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Swain New York Map

Explore Swain, 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 Swain, New York

How to Use This Swain, New York Map

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

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

Latitude	42.477844
Longitude	-77.853332
Population	580
Density	22.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	14884
Area Code	607
County Seat	Belmont

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About Swain, New York

Swain is a locality in Allegany County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 580. The population density is 22.0 people per km². Swain is located at 42.4778°N, 77.8533°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 14884.

Swain remains a quiet enclave where the land rises into earnest, earthen swells that define the local topography. It lies 39.7 miles southwest of Canandaigua, NY (from Canandaigua, NY: bearing 227°T), and is situated 9.9 miles southwest of Dansville. Ewart Creek meanders through the landscape, its waters carving a path that dictates the flow of the terrain toward the deeper, wooded recesses of the nearby Allegany County Lands. Beyond these immediate slopes, the horizon is held by the distant, muted silhouette of Cream Ridge, which anchors the view against a sky that often turns a bruised, heavy gray before the onset of winter. The proximity of Hovey Gully creates a subtle, sudden drop in the elevation, a geological crease that captures the morning mist long after the rest of the fields have dried. Sunlight here possesses a brittle, filtered quality, casting long shadows across the fallow fields that stretch toward the Nunda Reservoir, five miles away, where the water mirrors the shifting cloud cover in a vast, polished pane.

Swain preserves a singular, deliberate pace, built upon a heritage that favors the resilience of the soil and the quiet endurance of those who work it. The economy has long been tethered to the rhythmic demands of regional agriculture and the seasonal shifts that dictate the viability of the land. Historically, the area functioned as a modest crossroads where the necessities of rural life were exchanged, leaving behind a character defined more by self-reliance than by ostentation. The people of Swain carry a measured stillness in their daily habits, reflecting a life lived in accordance with the turning of the seasons rather than the frantic pulse of industrial centers. Whatever the era, the local identity is etched into the way the roads trace the natural contours of the valley, ensuring that the influence of the earth remains the primary architect of the local experience.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Allegany County Lands (Local Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 356° N
Ossian State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 055° NE
Rattlesnake Hill Wma (State Resource Management Area) — 1.2 mi, 328° NW
Rattlesnake Hill Wildlife Management Area (State Resource Management Area) — 1.5 mi, 314° NW
Village Of Canaseraga Land (Local Park) — 2.3 mi, 075° E
Canaseraga State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 067° NE
Village of Nunda Land (Local Park) — 4.8 mi, 325° NW
Genesee Valley Greenway State Park (State Recreation Area) — 8.3 mi, 326° NW
Stony Brook State Park (State Park) — 8.3 mi, 069° E
Larry's Lookout (Viewpoint) — 8.6 mi, 073° E
New York State Lands (State Recreation Area) — 8.8 mi, 324° NW
Letchworth State Park (State Park) — 9.2 mi, 319° NW
Dansville Civil War Monument (Monument) — 9.8 mi, 054° NE
Civilian Conservation Corps Memorial (Monument) — 11.2 mi, 314° NW
Genesee Falls Balloon (Attraction) — 11.6 mi, 302° NW
First New York Dragoons Volunteers Civil War Monument (Monument) — 12.1 mi, 309° NW
Balloons Over Letchworth Launch (Attraction) — 12.1 mi, 306° NW
Mary Jemison (Public Artwork) — 12.2 mi, 308° NW
Hidden Waterfall (Attraction) — 15.1 mi, 238° SW
Fosdick-Nelson Gallery (Gallery) — 15.7 mi, 168° S
Robert C. Turner Gallery (Gallery) — 15.7 mi, 168° S
Houghton College Center For The Arts (Arts Centre) — 15.7 mi, 257° W
Alfred Art Studio At the West (Arts Centre) — 15.7 mi, 168° S
Grumman F6F Hellcat (Replica) (Attraction) — 22.0 mi, 001° N
Geneseo Theaters (Cinema) — 22.1 mi, 008° N
Spotlight Theater (Cinema) — 23.0 mi, 322° NW
Bristol Valley Theatre (Theatre) — 24.7 mi, 068° E
Mather Homestead Museum (Museum) — 24.9 mi, 192° S
Babcock Theatre (Theatre) — 25.0 mi, 191° S
Allegheny National Forest (National Forest) — 56.7 mi, 235° SW · 514k acres

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