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Brainardsville New York Map

Explore Brainardsville, 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 Brainardsville, New York

How to Use This Brainardsville, New York Map

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

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

Latitude	44.857822
Longitude	-74.033486
Population	580
Density	12.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	12920, 12915
Area Code	845
County Seat	Malone

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About Brainardsville, New York

Brainardsville is a locality in Franklin County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 580. The population density is 12.0 people per km². Brainardsville is located at 44.8578°N, 74.0335°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 12920, 12915.

Brainardsville emerges from the northern landscape where the Chateaugay River slices a steady, dark path through the rugged earth. It lies 30.5 miles west-northwest of Plattsburgh, NY (from Plattsburgh, NY: bearing 291°T), and is situated 5.3 miles south-southeast of Chateaugay. The air here holds a crisp, singular clarity, carrying the scent of damp soil and the cold, mineral breath of water flowing toward the distant, salt-tinged expanse of Peavey Bay. To the south, the massive, hazy outlines of the Adirondack Mountains anchor the horizon, while the local terrain remains defined by the immediate presence of the Town Of Bellmont Land, which stretches out in quiet, uncultivated expanses. Only a few miles away, the rush of High Falls provides a constant, low-frequency pulse, a reminder of the gravity that pulls the water toward the depths of the Chateaugay Chasm. The light at dusk settles over the fields in long, bruised purples, turning the nearby surface of Lower Chateaugay Lake into a sheet of polished slate that reflects the encroaching shadows of the evening.

Brainardsville carries the weight of a history rooted in the hard, deliberate labor of those who cleared the timber and worked the surrounding soil. While the industrial momentum of the wider region has shifted, the local economy remains tied to the slow, seasonal rhythms of the land and the endurance of its small-scale enterprises. Life in Brainardsville is marked by a quiet, persistent independence, where the passage of time is measured less by clocks and more by the changing density of the forest canopy and the cycles of the river. Beyond the immediate vicinity, the landscape remains sparsely settled, offering a stark, honest perspective that favors the singular tree or the weathered barn over any grander display. Even as the modern world pushes against the edges of this northern geography, the character of the place persists in the muted, steady interactions of its inhabitants and the enduring, silent presence of the wild country that surrounds them.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Town Of Bellmont Land (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 060° NE
Bellmont Town Dam Land (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 196° S
Valley View State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 003° N
Chazy Highlands Wild Forest (State Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 163° S
Upper Chateaugay Lake Boat Launch (State Recreation Area) — 6.3 mi, 156° SE
Debar Mountain Wild Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 9.1 mi, 133° SE
Chazy Highlands Wma (State Resource Management Area) — 9.2 mi, 166° S
New York State Lands (State Recreation Area) — 15.1 mi, 236° SW
Six Nations Indian Museum (Museum) — 25.3 mi, 188° S
Macomb Reservation State Park (State Park) — 25.6 mi, 130° SE
Regal Cinemas Champlain Centre 8 (Cinema) — 28.7 mi, 112° E
Rockwell Kent Collection (Museum) — 30.0 mi, 112° E
Amite Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 30.0 mi, 112° E
Plattsburgh State Art Museum (Museum) — 30.1 mi, 112° E
Nina Winkel Sculpture Gallery (Museum) — 30.1 mi, 112° E
Mckenzie Mountain Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 30.1 mi, 174° S
Champlain Theatre (Theatre) — 30.5 mi, 111° E
Trinity Episcopal Church - 1830 (Monument) — 30.5 mi, 111° E
MacDonough Monument (Monument) — 30.6 mi, 111° E
First Building (Monument) — 30.7 mi, 111° E
Airplane (Attraction) — 31.2 mi, 113° SE
Clinton County Historical Museum (Museum) — 31.3 mi, 113° SE
Pelots Point Nature Area (Nature Reserve) — 35.5 mi, 094° E
Whirlpool Basin Overlook (Viewpoint) — 35.8 mi, 128° SE
Potholes (Attraction) — 36.0 mi, 167° S
Indian Head Rock (Attraction) — 36.0 mi, 167° S
Whirlpool Cove (Attraction) — 36.0 mi, 167° S
Bert Williams Farm (Historic Ruins) — 36.4 mi, 159° S
High Peaks Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 40.1 mi, 191° S
Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 40.7 mi, 080° E · 15k acres

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