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West Danby New York Map

Explore West Danby, 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 West Danby, New York

How to Use This West Danby, New York Map

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

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	West Danby
State	New York (NY)
County	Tompkins County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	42.318963
Longitude	-76.525498
Population	211
Density	60.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	14883
Area Code	607
County Seat	Ithaca
School District	Newfield Central School District

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About West Danby, New York

West Danby is a locality in Tompkins County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 211. The population density is 60.0 people per km². West Danby is located at 42.3190°N, 76.5255°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 14883.

West Danby occupies a low-slung corridor where the Cayuga Inlet carves a deliberate path through the landscape, defining the valley floor with its steady, southward flow. It lies 8.5 miles south of Ithaca, NY (from Ithaca, NY: bearing 190°T), and is situated 9.7 miles south of Tompkins. The terrain here rises in modest, wooded swells toward the borders of the Danby State Forest, where the earth holds the moisture of long winters and the deep, silent cooling of the canopy. To the north, the sharp, fractured geography of VanBuskirk Gulf hints at the deep cuts that define this region, while the nearby Town Of Danby Land offers a quiet expanse of open space. The air here carries the scent of damp hemlock and sun-warmed shale, a sharp, elemental clarity that clings to the valley when the light begins to fail and the shadows lengthen across the fields.

West Danby carries the quiet inheritance of an agrarian past, where the rhythm of the seasons once dictated the pulse of labor and the limits of the harvest. While the local economy has shifted away from the intensive milling and farming that initially brought settlers to these banks, the character of the place remains tied to the land and the slow, deliberate work of maintaining a life in the interior. Residents often look toward the broader horizon, where the distant Appalachian Mountains frame the sky, or seek the solitude of Jennings Pond for a moment of stillness. The memory of the landscape persists in the old stone foundations and the persistence of the local flora, standing as a reminder that the land in West Danby is not merely a setting, but a living, changing presence that shapes those who remain.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Town Of Danby Land (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 204° SW
Danby State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 0.9 mi, 058° NE
Buttermilk Falls State Park (State Park) — 2.3 mi, 054° NE
Danby Gathery Art Works (Gallery) — 3.5 mi, 038° NE
Tompkins County Lands (Local Conservation Area) — 3.8 mi, 263° W
Newfield State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 5.3 mi, 266° W
Robert H. Treman State Park (State Park) — 5.4 mi, 346° N
Black Diamond Trail (State Recreation Area) — 5.5 mi, 351° N
Unidentified Stone Tower (Historic Ruins) — 5.8 mi, 346° N
Connecticut Hill Wma (State Resource Management Area) — 6.1 mi, 287° W
Six Mile Creek Natural Area (Local Conservation Area) — 6.6 mi, 028° NE
City of Ithaca Land (Local Park) — 6.6 mi, 028° NE
Spencer Historical Museum (Museum) — 7.4 mi, 168° S
Incodema (Attraction) — 7.8 mi, 042° NE
Cinemapolis (Cinema) — 8.4 mi, 010° N
Tompkins Center for History & Culture (Museum) — 8.5 mi, 010° N
Cayuga-Seneca Canal (State Recreation Area) — 8.8 mi, 004° N
Statler Auditorium (Theatre) — 9.0 mi, 014° N
Cornell Cinema (Cinema) — 9.0 mi, 013° N
Monument of Ezra Cornell (Monument) — 9.2 mi, 013° N
Andrew Dickson White Statue (Monument) — 9.2 mi, 013° N
Risley Theater (Theatre) — 9.5 mi, 014° N
Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook (Viewpoint) — 9.8 mi, 005° N
The Overlook At West Hill (housing for the elderly) (Attraction) — 10.2 mi, 356° N
Turn here for fresh eggs farm stand (Attraction) — 11.3 mi, 351° N
Stick And Stone Farm and CSA (Attraction) — 11.9 mi, 348° N
Field School House (Museum) — 15.1 mi, 004° N
Bob Baker BBQ Pavilion (Monument) — 15.2 mi, 004° N
Finger Lakes National Forest (National Forest) — 16.4 mi, 320° NW · 16k acres
Schuyler County Historical Society (Museum) — 16.4 mi, 277° W

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