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Wayne New York Map

Explore Wayne, 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 Wayne, New York

How to Use This Wayne, New York Map

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

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.

CityWayne
StateNew York (NY)
CountySchuyler County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude42.470905
Longitude-77.105526
Population1,800
Density22.0 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Codes14837, 14893
Area Code607
County SeatWatkins Glen

About Wayne, New York

Wayne is a locality in Schuyler County, New York, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,800. The population density is 22.0 people per km². Wayne is located at 42.4709°N, 77.1055°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 14837, 14893.

Wayne emerges from the landscape as a quiet convergence of glacial carving, where the land tilts toward the shimmering expanse of Waneta Lake. It lies 22.8 miles north of Corning, NY (from Corning, NY: bearing 353°T), and is situated 4.0 miles east-northeast of Urbana. Deep-set ridges and high, sloping meadows define the topography here, far removed from the clamor of the distant Appalachian Mountains that haunt the horizon like a faint, serrated memory. The air in Wayne holds a particular crispness, especially during the long transition of autumn, when the light turns thin and pale, casting elongated shadows across the fields that slope down toward the water’s edge. Three miles away, the descent into Eggleston Glen offers a sharp contrast to the open fields, where the earth drops away into a shaded, narrow passage carved by the persistent work of Little Tobehanna Creek.

Industry in Wayne has long been tethered to the rhythm of the soil and the seasonal shifts of the surrounding woodlands. While the nearby Waneta Lamoka Wma provides a protected sanctuary for the wilder inhabitants of the region, the local economy remains anchored in the traditional stewardship of the land, reflecting a legacy of agriculture that predates modern commerce. The proximity to the Finger Lakes National Forest, sixteen miles to the east, ensures that the character of the region remains dominated by dense timber and temperate growth rather than industrial sprawl. Life in Wayne proceeds with a measured sobriety, marked by the steady, cyclical labor of those who work the earth and the quiet persistence of a place that values the stillness of the interior over the frantic pace of the coastal world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Waneta Lamoka Wma (State Resource Management Area) — 3.2 mi, 169° S
  • Birdseye Hollow State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 5.3 mi, 199° S
  • Urbana State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 5.6 mi, 259° W
  • Yates County Lands (Local Conservation Area) — 5.9 mi, 351° N
  • Greyton H. Taylor Wine Museum (Museum) — 6.0 mi, 242° SW
  • Keuka Lake State Park (State Park) — 7.0 mi, 354° N
  • Curtis Memorial (Monument) — 7.3 mi, 230° SW
  • Mount Washington Multiple Use Area (State Resource Management Area) — 9.0 mi, 226° SW
  • Narcissa Prentiss House (Museum) — 9.5 mi, 291° W
  • Watkins Glen State Park (State Park) — 11.0 mi, 131° SE
  • Finger Lakes National Forest (National Forest) — 12.5 mi, 066° NE · 16k acres
  • Cornplanter (Public Artwork) — 12.6 mi, 010° N
  • Hectors Falls (Attraction) — 12.7 mi, 107° E
  • Lake Street Plaza (Cinema) — 12.9 mi, 011° N
  • Muddy Fingers Farm (Attraction) — 13.2 mi, 074° E
  • Point Lookout (Viewpoint) — 13.5 mi, 119° SE
  • Yates County History Center (Museum) — 13.5 mi, 011° N
  • Cayuga-Seneca Canal (State Recreation Area) — 13.8 mi, 116° SE
  • Catharine Valley Trail (State Recreation Area) — 13.9 mi, 118° SE
  • Rue Claire Lavender Farm and Artisan Chocolate (Attraction) — 14.3 mi, 062° NE
  • Schuyler County Historical Society (Museum) — 15.8 mi, 123° SE
  • Bristol Valley Theatre (Theatre) — 18.1 mi, 303° NW
  • Hunt's Christmas Tree Farm In The Finger Lakes (Attraction) — 19.8 mi, 081° E
  • Crystal Cinemas 8 (Cinema) — 20.7 mi, 179° S
  • Phillip W. Scudder Bridge (Monument) — 20.9 mi, 181° S
  • IEEE Milestone in Electrical Engineering and Computing (Monument) — 21.5 mi, 183° S
  • Interlaken Historical Society Community Life Museum (Museum) — 21.9 mi, 062° NE
  • West End Gallery (Gallery) — 22.8 mi, 173° S
  • Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 36.8 mi, 028° NE · 20k acres
  • Montezuma Marshes Nnl (National Monument) — 37.9 mi, 027° NE · 4,306 acres

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About This Wayne Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Wayne, New York. Coordinates: 42.470905, -77.105526. 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 Wayne includes the ZIP code (14837, 14893), telephone area code (607), county seat of Schuyler County (Watkins Glen), 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 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.