Explore Schuyler Lake, 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 Schuyler Lake, 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 Schuyler Lake.
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 | Schuyler Lake |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Otsego County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 42.780351 |
| Longitude | -75.027935 |
| Population | 189 |
| Density | 22.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 13348, 13457 |
| Area Code | 315 |
| County Seat | Cooperstown |
| School District | Richfield Springs Central School District |
Schuyler Lake occupies a quiet, verdant corner of the landscape where the land yields to the persistent, winding course of Herkimer Creek. It lies 22.7 miles north of Oneonta, NY (from Oneonta, NY: bearing 5°T), and is situated 7.6 miles northwest of Cooperstown. The terrain here is defined by a slow, measured transition from open fields to dense, timbered thickets that hold the damp chill of the morning long after the sun has climbed. Only a mile away, the expansive surface of Canadarago Lake mirrors the shifting moods of the sky, acting as a deep, still anchor for the surrounding geography. On the distant horizon, the faint, jagged silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains provide a permanent, shadowy boundary to the view, while the local air maintains a crisp, inland clarity that defines the seasonal passage from humid summers to the biting, iron-gray winters of the region.
Schuyler Lake maintains an economy rooted in the deliberate pace of rural stewardship, where the rhythm of the day is dictated by the requirements of the soil and the maintenance of the homestead. Historical echoes linger in the architecture of the older dwellings, remnants of a time when the prosperity of the area relied upon the industrious use of local timber and the bounty of the nearby earth. Residents often look toward the natural landmarks that shape their daily orbits, such as the distant, rushing descent of Leatherstocking Falls or the quiet, sheltered terrain of Wedderspoon Hollow. For those seeking the solitude of the outdoors, the facilities at Canadarago Boat Marine Park offer a space to observe the water without the intrusion of modern urgency, preserving a way of life that values the stillness of the woods over the clamor of the wider world.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Schuyler Lake, New York. Coordinates: 42.780351, -75.027935. 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 Schuyler Lake includes the ZIP code (13348, 13457), telephone area code (315), county seat of Otsego County (Cooperstown), and school district assignment (Richfield Springs 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. |