Westmoreland New York Map

About Westmoreland, New York

Westmoreland is a locality in Suffolk County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 390. The population density is 210.6 people per km². Westmoreland is located at 43.1150°N, 75.4026°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 11965, 13490.

Westmoreland emerges from the low, salt-heavy air where the land dissolves into the shifting edges of the tide. It lies 3.0 miles east of Southold, NY (from Southold, NY: bearing 99°T), and is situated 9.0 miles north-northeast of North Sea. West Neck Creek carves a serpentine path through the salt marsh, its dark, brackish currents pulsing in sync with the nearby Crab Creek and the rhythmic rise of the Atlantic. The light here possesses a particular, silvered quality, reflecting off the water to bleach the grasses of the shoreline into a pale, flaxen hue. Beyond the immediate reach of the coast, the horizon remains flat and unburdened, though one might imagine the distant, hazy blue of the Appalachian Mountains anchoring the far-off western interior. Two miles across the water, the silhouette of Shelter Island looms as a constant, quiet presence, while the freshwater stillness of Fresh Pond offers a cool, inland contrast to the saline breath of the sea.

Westmoreland maintains a tether to the maritime heritage of the coast, surviving on the quiet industry of those who know how to navigate the mudflats and the changing channels. The economy here is measured not in grand gestures but in the persistent, seasonal work of the harvest and the maintenance of the docks that line the creek. Residents often find respite within the preserved borders of the Town of Shelter Island Land, a place where the scrub oak and pine reclaim the ground, shielding the earth from the encroaching sprawl of the modern world. Life in Westmoreland moves with the slow, deliberate gravity of the tides, far removed from the frantic pace of the distant metropolitan centers. It is a landscape defined by its edges, a place where the history of the soil is written in the fine, gray silt of the banks and the enduring, salt-stained legacy of the waterfront.

About This Westmoreland Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Westmoreland, New York. Coordinates: 43.114984, -75.402596. 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 Westmoreland includes the ZIP code (11965, 13490), telephone area code (914, 845, 315), county seat of Suffolk County (Riverhead), and school district assignment (Westmoreland Central School District).

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.