Black River New York Map
Explore Black River, 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 Black River, New York
How to Use This Black River, New York Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Black River, 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 Black River.
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 | Black River |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Jefferson County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 44.012564 |
| Longitude | -75.794367 |
| Population | 1,232 |
| Density | 267.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 13612 |
| Area Code | 315 |
| County Seat | Watertown |
| School District | Carthage Central School District |
About Black River, New York
Black River is a locality in Jefferson County, New York, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,232. The population density is 267.1 people per km². Black River is located at 44.0126°N, 75.7944°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Black River is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 13612.Black River defines the landscape through the persistent, muscular motion of its namesake water, which cuts a deep, insistent channel through the limestone of the northern plains. It lies 2.3 miles south of Fort Drum, NY (from Fort Drum, NY: bearing 179°T), and is situated 6.3 miles east-northeast of Watertown. The Black River descends with a gravity that once dictated the very pulse of the settlement, its current carving a path through the earth that remains the primary orienting force for every structure nearby. Beyond the immediate banks of the waterway, the terrain settles into a quiet, terrestrial expanse where the horizon is defined by the distant, hazy blue silhouettes of the Adirondack Mountains, standing some eighty-nine miles to the east as silent sentinels. Within the immediate vicinity, the landscape remains modest and grounded, offering a stark, honest beauty in the way the late afternoon sun catches the spray of the river, casting long, lean shadows across the Black River Village Lands that border the water’s edge.
History in Black River is written in the stone foundations of mills and the remnants of industrial ambition that once harnessed the kinetic energy of the rushing current to drive the regional economy. While the proximity to the deeper, shadowed depths of Rutland Hollow suggests a landscape shaped by ancient geological patience, the contemporary rhythm of the place is marked by a steady, rural industriousness that favors endurance over rapid expansion. Life here moves in concert with the seasonal shifts of the interior, where the air holds a crisp, biting clarity that speaks of the heavy snows common to the region. Travelers seeking a moment of stillness often find themselves drawn seven miles away to the quiet, reflective surface of Pleasant Lake, yet the true character of the locality remains tethered to the constant, rushing vitality of the river that gave the place its name and its primary purpose.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Unknown Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 204° SW
- Black River Village of Land (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 048° NE
- New York State Lands (State Recreation Area) — 0.5 mi, 175° S
- Black River Trail (State Recreation Area) — 0.9 mi, 217° SW
- Jefferson County Lands (Local Conservation Area) — 1.6 mi, 078° E
- 10th Mountain Division Historical Collection (Museum) — 2.5 mi, 051° NE
- 10th Mountain Division (light Infantry) Monument (Monument) — 2.7 mi, 002° N
- 10th Mountain Division & Fort Drum Museum (Museum) — 2.8 mi, 010° N
- Fort Drum MWR (Attraction) — 3.2 mi, 351° N
- Little Theatre of Watertown (Theatre) — 5.4 mi, 247° SW
- Jefferson County Historical Society (Museum) — 6.4 mi, 245° SW
- New York Central Roundhouse (Historic Ruins) — 7.3 mi, 248° W
- Pinckney State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 8.1 mi, 179° S
- Perch River Wma (State Resource Management Area) — 8.7 mi, 327° NW
- Lewis County Lands (Local Conservation Area) — 10.0 mi, 189° S
- Philadelphia Historical Society (Museum) — 10.9 mi, 024° NE
- Grist Mill built in 1805 (Historic Ruins) — 11.0 mi, 023° NE
- Tug Hill State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 11.3 mi, 193° S
- The Soldiers and Sailors (Monument) — 14.0 mi, 360° N
- Veterans Monument (Monument) — 14.1 mi, 360° N
- Sackets Harbor Historical Society (Museum) — 16.8 mi, 254° W
- Westcott Beach State Park (State Park) — 17.5 mi, 243° SW
- St Lawrence Gallery (Gallery) — 21.6 mi, 317° NW
- Wellesley Island State Park (State Park) — 21.9 mi, 330° NW
- Potholes (Attraction) — 23.2 mi, 328° NW
- Glacial Potholes (Attraction) — 23.2 mi, 328° NW
- Uncle Sam boat tours (Attraction) — 23.3 mi, 345° N
- Littlejohn State Game Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 23.6 mi, 192° S
- Parc national des Îles-du-Saint-Laurent (Nature Reserve) — 26.3 mi, 337° NW
- Five Ponds Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 33.2 mi, 083° E
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About This Black River Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Black River, New York. Coordinates: 44.012564, -75.794367. 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 Black River includes the ZIP code (13612), telephone area code (315), county seat of Jefferson County (Watertown), and school district assignment (Carthage 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. |
