Explore Berlin, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Berlin, 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 Berlin.
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 | Berlin |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Rensselaer County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 42.693135 |
| Longitude | -73.372055 |
| Population | 1,800 |
| Density | 28.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 12022 |
| Area Code | 518 |
| County Seat | Troy |
Berlin emerges from the depths of Greene Hollow, where the land rises in persistent, verdant swells that catch the amber light of late afternoon. It lies 15.6 miles east of North Greenbush, NY (from North Greenbush, NY: bearing 84°T), and is situated 9.4 miles east-northeast of Sand Lake. The Little Hoosic River carves a quiet, silver path through the valley floor, its waters reflecting the dense canopy that defines the perimeter of the terrain. Only five miles distant, the quiet surface of Cranberry Pond mirrors the shifting clouds, while the nearby Berlin State Forest offers a dense refuge of timber and shadow that anchors the local wilderness. Further out, the distant Appalachian Mountains provide a jagged, blue-tinted silhouette against the northern horizon, framing a landscape defined by its inland isolation and the rhythmic turn of the seasons.
Berlin carries a history rooted in the quiet industriousness of the agrarian frontier, where the soil and the timber dictated the pace of growth for generations. Economic life here remains tethered to the land, balancing the legacy of small-scale agriculture with the modern stewardship of the nearby Capital District Forest and Game Refuge. Residents often seek the solitude of the Southeast Hollow Trail, moving through woods that have witnessed the slow transition from colonial settlement to the steady, modest commerce of the present day. Life in Berlin moves with an unforced cadence, shaped by the chill of winters and the sudden, vivid bloom of spring, maintaining a character that values the permanence of the earth over the clamor of external expansion.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Berlin, New York. Coordinates: 42.693135, -73.372055. 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 Berlin includes the ZIP code (12022), telephone area code (518), county seat of Rensselaer County (Troy), and school district assignment.
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. |