Yates County, New York Map
Explore Yates County, New York with this interactive street and satellite map. Browse all 12 cities and towns in Yates County below.
Interactive Map of Yates County, New York
| County | Yates |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County Seat | Penn Yan |
| Country | United States of America |
| Latitude | 42.62692 |
| Longitude | -77.058934 |
| Cities & Towns | 12 |
| Area Codes | 585, 607, 716 |
About Yates County, New York
Yates County occupies a slender vertical slice of the Finger Lakes region, defined by the deep, glacial gouges of the land that funnel water toward the north. Its geography is dominated by the long, narrow fingers of two major lakes, which act as thermal reservoirs, moderating the air and holding back the frost just long enough for the vines to ripen. The terrain rises in sharp, rhythmic ridges from the water’s edge, where the soil is a complex mosaic of shale and silt, cold to the touch in early spring. As the sun dips behind the western highlands, the light turns a bruised, metallic violet, catching the slate-gray surface of the water and turning the landscape into a study of stark, vertical lines and deep, cooling shadows.
Yates County emerged as a distinct administrative entity in the early nineteenth century, partitioned from larger surrounding territories to better serve the needs of a burgeoning agrarian society. Its early inhabitants arrived with a focused intent, drawn by the promise of fertile slopes and the accessible water power provided by the streams tumbling toward the lakes. The county seat was established at a point of high ground that offered a view of the surrounding valleys, a site chosen for its central command of the region’s early commercial arteries. The local architecture still bears the mark of these founding decades, characterized by sturdy, unadorned brickwork and timber frames that seem to have grown out of the earth itself, weathered into a quiet, enduring permanence by the unrelenting cycle of high-latitude winters.
Agriculture remains the central nervous system of the county, though it manifests in a quiet tension between modern viticulture and the traditional, horse-drawn practices of the local Mennonite and Amish communities. You might see a buggy silhouetted against a field of drying corn at dusk, the horse’s breath pluming in the damp, cooling air, while a few miles away, mechanical harvesters work the trellised slopes under floodlights. The economy is tethered to the harvest, fluctuating with the success of the grape crop and the steady, seasonal influx of visitors who come to witness the autumn foliage as it burns through the canopy in shades of burnt orange and pale gold. It is a place of deliberate, quiet industry, where the texture of the day is dictated by the turning of the soil and the slow, steady accumulation of seasons that leave the air feeling heavy with the scent of damp earth and late-summer fermentation.
Cities and Towns in Yates County
About This Yates County Map Page
This page provides an interactive map of Yates County, New York alongside links to detailed street maps for 12 cities and towns. The county seat is Penn Yan. Each city and town map page includes live weather, local news and precise GPS coordinates.
The Search Maps button below the county map opens USGS topographic maps and aerial imagery as base layers, with a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a single-fix GPS readout giving your USNG grid reference and latitude and longitude.
Location data is sourced from the USGS GNIS database and verified by coordinates, not name matching alone.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | USGS GNIS database; coordinates matched to 2020 US Census records |
