Vernon Center New York Map
Explore Vernon Center, 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 Vernon Center, New York
How to Use This Vernon Center, New York Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Vernon Center, 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 Vernon Center.
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 | Vernon Center |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Oneida County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 43.052292 |
| Longitude | -75.501565 |
| Population | 480 |
| Density | 22.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 13477 |
| Area Code | 315 |
| County Seat | Utica |
About Vernon Center, New York
Vernon Center is a locality in Oneida County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 22.0 people per km². Vernon Center is located at 43.0523°N, 75.5016°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 13477.Vernon Center emerges from the landscape as a quiet confluence of open fields and disciplined woodlots, anchored by the meandering presence of Sconondoa Creek. It lies 6.2 miles west-southwest of Kirkland, NY (from Kirkland, NY: bearing 254°T), and is situated 8.1 miles east-southeast of Oneida. The water carves a deliberate path through the earth, cooling the heavy, humid air of midsummer and providing a low, rhythmic murmur that persists even when the wind dies down. Within the protected boundaries of Village Park Land, the ground holds a particular stillness, where the tall grasses bow under the weight of an approaching afternoon shadow. Beyond the immediate canopy, the horizon remains vast and unobstructed, hinting at the distant silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains, which appear as faint, indigo smudges against the pale, expansive sky.
Vernon Center carries the steady, unadorned weight of a place built upon the slow labor of the soil and the methodical turning of the seasons. The economy remains tethered to the land, reflecting a legacy of agriculture that continues to shape the daily habits of those who work the surrounding acreage. While the pace of modern life hums in the background, the character of the site is defined by its resilience and the preservation of its communal green spaces. Those who look toward the periphery might catch the memory of water rushing over stone at Stockbridge Falls or contemplate the calm depths of the Hamilton College Reservoirs, yet the focus of the day remains here, where the architecture of the past is not a museum piece but a functional, enduring backdrop for the work that sustains the present.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Village Park Land (Local Park) — locality lies within
- Village of Vernon Land (Local Park) — 2.4 mi, 302° NW
- Betsinger Road Park (Local Recreation) — 4.6 mi, 278° W
- Edwin Barrett Theatre at the Kennedy Center, Hamilton College (Theatre) — 4.6 mi, 092° E
- The Romano Theatre at the Kennedy Center, Hamilton College (Theatre) — 4.6 mi, 092° E
- Oneida Community Mansion House (Museum) — 5.2 mi, 276° W
- Oneida State Correctional Facility (State Resource Management Area) — 8.3 mi, 006° N
- Rome Wma (State Resource Management Area) — 8.7 mi, 353° N
- Erie Canal (State Recreation Area) — 10.2 mi, 006° N
- Geographical Center of New York State (Attraction) — 10.3 mi, 210° SW
- New York State Lands (State Park) — 10.6 mi, 284° W
- Peterboro Area Museum (Museum) — 10.9 mi, 237° SW
- Oriskany Battlefield Monument (Monument) — 10.9 mi, 038° NE
- Fort Stanwix National Monument (National Monument) — 11.1 mi, 012° N · 17 acres
- National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum (Museum) — 11.2 mi, 238° SW
- Enlarged Erie Canal Aqueduct (Historic Ruins) — 11.2 mi, 050° NE
- Rome Historical Society (Museum) — 11.3 mi, 012° N
- Engine House Number 2 (Museum) — 11.3 mi, 012° N
- Albert J. Woodford Memorial State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 11.3 mi, 131° SE
- Rome Sand Plains Unique Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.1 mi, 351° N
- Peterpaul Recreation Park (Theme Park) — 12.2 mi, 356° N
- The Other Side (Gallery) — 12.3 mi, 079° E
- B-52 Memorial (Monument) — 12.6 mi, 018° N
- Sherman Memorial (Monument) — 12.6 mi, 078° E
- Verona Beach State Park (State Park) — 12.7 mi, 311° NW
- Mother Mary (Public Artwork) — 12.9 mi, 047° NE
- Utica Tower (Attraction) — 14.6 mi, 072° E
- Beaver Creek State Forest (State Wilderness) — 16.3 mi, 142° SE
- Cazenovia College Art Gallery (Gallery) — 19.7 mi, 245° SW
- Site of railroad turntable (Historic Ruins) — 20.7 mi, 245° SW
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About This Vernon Center Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Vernon Center, New York. Coordinates: 43.052292, -75.501565. 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 Vernon Center includes the ZIP code (13477), telephone area code (315), county seat of Oneida County (Utica), 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. |
