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Sidney New York Map

Explore Sidney, 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 Sidney, New York

How to Use This Sidney, New York Map

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

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.

CitySidney
StateNew York (NY)
CountyDelaware County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude42.314802
Longitude-75.391566
Population3,697
Density599.8 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code13838
Area Code315
County SeatDelhi
School DistrictSidney Central School District

About Sidney, New York

Sidney is a locality in Delaware County, New York, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,697. The population density is 599.8 people per km². Sidney is located at 42.3148°N, 75.3916°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Sidney is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 13838.

Sidney spreads across a wide, flat basin where the Susquehanna River carves a deliberate path through the landscape, defining the character of the valley floor. It lies 19.3 miles west-southwest of Oneonta, NY (from Oneonta, NY: bearing 240°T), and is situated 8.0 miles southeast of Guilford. The air here holds a crisp, terrestrial stillness, untroubled by the distant, hazy blue silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains that gather on the far horizon. Two miles to the north, the waters of Sidney Reservoir offer a quiet stillness, while the terrain beyond the riverbanks rises into the sheltered folds of Rogers Hollow. Within the immediate reach of the streets, the Village Of Sidney Land provides an open green common, a place where the light at dusk settles in long, amber streaks across the mown grass and the low-slung architecture of the valley.

Sidney persists as a place forged by the steady movement of the Susquehanna River, which once powered the mills and factories that anchored the local economy. Though the industrial hum of earlier generations has quieted, the remnants of that work remain in the sturdy, brick-faced buildings that line the center of the grid. Beyond the developed streets, the surrounding woods, including the nearby Chenango State Forest, provide a dark, dense perimeter of pine and hardwood that dictates the seasonal rhythm of the people. Life in Sidney moves with the deliberate pace of a place that values its own internal geography, where the changing color of the leaves and the first frost in the hollows serve as the primary markers of the passing year.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Village Of Sidney Land (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 139° SE
  • Unknown Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 027° NE
  • Sidney Veterans Memorial Park (Monument) — 0.7 mi, 244° SW
  • Pine Hill State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 2.2 mi, 167° S
  • South Hill State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 306° NW
  • Otsego County Lands (Local Conservation Area) — 6.3 mi, 043° NE
  • Golf Driving Range (Attraction) — 7.7 mi, 269° W
  • Oquaga Creek State Park (State Park) — 8.7 mi, 186° S
  • Site of the Prophet Trial (Attraction) — 9.1 mi, 229° SW
  • Home of Squire Zachariah Tarble (Attraction) — 9.3 mi, 226° SW
  • Joshia Stowell Home & Farm (Attraction) — 12.2 mi, 234° SW
  • 6 On the Square (Arts Centre) — 13.7 mi, 310° NW
  • The Stone Quarry Lookout (Viewpoint) — 16.6 mi, 333° NW
  • Northeast Classic Car Museum (Museum) — 16.7 mi, 337° NW
  • Schines Oneonta Theatre (Theatre) — 19.3 mi, 060° NE
  • Bowman Lake State Park (State Park) — 19.3 mi, 315° NW
  • All Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 19.3 mi, 273° W
  • Foothills Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 19.3 mi, 061° NE
  • Oneonta History Centre (Museum) — 19.3 mi, 060° NE
  • Statue of Liberty Replica (Public Artwork) — 19.4 mi, 061° NE
  • Southside Mall Cinema (Cinema) — 19.9 mi, 063° NE
  • Handen Covered Bridge (Monument) — 22.2 mi, 112° E
  • Bushel Collective (Arts Centre) — 24.4 mi, 096° E
  • Hancock-Chehocton Historical Society (Museum) — 25.4 mi, 167° S
  • Trout Brook Studios (Gallery) — 25.6 mi, 167° S

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About This Sidney Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sidney, New York. Coordinates: 42.314802, -75.391566. 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 Sidney includes the ZIP code (13838), telephone area code (315), county seat of Delaware County (Delhi), and school district assignment (Sidney 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.