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Severance New York Map

Explore Severance, 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 Severance, New York

How to Use This Severance, New York Map

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

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

Latitude	43.05034
Longitude	-77.72806
Density	N/A /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	14546, 12872
Area Code	585, 845
County Seat	Rochester

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About Severance, New York

Severance is a locality in Monroe County, New York, United States. Severance is located at 43.0503°N, 77.7281°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 14546, 12872.

Severance holds a quiet authority over the landscape, anchored firmly by the proximity of the Genesee River, which carves a deliberate path through the earth just outside the settlement. It lies 5.9 miles west of Henrietta, NY (from Henrietta, NY: bearing 264°T), and is situated 9.2 miles southwest of Rochester. The Genesee Valley Greenway State Park occupies the immediate terrain, offering a long, verdant corridor where the silence is broken only by the shifting of leaves and the occasional rustle of small mammals. To the west, the expansive surface of Rush Reservoir acts as a dark, reflecting mirror for the wide sky, its presence tempering the local atmosphere with a persistent, cooling moisture. On the rare clear day, the distant silhouette of Bulgary Ridge provides a faint, serrated edge to the horizon, grounding the view in a geography that feels both ancient and remarkably still. The light here has a way of thinning as it filters through the canopy, casting long, lean shadows that stretch across the fields until they dissolve into the gray of twilight.

Severance maintains a rhythm dictated by the land, far removed from the frantic commerce of the state’s larger metropolitan centers. Agriculture and the management of the surrounding greenway define the local economy, creating a culture that values the slow accretion of labor over the volatility of industrial shifts. History here is kept in the weathered siding of barns and the preservation of the trails that wind toward Woodchuck Hollow, a place that exists in the collective memory as a quiet, recessed pocket of the region. Those who traverse the area are often reminded of the proximity of High Falls, a reminder of the power inherent in the local waterways that sustain the valley. Life in Severance proceeds with a certain understated dignity, where the community remains tethered to the slow, seasonal pulse of the reservoir and the enduring, steady flow of the river.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Genesee Valley Greenway State Park (State Recreation Area) — 0.0 mi, 324° NW
New York State Lands (State Recreation Area) — 0.0 mi, 325° NW
Riverbend Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 181° S
Reed Road Bird Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 1.0 mi, 327° NW
Town of Henrietta Land (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 148° SE
Genesee River Fishing Access Site (State Park) — 1.4 mi, 172° S
Solar Sunflower (Public Artwork) — 1.8 mi, 078° E
Brookdale Preserve (Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 026° NE
Shop One (Attraction) — 3.3 mi, 047° NE
Cybersecurity Experience Center (Museum) — 3.3 mi, 046° NE
RIT Turf Field (Stadium) — 3.4 mi, 050° NE
Chili Historical Society (Attraction) — 3.5 mi, 280° W
Scholars' Bench (Monument) — 3.5 mi, 048° NE
Tojo Memorial Garden (Monument) — 3.6 mi, 048° NE
Ingle Auditorium (Theatre) — 3.6 mi, 049° NE
Ellingson Memorial (Monument) — 3.7 mi, 051° NE
Altitude Trampoline Park (Attraction) — 5.0 mi, 057° NE
Indykart Raceway (Attraction) — 5.2 mi, 064° NE
Rush Oak Openings Unique Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.5 mi, 161° S
Hartnett Gallery (Gallery) — 7.3 mi, 042° NE
The Creators Hands (Gallery) — 7.5 mi, 047° NE
Paley Studios (Gallery) — 8.1 mi, 022° N
OFC Creations Theatre Center (Theatre) — 8.2 mi, 067° NE
Big Springs Historical Museum (Museum) — 8.3 mi, 231° SW
Highland Park Overlook (Viewpoint) — 8.4 mi, 048° NE
Susan B. Anthony House (Museum) — 8.7 mi, 035° NE
Letchworth State Park (State Park) — 22.2 mi, 201° S
Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 30.4 mi, 279° W · 22k acres

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