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Sandy Creek New York Map

Explore Sandy Creek, 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 Sandy Creek, New York

How to Use This Sandy Creek, New York Map

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

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	Sandy Creek
State	New York (NY)
County	Oswego County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	43.644235
Longitude	-76.086034
Population	646
Density	184.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	13145
Area Code	315
County Seat	Oswego
School District	Sandy Creek Central School District

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About Sandy Creek, New York

Sandy Creek is a locality in Oswego County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 646. The population density is 184.9 people per km². Sandy Creek is located at 43.6442°N, 76.0860°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Sandy Creek is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 13145.

Sandy Creek defines itself through the constant, rhythmic passage of Little Sandy Creek, which carves a path through the low-lying terrain before eventually meeting the open waters of Renshaw Bay six miles to the west. It lies 24.5 miles south-southwest of Watertown, NY (from Watertown, NY: bearing 201°T), and is situated 5.5 miles north-northwest of Richland. Low, damp meadows and dense thickets of brush define the immediate landscape, where the air often carries a sharp, metallic chill rising from the saturated earth. Only three miles away, the quiet surface of North Pond acts as a mirror for the heavy, gray skies that characterize the region, while the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains occasionally haunts the far horizon on the clearest of winter afternoons. The land here remains largely unburdened by artifice, held within the expansive, protected boundaries of the County Of Oswego Land, where the silence is broken only by the migratory shift of birds or the sudden, frantic movement of wind through the marsh grass.

Sandy Creek persists as a quiet intersection of rural industry and historical endurance, where the local economy has long been tethered to the seasonal pulse of the surrounding wetlands and the harvest of the soil. Residents move with a deliberate pace, their daily patterns shaped by the proximity to the water and the persistent, heavy snowfall that settles over the region during the darker months. Visitors who wander further afield might encounter the dramatic descent of Salmon River Falls or catch a glimpse of the distant, lonely shore of Carl Island, yet the character of the place remains anchored in its own modest traditions. Life in Sandy Creek is marked by a deep, quiet familiarity with the elements, where the land and the water dictate the boundaries of the day, leaving little room for pretense in a geography that demands both patience and respect.

Nearby Outdoor Places

County Of Oswego Land (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 211° SW
Little Sandy Creek Fishing Access (State Recreation Area) — 0.7 mi, 264° W
Sandy Creek State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 2.2 mi, 174° S
North Pond Sandy Creek Waterway Access (State Recreation Area) — 3.8 mi, 284° W
Rainbow Shores Preserve (Conservation Area) — 4.0 mi, 243° SW
Winona State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 4.6 mi, 034° NE
Deer Creek Marsh Wma (State Resource Management Area) — 4.9 mi, 234° SW
Sandy Island Beach State Park (State Park) — 5.1 mi, 265° W
Lakeview Wma (State Resource Management Area) — 5.9 mi, 307° NW
Syracuse Northern Railroad bridge (Historic Ruins) — 6.0 mi, 202° S
Jefferson County Lands (Local Conservation Area) — 6.2 mi, 045° NE
Oswego County Lands (Local Conservation Area) — 7.0 mi, 165° S
Selkirk Shores State Park (State Park) — 7.4 mi, 219° SW
Littlejohn State Game Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 9.9 mi, 076° E
Sackets Harbor Historical Society (Museum) — 21.0 mi, 356° N
New York Central Roundhouse (Historic Ruins) — 24.0 mi, 019° N
10th Mountain Division (Monument) — 24.1 mi, 024° NE
Jefferson County Historical Society (Museum) — 24.3 mi, 021° N
Little Theatre of Watertown (Theatre) — 25.2 mi, 022° N
Meteorology Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 26.2 mi, 240° SW
Waterman Theater (Theatre) — 26.6 mi, 240° SW
Lost World Museum (Museum) — 30.6 mi, 201° S
Lewis County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Monument) — 31.2 mi, 071° E
Fort Drum MWR (Attraction) — 31.9 mi, 026° NE
Gosier (Monument) — 33.9 mi, 347° N
Shacksboro Museum (Museum) — 36.2 mi, 200° S
Sainte Marie Mission Site Museum (Museum) — 38.5 mi, 188° S
Boonville Mural (Public Artwork) — 39.8 mi, 106° E
Palace Theatre (Cinema) — 39.8 mi, 182° S
Regal Destiny USA (Cinema) — 40.0 mi, 186° S

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