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South Valley New York Map

Explore South Valley, 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 South Valley, New York

How to Use This South Valley, New York Map

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

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	South Valley
State	New York (NY)
County	Otsego County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	42.707297
Longitude	-74.710424
Population	1,200
Density	18.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	13320, 14736
Area Code	315, 607
County Seat	Cooperstown

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About South Valley, New York

South Valley is a locality in Otsego County, New York, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,200. The population density is 18.0 people per km². South Valley is located at 42.7073°N, 74.7104°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 13320, 14736.

South Valley sits upon a landscape defined by the persistent, rhythmic push of Pleasant Brook, which carves a narrow, serpentine path through the terrain. It lies 25.1 miles northeast of Oneonta, NY (from Oneonta, NY: bearing 46°T), and is situated 11.6 miles west of Cobleskill. The air here holds a heavy, damp clarity, cooling quickly as the sun slips behind the distant, hazy silhouette of the Catskill Mountains. To the west, the topography deepens into the quiet depression of Winnie Hollow, while the dense, shadowed thickets of Bear Swamp State Forest press close against the edges of the homesteads. Sunlight strikes the surface of Plank Pond with a pale, flat intensity, revealing the stillness of water that rarely stirs beyond the reach of a passing breeze. Throughout the autumn, the light turns a bruised, metallic gold, illuminating the ragged edges of the woods and the stubborn, rocky soil that characterizes this slice of the interior.

South Valley emerged from the necessity of harnessing the land’s raw resources, its early economy forged in the labor of timber and the slow, deliberate cultivation of small-scale agriculture. The pace of life remains tethered to the seasonal pulse of the region, where the arrival of winter snows dictates a sudden, hushed withdrawal into the hearths of weather-worn frame houses. While the distant, thundering descent of Buttermilk Falls provides a constant, subterranean vibration to the local geography, the daily commerce of South Valley is quiet, centered on the maintenance of rural infrastructure and the quiet endurance of its inhabitants. There is a profound, unadorned honesty in the way the local roads follow the contours of the brook, avoiding the vanity of straight lines in favor of a path that respects the stubborn reality of the earth.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Bear Swamp State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 0.6 mi, 129° SE
R. Milton Hick Memorial State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 268° W
Village Of Sharon Springs Pond Land (Local Park) — 4.2 mi, 035° NE
Otsego County Lands (Local Conservation Area) — 4.7 mi, 252° W
New York State Lands (State Recreation Area) — 5.1 mi, 134° SE
Cherry Valley Massacre Monument (Monument) — 6.4 mi, 339° N
Betty and Wilbur Davis State Park (State Park) — 6.5 mi, 247° SW
Town Of Sharon Land (Local Park) — 6.7 mi, 040° NE
David Pethic Memorial Plaque (Monument) — 6.9 mi, 245° SW
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 8.5 mi, 124° SE
Richmondville Service Memorial (Monument) — 9.0 mi, 124° SE
Glimmerglass State Park (State Park) — 9.2 mi, 307° NW
The Point (Viewpoint) — 9.9 mi, 101° E
The Hunter (Public Artwork) — 10.8 mi, 268° W
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (Museum) — 10.8 mi, 267° W
Heroes of Baseball Wax Museum (Museum) — 10.9 mi, 268° W
Fenimore Art Museum (Museum) — 11.0 mi, 273° W
Erie Canal (State Recreation Area) — 15.1 mi, 023° NE
Gobbler's Knob Family Fun Park (Attraction) — 15.3 mi, 098° E
Arkell Museum (Museum) — 15.5 mi, 027° NE
Canal Street Studio (Gallery) — 16.3 mi, 015° N
Fort Plain Museum and Historical Park (Museum) — 16.6 mi, 014° N
Capitol Theatre (Theatre) — 17.2 mi, 306° NW
Little Falls Canal Aqueduct (Historic Ruins) — 24.2 mi, 342° N
Southside Mall Cinema (Cinema) — 24.8 mi, 224° SW
Fort Herkimer Waste Weir (Historic Ruins) — 24.8 mi, 330° NW
Foothills Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 25.1 mi, 226° SW
Fulton County Jail (historic) (Historic Castle / Fort) — 26.7 mi, 040° NE
Beaver Creek State Forest (State Wilderness) — 32.0 mi, 290° W
Silver Lake Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 37.4 mi, 015° N

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