Worcester New York Map
Explore Worcester, 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 Worcester, New York
How to Use This Worcester, New York Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Worcester, 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 Worcester.
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 | Worcester |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Otsego County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 42.614122 |
| Longitude | -74.739808 |
| Population | 986 |
| Density | 44.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 12197 |
| Area Code | 518 |
| County Seat | Cooperstown |
| School District | Worcester Central School District |
About Worcester, New York
Worcester is a locality in Otsego County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 986. The population density is 44.5 people per km². Worcester is located at 42.6141°N, 74.7398°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 12197.Worcester occupies a modest expanse of valley floor where the land settles into a series of quiet, verdant folds. It lies 18.6 miles east-northeast of Oneonta, NY (from Oneonta, NY: bearing 59°T), and is situated 9.6 miles north-northeast of Davenport. Schenevus Creek draws a narrow, silver line through the center of the landscape, its steady pulse providing a constant, low-frequency rhythm to the surrounding woods and fields. To the west, the distant reach of the Catskill Mountains silhouettes the horizon, while the local geography remains defined by the immediate presence of Town Of Worcester Land, which offers a quiet refuge of untended brush and timber. A mile away, Caryl Lake holds a mirror to the sky, its surface often undisturbed save for the migration of seasonal birds or the sudden, sharp ripples of a breaking insect. The air here carries a crisp, inland clarity, and when the light shifts at dusk, the hillsides soften into deep, bruised shades of plum and charcoal.
Agriculture and the slow, deliberate work of rural maintenance have long anchored the economy of Worcester, grounding the lives of its residents in the predictable cycles of the seasons. History persists here not in grand monuments, but in the sturdy architecture of older structures and the lingering memory of trade routes that once followed the path of the valley. Beyond the immediate reach of the village, the terrain opens into the quietude of Smoky Hollow, where the land seems to hold its breath against the encroaching pace of the modern world. Visitors seeking the sudden, thundering energy of water often find their way to Buttermilk Falls, a short distance away, where the stream tumbles over stone in a display of raw, kinetic force. Life in Worcester moves with a measured, unadorned grace, defined by the practical necessity of the day and the enduring, silent companionship of the hills.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Worcester Water District Lands (Local Resource Management Area) — 1.1 mi, 160° S
- Schenevus Creek Fishing Access (State Recreation Area) — 1.7 mi, 197° S
- Decatur State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 1.8 mi, 033° NE
- Maple Valley State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 355° N
- Betty and Wilbur Davis State Park (State Park) — 5.5 mi, 306° NW
- New York State Lands (State Recreation Area) — 5.9 mi, 064° NE
- David Pethic Memorial Plaque (Monument) — 5.9 mi, 307° NW
- Richmondville Service Memorial (Monument) — 9.0 mi, 081° E
- Council Rock (Viewpoint) — 11.0 mi, 303° NW
- James Fenimore Cooper Statue (Monument) — 11.0 mi, 302° NW
- National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (Museum) — 11.0 mi, 303° NW
- The Hunter (Public Artwork) — 11.1 mi, 304° NW
- Heroes of Baseball Wax Museum (Museum) — 11.1 mi, 302° NW
- Fenimore Art Museum (Museum) — 11.8 mi, 306° NW
- Gobbler's Knob Family Fun Park (Attraction) — 17.1 mi, 076° E
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About This Worcester Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Worcester, New York. Coordinates: 42.614122, -74.739808. 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 Worcester includes the ZIP code (12197), telephone area code (518), county seat of Otsego County (Cooperstown), and school district assignment (Worcester Central 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. |
