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Bearsville New York Map

Explore Bearsville, 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 Bearsville, New York

How to Use This Bearsville, New York Map

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

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

Latitude	42.040647
Longitude	-74.155143
Population	1,200
Density	120.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	12409
Area Code	845
County Seat	Kingston

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About Bearsville, New York

Bearsville is a locality in Ulster County, New York, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,200. The population density is 120.0 people per km². Bearsville is located at 42.0406°N, 74.1551°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 12409.

Bearsville remains defined by the persistent, rhythmic clarity of the Saw Kill, a waterway that cuts through the woodland floor with a cold, insistent purpose. It lies 7.5 miles south-southeast of Edgewood, NY (from Edgewood, NY: bearing 157°T), and is situated 9.4 miles north-northwest of Hurley. The air here holds a particular weight, thick with the scent of damp earth and decaying leaves that seem to swallow the sounds of the modern world. To the west, the jagged, distant silhouettes of the Catskill Mountains rise against the horizon, providing a permanent backdrop to the dense, tangled greenery of the Woodstock Land Conservancy Land that encircles the neighborhood. Only two miles distant, the surface of Yankeetown Pond reflects the gray, shifting sky, its stillness acting as a muted counterpoint to the restless movement of the creek nearby. In the deeper shadows of the terrain, the land folds into the quiet, secluded basin of Lewis Hollow, where the shadows linger long after the sun has begun its descent behind the ridge.

Bearsville emerged from a landscape shaped by the grit of early industry, where the exploitation of timber and water power once dictated the pulse of daily existence. While the clamor of mills has long since faded into the silence of the woods, the local economy now favors a slower, more deliberate pace, rooted in the creative labor of artists and the preservation of the surrounding wilderness. The character of Bearsville is marked by a refusal to succumb to the frantic speed of the downstate centers, instead prioritizing the isolation found along the overgrown paths that lead toward the Willow Trail. Life here is measured by the changing light on the bark of the trees and the seasonal rise of the Saw Kill, maintaining a solitude that persists regardless of the world beyond the reach of the forest. Though the thunder of Glenerie Falls remains miles away, the memory of that cascading force feels present in the way the water here moves, carving a narrow, quiet path through the heart of the woods.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Woodstock Land Conservancy Land (Conservation Area) — 0.3 mi, 170° S
Woodstock Town Of Land (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 110° E
The Comeau Property Park (Local Recreation) — 1.1 mi, 096° E
Tinker Street Cinema (Cinema) — 1.4 mi, 090° E
Kingston City W W Land (Local Park) — 1.5 mi, 329° NW
Happylife Productions (Gallery) — 1.8 mi, 091° E
Kleinert/James Center for the Arts (Gallery) — 1.8 mi, 090° E
Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild (Arts Centre) — 1.8 mi, 090° E
Woodstock Veterans' War Memorial (Monument) — 1.9 mi, 083° E
Keegan Bell (Monument) — 1.9 mi, 081° E
AZART Gallery (Gallery) — 2.0 mi, 091° E
View South (Viewpoint) — 2.1 mi, 171° S
Overlook Mountain Wild Forest (State Conservation Area) — 2.3 mi, 057° NE
Kenneth L. Wilson Campground (State Recreation Area) — 2.4 mi, 244° SW
Phoenicia - Mt. Tobias Wild Forest (State Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 291° W
Little Deep (Local Recreation) — 3.2 mi, 092° E
Indian Head Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 3.6 mi, 016° N
Woodstock Art Exchange (Arts Centre) — 4.2 mi, 137° SE
Border Overlook / Indian Head (State Resource Management Area) — 4.2 mi, 043° NE
The Great Knot (Public Artwork) — 6.1 mi, 072° E
Slide Mountain Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 6.3 mi, 257° W
Historic New York Catskill Mountains ~ Shandaken Area (Monument) — 7.0 mi, 277° W
Boarding House (Historic Ruins) — 7.2 mi, 029° NE
Yale Quarry (Historic Ruins) — 8.8 mi, 208° SW
Hurley Heritage Museum (Museum) — 9.3 mi, 149° SE
Mattewis Persen House (Museum) — 10.1 mi, 137° SE
Volunteer Firemen's Museum (Museum) — 10.2 mi, 137° SE
Friends of Historic Kingston (Museum) — 10.3 mi, 137° SE
Kingston Pop Museum (Museum) — 10.7 mi, 135° SE
Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 11.5 mi, 094° E

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