West Edmeston New York Map
Explore West Edmeston, 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 Edmeston, New York
How to Use This West Edmeston, New York Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for West Edmeston, 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 Edmeston.
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 Edmeston |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Otsego County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 42.763405 |
| Longitude | -75.278221 |
| Population | 480 |
| Density | 18.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 13485 |
| Area Code | 315 |
| County Seat | Cooperstown |
About West Edmeston, New York
West Edmeston is a locality in Otsego County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 18.0 people per km². West Edmeston is located at 42.7634°N, 75.2782°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 13485.West Edmeston reveals itself as a quiet convergence of agrarian persistence and the slow, deliberate movement of the Unadilla River. It lies 21.4 miles south of New Hartford, NY (from New Hartford, NY: bearing 179°T), and is situated 10.0 miles north-northeast of New Berlin. The water carves a path through the valley floor, its dark, silt-heavy currents mirroring the muted grays and deep greens of the surrounding woodland. Beyond the immediate banks, the terrain rises into the steady, unadorned incline of the landscape, where the atmosphere holds a persistent, cool dampness that lingers long after the morning fog retreats. Two miles away, the sudden, rhythmic drop of Button Falls provides a constant, low-frequency hum that punctuates the stillness, while the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains marks the extreme edge of the horizon.
West Edmeston maintains a character defined by the legacy of its early settlers, who cleared the heavy timber to reveal land suitable for the steady labor of dairy and forage. The local economy remains tethered to this primary relationship with the soil, an existence marked by the turning of seasons and the maintenance of property lines that have held firm for generations. Residents find a quiet continuity in the proximity of Otsego County Lands, where the preservation of natural tracts keeps the encroaching modern pace at a distance. Life in West Edmeston moves with the gravity of the seasons, from the isolation of the heavy winter snows to the brief, intense productivity of the harvest, all held together by a shared recognition of the landscape’s demands.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Otsego County Lands (Local Conservation Area) — 2.8 mi, 101° E
- Charles E. Baker State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 3.5 mi, 267° W
- Plainfield State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 062° NE
- Edmeston Town Lands (Local Resource Management Area) — 4.4 mi, 178° S
- Beaver Creek State Forest (State Wilderness) — 7.1 mi, 350° N
- Suny Oneonta Biological Field Station (State Resource Management Area) — 8.4 mi, 113° SE
- Gilbert Lake State Park (State Park) — 13.3 mi, 150° SE
- New York State Lands (State Park) — 13.8 mi, 074° E
- P.O.W memorial (Monument) — 14.1 mi, 288° W
- Capitol Theatre (Theatre) — 16.1 mi, 067° NE
- Fenimore Art Museum (Museum) — 18.1 mi, 100° E
- Heroes of Baseball Wax Museum (Museum) — 18.4 mi, 104° E
- The Hunter (Public Artwork) — 18.5 mi, 103° E
- National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (Museum) — 18.5 mi, 104° E
- James Fenimore Cooper Statue (Monument) — 18.6 mi, 104° E
- Council Rock (Viewpoint) — 18.7 mi, 103° E
- Geographical Center of New York State (Attraction) — 19.8 mi, 304° NW
- Northeast Classic Car Museum (Museum) — 20.0 mi, 218° SW
- Bradford Auditorium (Theatre) — 20.8 mi, 341° N
- September 11th Memorial (Monument) — 21.6 mi, 008° N
- The Other Side (Gallery) — 22.3 mi, 002° N
- Erie Canal (State Recreation Area) — 22.5 mi, 023° NE
- Childrens Museum (Museum) — 23.7 mi, 007° N
- Fort Herkimer Waste Weir (Historic Ruins) — 24.1 mi, 043° NE
- Utica Tower (Attraction) — 24.5 mi, 006° N
- Southside Mall Cinema (Cinema) — 24.9 mi, 152° SE
- Enlarged Erie Canal Aqueduct (Historic Ruins) — 27.3 mi, 355° N
- West Canada Lake Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 48.9 mi, 026° NE
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About This West Edmeston Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of West Edmeston, New York. Coordinates: 42.763405, -75.278221. 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 West Edmeston includes the ZIP code (13485), telephone area code (315), county seat of Otsego County (Cooperstown), 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. |
