Explore West End, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for West End, 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 End.
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 End |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Oswego County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 42.476294 |
| Longitude | -75.092354 |
| Population | 1,864 |
| Density | 197.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 13820 |
| Area Code | 315 |
| County Seat | Oswego |
| School District | Oneonta City School District |
West End occupies a quiet expanse of inland terrain where the earth rises in subtle, rhythmic swells that catch the amber light of late afternoon. It lies 1.7 miles west of Oneonta, NY (from Oneonta, NY: bearing 276°T), and is situated 17.9 miles east-northeast of Sidney. A traveler passing through West End observes how the air cools as it drifts across the nearby Town Of Oneonta Land, carrying the scent of damp soil and ancient hemlocks. Otego Creek carves a narrow, steady path through the lowlands just a mile away, its current providing a constant, low-frequency hum that defines the acoustic character of the landscape. Beyond the immediate foreground, the jagged, distant silhouettes of the Catskill Mountains mark the horizon, serving as a permanent, hazy reminder of the vast geological weight that shapes this region.
Economic life in West End remains tethered to the rhythms of the valley, where the legacy of regional agriculture and trade continues to influence the pace of daily affairs. Many residents find their livelihood connected to the educational and institutional anchors that have long provided a steady foundation for the local economy, keeping the streets populated with a mix of students and long-term inhabitants. The proximity to Hell Hollow adds a rugged, shadowed depth to the local topography, influencing how the land is utilized and how the settlement has expanded over time. Even when the morning fog rolls in from the direction of Lower Reservoir, the people of West End maintain a pragmatic, steady existence, grounded by the quiet endurance of the hills and the persistent flow of the local waters.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of West End, New York. Coordinates: 42.476294, -75.092354. 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 End includes the ZIP code (13820), telephone area code (315), county seat of Oswego County (Oswego), and school district assignment (Oneonta City 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. |