West Sayville New York Map
Explore West Sayville, 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 Sayville, New York
How to Use This West Sayville, New York Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for West Sayville, 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 Sayville.
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 Sayville |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Suffolk County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.727876 |
| Longitude | -73.097612 |
| Population | 4,872 |
| Density | 980.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 11796, 11769 |
| Area Code | 516 |
| County Seat | Riverhead |
| School District | Sayville Union Free School District |
About West Sayville, New York
West Sayville is a locality in Suffolk County, New York, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,872. The population density is 980.2 people per km². West Sayville is located at 40.7279°N, 73.0976°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 11796, 11769.West Sayville holds a quiet prominence where the silver-toned currents of Green Creek thread through the low-lying terrain before reaching toward the distant, salt-scented horizon of the Atlantic Ocean. The landscape sits flat and expansive, a terrestrial stretch of earth shaped by the patient, cooling breath of the tides that pull at the nearby coast five miles away. To the west, the quiet waters of Mill Pond offer a reflective stillness, while the marshy edges of the TOWN OF ISLIP Land provide a refuge for local fauna, their movements barely disturbing the tall, wind-brushed grasses. Beyond the immediate view, the distant silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains remains a faint, hazy memory on the far horizon, far removed from the humid, maritime air that clings to the local soil.
West Sayville carries the deep-rooted imprint of a maritime heritage, once defined by a vigorous oystering industry that brought a distinctive character to its docks and working waterfronts. The legacy of those who harvested the bounty of the water persists in the architecture and the deliberate, unhurried pace of the streets near the shore. Small vessels occasionally navigate toward the shelter of Nicoll Island, maintaining a connection to the traditions of the sea that have long anchored the local economy. Today, the rhythm of life in West Sayville is marked by the shifting light across the flat fields and the steady, rhythmic pulse of the seasons, where the salt air remains a constant, invisible companion to those who walk its lanes.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- TOWN OF ISLIP Land (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 300° NW
- Great South Bay Underwater Lands (Conservation Area) — 0.5 mi, 163° S
- Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 0.9 mi, 359° N · 7,995 acres
- Baymen Soccer Field (Local Recreation) — 1.0 mi, 001° N
- COUNTY OF SUFFOLK Land (Local Park) — 1.3 mi, 066° NE
- Ludlow Creek State Tidal Wetland (State Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 285° W
- Pepperidge Hall Marsh State Tidal Wetland (State Conservation Area) — 1.4 mi, 269° W
- East End Tricentennial - Time Capsule 2083 (Monument) — 2.1 mi, 047° NE
- Heckscher State Park (Marine Protected Area) — 2.6 mi, 246° SW
- Bayard Cutting Arboretum State Park (State Park) — 3.0 mi, 292° W
- Blue Point Box Turtle (Monument) — 3.3 mi, 065° NE
- Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 3.3 mi, 065° NE
- Bayway Arts Center (Theatre) — 4.3 mi, 276° W
- Art Gallery (Public Artwork) — 4.3 mi, 000° N
- Fire Island National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 4.5 mi, 167° S · 23k acres
- Clare Rose Playhouse (Theatre) — 5.2 mi, 049° NE
- Islip Art Museum (Gallery) — 5.3 mi, 275° W
- Seatuck National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 5.6 mi, 264° W · 422 acres
- Altamira (Gallery) — 6.1 mi, 271° W
- Long Island Photo Gallery (Gallery) — 6.1 mi, 271° W
- 112 Video (Cinema) — 6.2 mi, 048° NE
- Otis Pike Fire Island High Dune Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 6.2 mi, 112° E · 1,205 acres
- Historic Lake Towers Hotel (Historic Ruins) — 7.3 mi, 350° N
- Loews Bay Shore Twin (Historic) (Cinema) — 7.9 mi, 277° W
- Sloth Encounters (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 8.9 mi, 319° NW
- Avalon Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 13.1 mi, 348° N
- William Floyd Estate (Nature Reserve) — 14.4 mi, 077° E
- Chandler Estate (Historic Ruins) — 16.2 mi, 014° N
- Brookhaven Volunteer Firefighters Museum (Museum) — 17.2 mi, 045° NE
- Old Bethpage Village Restoration (Museum) — 18.6 mi, 280° W
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About This West Sayville Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of West Sayville, New York. Coordinates: 40.727876, -73.097612. 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 Sayville includes the ZIP code (11796, 11769), telephone area code (516), county seat of Suffolk County (Riverhead), and school district assignment (Sayville Union Free 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. |
