Explore Sonyea, 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 Sonyea, 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 Sonyea.
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 | Sonyea |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Livingston County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 42.678953 |
| Longitude | -77.827223 |
| Population | 2,200 |
| Density | 55.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 14556 |
| Area Code | 585 |
| County Seat | Geneseo |
Sonyea occupies a quiet expanse of land where the persistent, rhythmic flow of Keshequa Creek carves a path through the earth. It lies 28.4 miles south-southwest of Henrietta, NY (from Henrietta, NY: bearing 203°T), and is situated 8.1 miles south of Geneseo. The landscape surrounding Sonyea is defined by a slow, deliberate terrain, an inland stretch of terrain that feels anchored by the presence of Genesee Valley Greenway State Park, which cuts a straight, quiet line through the brush and timber. The light here in the late afternoon possesses a heavy, amber quality, catching the edges of the tall grasses and casting long, thin shadows that seem to stretch toward the distant silhouette of Cream Ridge on the horizon. It is a place of muted colors and damp, fertile soil, where the air smells perpetually of turned earth and the dense, dark thickets that define the local woods.
History lingers in the deliberate pace of the region, marked by the legacy of the Craig Colony, which once transformed the character of the site into an expansive, self-sustaining institution. The economy of Sonyea has long been tethered to these sprawling grounds, mirroring the transition of the surrounding landscape from agricultural roots to the quiet administrative and recreational use of the modern era. Life moves in sync with the seasons, far removed from the bustle of the state’s urban centers, finding a solitary beauty in the proximity of Conesus Lake or the hidden, rushing descent of Fall Brook Falls. While the nearby Wildcat Gully offers a sharper, more dramatic topography, Sonyea remains a place of steady, understated existence, where the daily rhythm is measured by the wind moving through the trees and the slow, seasonal change of the upstate sky.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sonyea, New York. Coordinates: 42.678953, -77.827223. 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 Sonyea includes the ZIP code (14556), telephone area code (585), county seat of Livingston County (Geneseo), and school district assignment.
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. |