Sylvan Beach New York Map
Explore Sylvan Beach, 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 Sylvan Beach, New York
How to Use This Sylvan Beach, New York Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Sylvan Beach, 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 Sylvan Beach.
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 | Sylvan Beach |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Oneida County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 43.206652 |
| Longitude | -75.721431 |
| Population | 890 |
| Density | 500.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 14840, 13157 |
| Area Code | 607, 315 |
| County Seat | Utica |
| School District | Camden Central School District |
About Sylvan Beach, New York
Sylvan Beach is a locality in Oneida County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 890. The population density is 500.2 people per km². Sylvan Beach is located at 43.2067°N, 75.7214°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Sylvan Beach is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 14840, 13157.Sylvan Beach emerges where the flat, fertile expanses of upstate New York meet the expansive, shimmering reaches of Oneida Lake. It lies 8.2 miles north-northwest of Oneida, NY (from Oneida, NY: bearing 331°T), and is situated 9.6 miles north of Lenox. The Erie Canal traces a deliberate path through the landscape nearby, its engineered waters anchoring the region in a legacy of transit and internal trade that predates the modern sprawl. Within the Village of Sylvan Beach Land, the terrain remains low and steady, defined by the heavy, moist air that rolls off the water to settle over the local grasses. On clear days, the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains may suggest themselves on the southern horizon, though they remain far removed from the immediate, quiet persistence of the lake’s edge. The light here is particularly heavy in the late afternoon, turning the sky a muted, reflective gray that mirrors the vast, contained expanse of the water.
Sylvan Beach persists as a seasonal point of gravity, shifting its internal rhythm to match the thawing of the soil and the eventual long, white quiet of the winter months. The local economy relies on the steady, cyclical arrival of visitors who seek the open space and the specific, unhurried atmosphere that defines the vicinity. Seven miles away, the Rome Sand Plains provide a stark, ecological contrast to the damp, developed edges of the water, reminding residents of the unique, glacial legacy of the surrounding basin. Life in Sylvan Beach moves in accordance with the weather, marked by the transformation of the landscape from the vibrant, humid intensity of summer to the stark, frozen stillness that descends upon the plains and the water alike. It is a place where the history of internal navigation remains a tangible presence, grounding the small, seasonal footprint of the village in the vast, geological scale of the region.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Erie Canal (State Recreation Area) — 0.4 mi, 168° S
- Village of Sylvan Beach Land (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 221° SW
- Sylvan Village Lands (Local Resource Management Area) — 0.8 mi, 339° N
- Unknown Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 216° SW
- Verona Beach State Park (State Park) — 0.9 mi, 168° S
- North Bay Spring Water District (Local Resource Management Area) — 1.9 mi, 321° NW
- Oneida Fp Detached Parcel (State Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 009° N
- County Legislators Lands (Local Conservation Area) — 4.4 mi, 070° E
- County Reforestation Lands (Local Conservation Area) — 4.7 mi, 010° N
- Oneida Lake At Jewell Fishing Access (State Recreation Area) — 4.9 mi, 282° W
- Rome Sand Plains Unique Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.5 mi, 074° E
- New York State Lands (State Park) — 8.0 mi, 174° S
- Avon Theatre (Theatre) — 9.0 mi, 190° S
- The Showroom at Turning Stone Resort Casino (Theatre) — 9.2 mi, 133° SE
- Peterpaul Recreation Park (Theme Park) — 10.4 mi, 082° E
- Rome Sports Hall of Fame & Museum (Museum) — 11.1 mi, 083° E
- Oneida Community Mansion House (Museum) — 11.7 mi, 150° SE
- All Things Oz Museum (Museum) — 13.4 mi, 213° SW
- Rome Historical Society (Museum) — 13.4 mi, 088° E
- Engine House Number 2 (Museum) — 13.5 mi, 088° E
- B-52 Memorial (Monument) — 14.9 mi, 085° E
- Oriskany Battlefield Monument (Monument) — 17.8 mi, 096° E
- Lime Kiln (Historic Ruins) — 18.5 mi, 232° SW
- 9/11 Memorial Monument (Monument) — 19.9 mi, 236° SW
- Enlarged Erie Canal Aqueduct (Historic Ruins) — 20.0 mi, 100° E
- Jitterbugs (Public Artwork) — 20.1 mi, 200° S
- Cazenovia College Art Gallery (Gallery) — 20.2 mi, 200° S
- Geographical Center of New York State (Attraction) — 20.5 mi, 163° S
- Palace Theatre (Cinema) — 21.9 mi, 244° SW
- Westcott Community Art Gallery (Gallery) — 23.3 mi, 240° SW
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About This Sylvan Beach Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sylvan Beach, New York. Coordinates: 43.206652, -75.721431. 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 Sylvan Beach includes the ZIP code (14840, 13157), telephone area code (607, 315), county seat of Oneida County (Utica), and school district assignment (Camden 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 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. |
