Big Indian New York Map
Explore Big Indian, 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 Big Indian, New York
How to Use This Big Indian, New York Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Big Indian, 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 Big Indian.
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 | Big Indian |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Ulster County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 42.10259 |
| Longitude | -74.443762 |
| Population | 480 |
| Density | 12.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 12410 |
| Area Code | 845 |
| County Seat | Kingston |
About Big Indian, New York
Big Indian is a locality in Ulster County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 12.0 people per km². Big Indian is located at 42.1026°N, 74.4438°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 12410.Big Indian occupies a deep, narrow corridor where the earth seems to draw a sharp breath between the steep, verdant walls of the Catskill Mountains. It lies 12.1 miles west-southwest of Edgewood, NY (from Edgewood, NY: bearing 258°T), and is situated 2.8 miles west-southwest of Shandaken. Esopus Creek carves a brisk, translucent path through the center of Big Indian Hollow, its waters tumbling over moss-slicked stones with a persistent, cold clarity that defines the local atmosphere. Sunlight struggles to reach the valley floor for long during the winter months, casting the timbered slopes in long, violet shadows that make the air feel thin and bracingly clean. Within the boundaries of State of New York 1, the landscape remains dominated by dense stands of hemlock and maple, creating a dense, quiet wilderness that feels indifferent to the passage of human time.
Economic life in Big Indian has long been tethered to the timber of the surrounding slopes and the steady, seasonal influx of those seeking the stillness of the higher elevations. While the history of the region is marked by the industrious extraction of bark for tanneries and the felling of hardwoods, the current pace of Big Indian is dictated by the slow, rhythmic cycle of the forest and the changing colors of the canopy. Travelers seeking a more rugged engagement with the terrain often depart from the local roads to access the Seager West Branch Trail, finding a solitude that is rarely interrupted by the noise of the outside world. Far from the lights of any distant metropolis, the nights here are absolute, leaving the silhouette of the ridge lines to hold the darkness in a firm, quiet grip until dawn.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- State of New York 1 (State Resource Management Area) — 0.0 mi, 351° N
- Slide Mountain Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 0.0 mi, 259° W
- Winnisook (Public Artwork) — 0.1 mi, 307° NW
- Shandaken Wild Forest (State Conservation Area) — 0.3 mi, 015° N
- Big Indian Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 0.7 mi, 276° W
- Unclassified (State Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 253° W
- Partial View South (Viewpoint) — 1.2 mi, 293° NW
- Belleayre Mountain Day Use Area (State Recreation Area) — 2.0 mi, 320° NW
- Belleayre Mountain Ski Center (State Recreation Area) — 2.1 mi, 314° NW
- Burroughs Monument (Monument) — 2.4 mi, 004° N
- Shandaken Town Of Land (Local Park) — 2.6 mi, 058° NE
- Pine Hill Honor Roll (Monument) — 2.8 mi, 318° NW
- The Ovid Gallery (Gallery) — 2.9 mi, 318° NW
- Whipples Theatre (Theatre) — 5.8 mi, 310° NW
- Varga Gallery (Gallery) — 6.8 mi, 101° E
- Hot Stuff Blown Glass (Arts Centre) — 6.9 mi, 090° E
- ETS Relay (Ruin) (Historic Ruins) — 6.9 mi, 231° SW
- New York City Lands (Local Resource Management Area) — 7.3 mi, 019° N
- Curtiss & Ormsbee Monument (Monument) — 7.6 mi, 171° S
- Forstmann Castle (Historic Castle / Fort) — 8.3 mi, 200° S
- The Open Eye Theater (Theatre) — 10.8 mi, 288° W
- Catskill Mountain Artisan's Guild (Arts Centre) — 11.0 mi, 287° W
- Bea Ortiz Art (Gallery) — 11.0 mi, 287° W
- Coykendall Lodge (Ruin) (Historic Ruins) — 12.7 mi, 253° W
- Red Hill Observer's Cabin & Museum (Museum) — 12.9 mi, 197° S
- Mountain Cinema (Cinema) — 13.8 mi, 056° NE
- Piano Performance Museum (Museum) — 13.8 mi, 056° NE
- Mine Kill State Park (State Park) — 22.3 mi, 356° N
- New York State Lands (State Park) — 32.1 mi, 075° E
- Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 33.6 mi, 159° S · 1,196 acres
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About This Big Indian Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Big Indian, New York. Coordinates: 42.10259, -74.443762. 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 Big Indian includes the ZIP code (12410), telephone area code (845), county seat of Ulster County (Kingston), 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. |
