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Waterville New York Map

Explore Waterville, 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 Waterville, New York

How to Use This Waterville, New York Map

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

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.

CityWaterville
StateNew York (NY)
CountyMontgomery County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude42.930589
Longitude-75.380202
Population1,473
Density401.6 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Codes11952, 13480
Area Code914, 845, 315
County SeatFonda
School DistrictWaterville Central School District

About Waterville, New York

Waterville is a locality in Montgomery County, New York, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,473. The population density is 401.6 people per km². Waterville is located at 42.9306°N, 75.3802°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Waterville is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 11952, 13480.

Waterville emerges from the landscape as a collection of sturdy brick facades and clapboard homes anchored firmly to the central New York plateau. It lies 19.0 miles southwest of Gloversville, NY (from Gloversville, NY: bearing 221°T), and is situated 6.1 miles south-southeast of Minden. The Canajoharie Creek carves a persistent path through the surrounding terrain, its waters serving as a quiet artery for the land long before the arrival of modern roads. To the distant horizon, the silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains provides a permanent, hazy boundary, while closer to home, the earth gives way to the expansive, low-lying basin of Wintergreen Flats. The air here holds a crisp, earthen clarity, especially during the transition of seasons when the light turns thin and pale against the darkening timber of the woodlands.

Waterville maintains a character forged by its legacy as a center of the nineteenth-century hop industry, an era that left behind a distinct architectural footprint in its tall, ventilation-capped barns. While the scale of agriculture has shifted, the rhythm of daily life remains tied to the cycles of the inland seasons rather than the frantic pace of larger urban centers. Residents may travel three miles to reach the serene expanse of the Village of Canajoharie Land or wander toward the nearby Canajoharie Falls to observe the water’s steady descent. Even further afield, the stillness of Clausen Pond offers a reprieve from the quiet industry of the village, grounding Waterville in a landscape that values the steady, predictable turning of the year.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Village Of Waterville Land (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 269° W
  • Waterville Water Works Lands (Local Resource Management Area) — 2.1 mi, 092° E
  • Albert J. Woodford Memorial State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 069° E
  • Mount Hunger State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 149° SE
  • Beaver Creek State Forest (State Wilderness) — 5.9 mi, 139° SE
  • Kirkland, Town of Land (Local Park) — 6.4 mi, 358° N
  • Sauquoit Creek Fishing Access (State Recreation Area) — 6.6 mi, 080° E
  • Bradford Auditorium (Theatre) — 8.3 mi, 350° N
  • The Romano Theatre at the Kennedy Center, Hamilton College (Theatre) — 8.4 mi, 350° N
  • P.O.W memorial (Monument) — 10.9 mi, 229° SW
  • Geographical Center of New York State (Attraction) — 11.3 mi, 267° W
  • The Eagle (Public Artwork) — 12.3 mi, 033° NE
  • The Other Side (Gallery) — 12.3 mi, 029° NE
  • Thomas R. Proctor (Monument) — 12.6 mi, 032° NE
  • Vietnam Memorial (Monument) — 12.6 mi, 030° NE
  • Otsego County Lands (Local Conservation Area) — 14.1 mi, 145° SE
  • Childrens Museum (Museum) — 14.4 mi, 033° NE
  • Oneida Community Mansion House (Museum) — 14.5 mi, 308° NW
  • Erie Canal (State Recreation Area) — 14.7 mi, 021° N
  • Utica Tower (Attraction) — 15.0 mi, 031° NE
  • Peterboro Area Museum (Museum) — 15.5 mi, 279° W
  • National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum (Museum) — 15.8 mi, 279° W
  • Enlarged Erie Canal Aqueduct (Historic Ruins) — 15.8 mi, 009° N
  • Oriskany Battlefield (Registered Battlefield) — 17.1 mi, 002° N
  • New York State Lands (State Park) — 19.7 mi, 304° NW
  • Rome Historical Society (Museum) — 19.8 mi, 349° N
  • Peterpaul Recreation Park (Theme Park) — 21.7 mi, 342° N
  • Fort Herkimer Waste Weir (Historic Ruins) — 22.3 mi, 074° E
  • Verona Beach State Park (State Park) — 23.0 mi, 317° NW
  • West Canada Lake Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 41.9 mi, 039° NE

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About This Waterville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Waterville, New York. Coordinates: 42.930589, -75.380202. 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 Waterville includes the ZIP code (11952, 13480), telephone area code (914, 845, 315), county seat of Montgomery County (Fonda), and school district assignment (Waterville 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.