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West Leyden New York Map

Explore West Leyden, 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 Leyden, New York

How to Use This West Leyden, New York Map

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

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 Leyden
State	New York (NY)
County	Lewis County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	43.459514
Longitude	-75.463788
Population	480
Density	12.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	13489
Area Code	315
County Seat	Lowville

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About West Leyden, New York

West Leyden is a locality in Lewis County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 12.0 people per km². West Leyden is located at 43.4595°N, 75.4638°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 13489.

West Leyden occupies a quiet expanse of the Tug Hill plateau, where the landscape is defined by a persistent, heavy stillness and the persistent flow of the East Branch Mohawk River. It lies 17.0 miles north of Rome, NY (from Rome, NY: bearing 359°T), and is situated 8.8 miles north-northwest of Western. The land here does not rise into dramatic peaks, though the distant, hazy silhouette of the Adirondack Mountains occasionally haunts the horizon like a memory of higher ground. In the immediate vicinity, the terrain is defined by the Town Of Lewis Land, a vast, open territory that dictates the slow, deliberate rhythm of the seasons. During the autumn, the light turns a bruised, singular gold, casting long shadows across the fields that stretch toward the horizon, far removed from the clamor of any coast.

West Leyden emerged from the necessity of harnessing the timber and soil of the interior, establishing an economy rooted in the stubborn realities of forestry and small-scale agriculture. The architecture of the village remains functional and unadorned, reflecting a history of settlers who cleared the dense brush to claim a foothold in the wilderness. While the deep, winter snows often isolate the region, the life of the inhabitants remains tethered to the land’s capacity for endurance. The nearby Hickey Beaver Meadow serves as a reminder of the wilder, uncultivated character of the surrounding woods, a place where the water collects in dark, reflective pools. Even as the modern world shifts, the people here maintain a quiet fidelity to the patterns of the harvest and the slow, seasonal pulse of the woods.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Town Of Lewis Land (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 291° W
County Reforestation Lands (Local Conservation Area) — 1.0 mi, 118° SE
Lewis County Lands (Local Conservation Area) — 1.6 mi, 068° E
Mohawk Springs State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 348° N
Lewis Fp Detached Parcel (State Conservation Area) — 2.3 mi, 234° SW
City Of Rome Water Dept Land (Local Park) — 5.9 mi, 252° W
Erie Canal (State Resource Management Area) — 6.3 mi, 128° SE
New York State Lands (State Recreation Area) — 6.3 mi, 128° SE
Walter D. Edmunds (Monument) — 6.6 mi, 075° E
Village Christmas Tree (Monument) — 6.6 mi, 075° E
Police Monument (Monument) — 6.6 mi, 075° E
Pixley Falls State Park (State Park) — 6.7 mi, 120° SE
Boonville Mural (Public Artwork) — 7.1 mi, 079° E
Delta Lake State Park (State Park) — 11.0 mi, 165° S
Peterpaul Recreation Park (Theme Park) — 16.2 mi, 189° S
Rome Sports Hall of Fame & Museum (Museum) — 16.2 mi, 187° S
Engine House Number 2 (Museum) — 17.1 mi, 178° S
Rome Historical Society (Museum) — 17.1 mi, 178° S
Ha-De-Ron-Dah Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 19.9 mi, 045° NE
Oriskany Battlefield (Registered Battlefield) — 20.1 mi, 166° S
Enlarged Erie Canal Aqueduct (Historic Ruins) — 22.0 mi, 162° S
The Showroom at Turning Stone Resort Casino (Theatre) — 24.6 mi, 195° S
Littlejohn State Game Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 26.3 mi, 305° NW
Utica Tower (Attraction) — 26.6 mi, 153° SE
Players of Utica (Theatre) — 27.3 mi, 156° SE
Childrens Museum (Museum) — 27.3 mi, 154° SE
The Other Side (Gallery) — 27.7 mi, 158° S
Oneida Community Mansion House (Museum) — 28.5 mi, 194° S
Kurt Gardner Photography Gallery (Gallery) — 29.9 mi, 055° NE
West Canada Lake Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 30.4 mi, 072° E

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