Van Hornesville New York Map
Explore Van Hornesville, 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 Hornesville, New York
How to Use This Van Hornesville, New York Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Van Hornesville, 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 Hornesville.
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 Hornesville |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Herkimer County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 42.895072 |
| Longitude | -74.82765 |
| Population | 480 |
| Density | 18.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 13475 |
| Area Code | 315 |
| County Seat | Herkimer |
About Van Hornesville, New York
Van Hornesville is a locality in Herkimer 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 Hornesville is located at 42.8951°N, 74.8277°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 13475.Van Hornesville emerges from the valley floor where the Otsquago Creek carves a persistent, silver path through the landscape. It lies 24.9 miles southeast of Utica, NY (from Utica, NY: bearing 125°T), and is situated 13.4 miles southeast of Ilion. The terrain here is defined by a slow, rhythmic elevation, where the earth rises into quiet ridges that eventually draw the eye toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains. Within the Town of Stark Land, the air carries a crisp, terrestrial weight, lacking the salt-heavy dampness of the coast and instead smelling of damp moss and cooling stone. The light at dusk settles into the hollows with a peculiar, heavy clarity, turning the fields a deep, bruised violet before the stars sharpen against the dark canopy of inland woods.
Van Hornesville bears the imprint of its industrial origins, where the water once turned wheels and fueled the ambitions of early settlers who recognized the utility of the creek. The economy has long since transitioned from those mill-driven days, yet the architecture remains, reflecting a period when industry was a matter of local pride and visible craftsmanship. Life in Van Hornesville moves with an unforced cadence, largely detached from the frantic pace found further south or in more dense urban corridors. Residents often look toward the nearby Dugway Gorge or the expanse of Otsego Lake for recreation, maintaining a connection to the geography that has sustained the population for generations. There is a quiet integrity to the daily routine here, where the persistence of the landscape dictates the boundaries of growth and keeps the character of the place firmly rooted in the upstate interior.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Town of Stark Land (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 021° N
- Otsquago State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 1.8 mi, 071° E
- Ohisa State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 1.8 mi, 026° NE
- Salt Springville Lands (Local Park) — 4.8 mi, 121° SE
- Glimmerglass State Park (State Park) — 6.7 mi, 196° S
- Grave of Henry Seeber (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 115° SE
- Suny Oneonta Biological Field Station (State Resource Management Area) — 6.8 mi, 211° SW
- Cherry Valley Massacre Monument (Monument) — 7.9 mi, 153° SE
- New York State Lands (State Recreation Area) — 8.2 mi, 015° N
- Erie Canal (State Recreation Area) — 8.3 mi, 014° N
- Capitol Theatre (Theatre) — 8.5 mi, 250° W
- Nicholas Herkimer Memorial (Monument) — 9.1 mi, 004° N
- Little Falls Canal Aqueduct (Historic Ruins) — 10.1 mi, 351° N
- Little Falls Historical Society & Museum (Museum) — 10.3 mi, 351° N
- Fort Plain Museum and Historical Park (Museum) — 10.5 mi, 073° E
- Canal Street Studio (Gallery) — 10.6 mi, 075° E
- Otsego County Lands (Local Conservation Area) — 10.6 mi, 184° S
- Fort Herkimer Waste Weir (Historic Ruins) — 10.7 mi, 323° NW
- Richmond Theatre (Theatre) — 12.1 mi, 318° NW
- Riverfront Park (State Park) — 12.6 mi, 086° E
- Arkell Museum (Museum) — 13.0 mi, 086° E
- Poseidon statue (Public Artwork) — 13.0 mi, 086° E
- Fenimore Art Museum (Museum) — 13.4 mi, 202° S
- Council Rock (Viewpoint) — 14.2 mi, 199° S
- National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (Museum) — 14.3 mi, 200° S
- Battleground (Registered Battlefield) — 24.1 mi, 069° E
- Beaver Creek State Forest (State Wilderness) — 24.2 mi, 265° W
- Fulton County Jail (historic) (Historic Castle / Fort) — 24.3 mi, 072° E
- Johnstown Movieplex (Cinema) — 25.1 mi, 071° E
- Silver Lake Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 27.9 mi, 034° NE
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About This Van Hornesville Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Van Hornesville, New York. Coordinates: 42.895072, -74.82765. 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 Van Hornesville includes the ZIP code (13475), telephone area code (315), county seat of Herkimer County (Herkimer), and school district assignment.
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. |
