines of former military installations that once redefined the local economy. The presence of the Seneca County Water District 1 Lands serves as a quiet buffer for the natural world, allowing the local flora to thrive in an area once shaped by the demands of mid-century industry and defense. Life here moves with the deliberate rhythm of the harvest, far removed from the frantic pulse of the state’s urban centers, yet connected to the broader region through a shared reliance on the land. Whether observing the distant spray of Hosmer Falls or walking the quiet borders of the Lettie M Cook Memorial Forest, one finds that Romulus possesses a singular, stoic beauty, defined not by grand monuments, but by the honest labor of the people and the enduring, silent work of the seasons.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Romulus, New York. Coordinates: 42.752292, -76.833567. 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 Romulus includes the ZIP code (14541), telephone area code (585), county seat of Seneca County (Waterloo), and school district assignment (Romulus 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. |