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Van Buren Bay New York Map

Explore Van Buren Bay, 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 Van Buren Bay, New York

How to Use This Van Buren Bay, New York Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Van Buren Bay, 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 Van Buren Bay.

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	Van Buren Bay
State	New York (NY)
County	Chautauqua County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	42.450335
Longitude	-79.406434
Population	480
Density	18.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	14048, 14728
Area Code	716, 607
County Seat	Mayville

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About Van Buren Bay, New York

Van Buren Bay is a locality in Chautauqua County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Van Buren Bay is located at 42.4503°N, 79.4064°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 14048, 14728.

Van Buren Bay stretches along the expansive, slate-gray expanse of Lake Erie, where the horizon dissolves into an infinite, shifting line of water and sky. It lies 4.2 miles west-southwest of Dunkirk, NY (from Dunkirk, NY: bearing 241°T), and is situated 5.0 miles north-northwest of Pomfret. The terrain rises from the water’s edge with a quiet, persistent gravity, characterized by low-lying plains and the sudden, rhythmic geometry of glacial deposits. A short distance away, the cool, dark currents of Little Canadaway Creek carve a narrow path through the shale, moving with a steady, deliberate purpose toward the lake. During the golden hour, the light here loses its sharpness, casting long, bruised shadows across the flat, open land, and the air carries a crisp, mineral quality that feels heavy with the coming chill of the northern seasons.

History in Van Buren Bay is marked by the slow, seasonal pulse of agriculture and the transition from early settlement to a place of seasonal respite. The local economy persists in the quiet shadow of regional fruit orchards and the remnants of a legacy shaped by the land’s fertility, far removed from the frantic commerce of the state’s urban centers. Visitors often gravitate toward Beach, finding there a stark, unadorned connection to the scale of the landscape. While the deep, wooded solitude of the State Reforestation Area waits twelve miles to the south, the immediate character of Van Buren Bay remains defined by this singular, open interface with the water, where the pace of life slows to match the patient, inevitable movement of the lake.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Beach (Local Recreation) — 0.1 mi, 341° N
Lake Erie State Park (State Park) — 1.5 mi, 219° SW
Lakeerie (State Resource Management Area) — 1.5 mi, 219° SW
Canadaway Creek Nature Sanctuary (State Recreation Area) — 2.6 mi, 049° NE
City Of Dunkirk Land (Local Park) — 3.3 mi, 046° NE
Marvel Theatre (Theatre) — 3.5 mi, 087° E
King Concert Hall (Theatre) — 3.5 mi, 088° E
Michael C Rockefeller Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 3.5 mi, 087° E
Lake Shore Savings Clock Tower (Attraction) — 3.5 mi, 087° E
Forever Wild Forest Trail Head (Nature Reserve) — 3.6 mi, 086° E
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 3.8 mi, 055° NE
Fredonia Opera House (Cinema) — 3.8 mi, 100° E
Jenn Suhr Olympic Flag Pole (Monument) — 3.9 mi, 101° E
Dedicated to Corporal Cyrus W. James (Monument) — 4.0 mi, 042° NE
South Buffalo North Side Light (Attraction) — 4.0 mi, 042° NE
Large Anchor (Monument) — 4.0 mi, 042° NE
Ong-Gwe-Ohn-Weh (Public Artwork) — 4.1 mi, 052° NE
Adams Art Gallery (Gallery) — 4.2 mi, 062° NE
Dunkirk Historical Museum (Museum) — 4.3 mi, 061° NE
Dunkirk City Pier (Attraction) — 4.5 mi, 053° NE
Chautauqua County Lands (Local Conservation Area) — 7.3 mi, 124° SE
Canadaway Creek Wma (State Resource Management Area) — 8.5 mi, 122° SE
Stockton State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 11.4 mi, 180° S
Barcelona Harbor museum (Museum) — 12.2 mi, 232° SW
Surroundings Art Gallery (Gallery) — 12.3 mi, 225° SW
Boutwell Hill State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 12.3 mi, 125° SE
McClurg Museum (Museum) — 12.5 mi, 224° SW
Lake Shore Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 12.5 mi, 224° SW
Evangola State Park (State Park) — 17.9 mi, 054° NE
Allegheny National Forest (National Forest) — 37.7 mi, 146° SE · 514k acres

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