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Spencer New York Map

Explore Spencer, 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 Spencer, New York

How to Use This Spencer, New York Map

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

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

Latitude	42.209796
Longitude	-76.493275
Population	719
Density	268.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	14883
Area Code	607
County Seat	Owego
School District	Spencer-Van Etten Central School District

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About Spencer, New York

Spencer is a locality in Tioga County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 719. The population density is 268.2 people per km². Spencer is located at 42.2098°N, 76.4933°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Spencer is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 14883.

Spencer occupies a landscape defined by the steady, unassuming passage of Catatonk Creek, which carves a deliberate path through the valley floor. It lies 16.0 miles south of Ithaca, NY (from Ithaca, NY: bearing 179°T), and is situated 8.8 miles northwest of Tioga. The terrain surrounding Spencer consists of broad, open fields that transition into the dense, shadowed timberlands of Danby State Forest, where the sunlight filters through the canopy in thin, pale shafts during the late afternoon. Two miles distant, the waters of Spencer Lake offer a quiet, reflective stillness, while the deeper topographical depression of Gay Hollow serves as a reminder of the ancient, glacial shifts that shaped the region’s soil. The air here holds a crisp, earthen clarity, especially as the shadows lengthen over the Village Of Spencer Land, grounding the geography in a sense of permanent, unadorned stability.

Industry and settlement in Spencer have long been dictated by the rhythms of the land, moving from the early clearings made by pioneers to the modern persistence of small-scale agriculture and regional trade. The local economy maintains a modest, resilient pace, echoing the industrious spirit of those who first harnessed the nearby waterways to power their early ventures. While the distant, blue-tinted haze of the Appalachian Mountains marks the horizon, the focus of Spencer remains fixed on its own immediate, tangible surroundings and the quiet commerce of daily life. The architecture and pathways of the locality reflect a legacy of endurance, where the passing seasons leave a faint, weathered patina on the infrastructure, marking the steady continuity of a place that values its own deliberate, measured progress.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Village Of Spencer Land (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 342° N
Spencer Historical Museum (Museum) — 0.3 mi, 347° N
Danby State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 3.8 mi, 008° N
County Of Chemung Land (Local Park) — 8.7 mi, 278° W
Tompkins County Lands (Local Conservation Area) — 8.8 mi, 322° NW
Buttermilk Falls State Park (State Park) — 8.9 mi, 001° N
Shindagin Hollow State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 10.0 mi, 035° NE
Danby Gathery Art Works (Gallery) — 10.3 mi, 003° N
Connecticut Hill Wma (State Resource Management Area) — 11.9 mi, 321° NW
Robert H. Treman State Park (State Park) — 13.1 mi, 347° N
Black Diamond Trail (State Recreation Area) — 13.2 mi, 349° N
Unidentified Stone Tower (Historic Ruins) — 13.5 mi, 347° N
SaSaNa Loft Monument (Monument) — 13.7 mi, 120° SE
Incodema (Attraction) — 13.8 mi, 015° N
Signal Culture (Arts Centre) — 13.9 mi, 122° SE
Wildwood Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 14.4 mi, 179° S
Cinemapolis (Cinema) — 15.8 mi, 359° N
Sayre Historical Society (Museum) — 15.8 mi, 184° S
Tompkins Center for History & Culture (Museum) — 15.9 mi, 359° N
Hickories Park Founding Plaque (Monument) — 16.0 mi, 121° SE
Statler Auditorium (Theatre) — 16.3 mi, 002° N
Cayuga-Seneca Canal (State Recreation Area) — 16.3 mi, 357° N
Cornell Cinema (Cinema) — 16.3 mi, 001° N
Monument of Ezra Cornell (Monument) — 16.5 mi, 001° N
Newtown Battlefield (Registered Battlefield) — 16.7 mi, 228° SW
Southeast Overlook (Viewpoint) — 16.8 mi, 007° N
Risley Theater (Theatre) — 16.8 mi, 002° N
Loyalsock State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 17.6 mi, 183° S
Elmira Heights Historical Society (Museum) — 17.7 mi, 252° W
Finger Lakes National Forest (National Forest) — 23.5 mi, 329° NW · 16k acres

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