Wayland New York Map
Explore Wayland, 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 Wayland, New York
How to Use This Wayland, New York Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Wayland, 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 Wayland.
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 | Wayland |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Steuben County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 42.567845 |
| Longitude | -77.589714 |
| Population | 1,680 |
| Density | 574.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 14572 |
| Area Code | 585 |
| County Seat | Bath |
| School District | Wayland-Cohocton Central School District |
About Wayland, New York
Wayland is a locality in Steuben County, New York, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,680. The population density is 574.0 people per km². Wayland is located at 42.5678°N, 77.5897°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Wayland is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 14572.Wayland occupies a broad, quiet expanse of the interior landscape where the morning light catches the mist rising from the fields before diffusing into the heavy, humid air. It lies 26.1 miles southwest of Canandaigua, NY (from Canandaigua, NY: bearing 216°T), and is situated 5.0 miles east of North Dansville. Beyond the immediate center, the terrain shifts into the deep, shaded quiet of Carney Hollow, where the earth seems to hold its breath under a canopy of dense, unyielding timber. Three miles to the north, the still surface of Daybrook Pond reflects the gray sky, while Springwater Creek cuts a path through the soil, its current persistent and cold as it winds toward the unseen reaches of the valley floor. Travelers passing through the Village Of Wayland Land might notice how the shadows lengthen early against the slopes, casting a somber, muted hue over the brush and the damp, dark loam that defines this stretch of the interior.
Wayland emerged from the slow, deliberate work of generations who cleared the brush and leveled the ground to make room for a life sustained by the earth. The local economy remains tethered to this legacy, favoring the steady, repetitive tasks of agriculture and regional transit that keep the pulses of the place beating in sync with the seasons. In the quiet hours, one might hear the distant, rhythmic hum of machinery or the shifting of gravel, sounds that speak to a history of industry and the pragmatic nature of those who make a living from the land. While the distant ridges of Sebring Hill remain fixed on the horizon like a pale, serrated blade, the focus here stays grounded in the daily commerce of the street and the seasonal turning of the crops. Even the nearby roar of Stone Falls, heard only when the wind carries the sound through the trees, serves as a reminder of the raw, unhurried forces that shaped the ground upon which Wayland rests.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Village Of Wayland Land (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 331° NW
- Dansville Village Of Land (Local Park) — 2.3 mi, 228° SW
- Mill Creek Trout Preserve (Private Recreation) — 3.4 mi, 177° S
- Hemlock-Canadice State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 4.9 mi, 353° N
- Dansville Civil War Monument (Monument) — 5.5 mi, 265° W
- Stony Brook State Park (State Park) — 5.7 mi, 239° SW
- Cohocton Recreation Area Lands (Local Recreation) — 6.4 mi, 120° SE
- Larry's Lookout (Viewpoint) — 6.4 mi, 234° SW
- Harriet Hollister Spencer Recreation Area (State Park) — 6.6 mi, 009° N
- Honeoye Inlet Wma (State Resource Management Area) — 8.1 mi, 039° NE
- Peter James Cannon Memorial Rock (Monument) — 9.2 mi, 024° NE
- High Tor Wma (State Resource Management Area) — 9.8 mi, 074° E
- Canaseraga State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 9.9 mi, 238° SW
- Bristol Valley Theatre (Theatre) — 9.9 mi, 071° E
- Genesee Valley Greenway State Park (State Recreation Area) — 14.5 mi, 303° NW
- Bristol Mountain (Attraction) — 15.5 mi, 038° NE
- Narcissa Prentiss House (Museum) — 16.1 mi, 102° E
- New York State Lands (State Recreation Area) — 18.6 mi, 273° W
- Geneseo Theaters (Cinema) — 18.8 mi, 327° NW
- 9/11 Memorial (Monument) — 19.4 mi, 322° NW
- Minnehans Fun Center (Attraction) — 19.6 mi, 341° N
- Grumman F6F Hellcat (Replica) (Attraction) — 20.5 mi, 321° NW
- Greyton H. Taylor Wine Museum (Museum) — 21.6 mi, 116° SE
- Mary Jemison (Public Artwork) — 23.1 mi, 273° W
- Balloons Over Letchworth Launch (Attraction) — 23.2 mi, 273° W
- Fosdick-Nelson Gallery (Gallery) — 23.8 mi, 205° SW
- Robert C. Turner Gallery (Gallery) — 23.8 mi, 205° SW
- Alfred Art Studio At the West (Arts Centre) — 23.9 mi, 205° SW
- ArtSpace (Gallery) — 27.0 mi, 035° NE
- Granger Homestead and Carriage Museum (Museum) — 27.5 mi, 034° NE
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About This Wayland Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Wayland, New York. Coordinates: 42.567845, -77.589714. 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 Wayland includes the ZIP code (14572), telephone area code (585), county seat of Steuben County (Bath), and school district assignment (Wayland-Cohocton 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. |
