Blue Mountain Lake New York Map
Explore Blue Mountain Lake, 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 Blue Mountain Lake, New York
How to Use This Blue Mountain Lake, New York Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Blue Mountain Lake, 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 Blue Mountain Lake.
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 | Blue Mountain Lake |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Hamilton County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 43.855341 |
| Longitude | -74.443493 |
| Population | 180 |
| Density | 5.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 12812 |
| Area Code | 845 |
| County Seat | Lake Pleasant |
About Blue Mountain Lake, New York
Blue Mountain Lake is a locality in Hamilton County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 180. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Blue Mountain Lake is located at 43.8553°N, 74.4435°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 12812.Blue Mountain Lake reveals itself through a landscape of persistent, shadowed forests that spill into the quiet depths of the Blue Ridge Wilderness. It lies 36.2 miles southwest of North Elba, NY (from North Elba, NY: bearing 222°T), and is situated 25.5 miles south of Tupper Lake. The air here holds a distinct, biting clarity, smelling of damp pine and the cold, mineral breath of the nearby Rock River. To the west, the Adirondack Mountains loom as a jagged, slate-colored silhouette against the horizon, anchoring the sky while Grassy Pond mirrors the shifting grays of the clouds in its glassy surface. Just a mile away, the solitary silhouette of Osprey Island breaks the water, a silent sentinel of timber and stone, while the distant, rhythmic pull of the tides from Plumley Bay suggests a vastness beyond the immediate, landlocked stillness of the woods.
Economic life in Blue Mountain Lake remains tethered to the rugged demands of the seasons, echoing a history built upon the slow, deliberate harvesting of the surrounding timber and the seasonal migration of visitors seeking the solitude of the Northville Lake Placid Trail. The local character is defined by a stoic endurance, where the labor of the day is measured by the steady flow of the Rock River and the maintenance of ancestral homesteads that have weathered many winters. Every structure seems carved from the land itself, reflecting a heritage of self-reliance that persists even as modern travelers drift through, their presence barely disturbing the profound, ancient quiet that defines the daily rhythm of the woods.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Blue Ridge Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 0.2 mi, 160° S
- Sargent Ponds Wild Forest (State Conservation Area) — 0.4 mi, 307° NW
- Town Of Indian Lake Land (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 096° E
- Blue Mountain Wild Forest (State Conservation Area) — 0.9 mi, 142° SE
- Adirondack Experience: The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake (Museum) — 1.1 mi, 028° NE
- Lake Durant Campground (State Recreation Area) — 2.0 mi, 121° SE
- Forked Lake Campground (State Recreation Area) — 5.3 mi, 312° NW
- Sargent Pond (State Resource Management Area) — 5.3 mi, 312° NW
- West Canada Lake Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 5.9 mi, 163° S
- Long Lake Boat Tours (Attraction) — 8.3 mi, 007° N
- Iron Cross (Public Artwork) — 10.2 mi, 236° SW
- Sugar Shack Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 10.5 mi, 236° SW
- Raquette Lake Navigation Co. (Attraction) — 11.0 mi, 255° W
- Snowy Mountain Fire Observation Station (Viewpoint) — 11.1 mi, 165° S
- Great Camp Sagamore Tours (Attraction) — 11.2 mi, 236° SW
- Gate House Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 11.3 mi, 240° SW
- Pendleton (Monument) — 13.9 mi, 055° NE
- Newcomb Ski Slope (Attraction) — 15.2 mi, 061° NE
- Speculator Historical Museum (Museum) — 24.9 mi, 171° S
- Enchanted Forest Water Safari (Theme Park) — 27.9 mi, 250° W
- David Henderson Memorial (Monument) — 28.3 mi, 051° NE
- Kurt Gardner Photography Gallery (Gallery) — 28.4 mi, 249° W
- Strategic Air Command Memorial (Monument) — 30.8 mi, 048° NE
- Seagle Festival (Arts Centre) — 34.0 mi, 092° E
- Adirondack Artists Guild Gallery (Gallery) — 36.0 mi, 025° NE
- NorthWind Fine Arts Gallery (Gallery) — 36.1 mi, 025° NE
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About This Blue Mountain Lake Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Blue Mountain Lake, New York. Coordinates: 43.855341, -74.443493. 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 Blue Mountain Lake includes the ZIP code (12812), telephone area code (845), county seat of Hamilton County (Lake Pleasant), 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. |
