Brinckerhoff New York Map
Explore Brinckerhoff, 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 Brinckerhoff, New York
How to Use This Brinckerhoff, New York Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Brinckerhoff, 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 Brinckerhoff.
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 | Brinckerhoff |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Dutchess County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 41.553472 |
| Longitude | -73.86288 |
| Population | 3,377 |
| Density | 740.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 12524 |
| Area Code | 845 |
| County Seat | Poughkeepsie |
| School District | Wappingers Central School District |
About Brinckerhoff, New York
Brinckerhoff is a locality in Dutchess County, New York, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,377. The population density is 740.8 people per km². Brinckerhoff is located at 41.5535°N, 73.8629°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 12524.Brinckerhoff occupies a quiet expanse of land where the persistent, winding course of the Fishkill Creek defines the local topography. It lies 1.7 miles east-northeast of Fishkill, NY (from Fishkill, NY: bearing 70°T), and is situated 7.9 miles east-northeast of Newburgh. The landscape surrounding Brinckerhoff unfolds in a series of modest elevations and fertile depressions, shaped by the steady passage of water through the soil. To the north and south, the terrain invites a sense of stillness, where the air holds the cooling influence of the distant Appalachian Mountains, visible only as a faint, jagged line against the twilight sky. Residents often find that the light at dusk settles with particular weight upon the Town of Fishkill Land, casting long, amber shadows that turn the grass to the color of burnished copper before the evening turns cold and gray.
Brinckerhoff retains the quiet character of a settlement that grew from the rhythms of inland industry and colonial land grants. While the bustle of modern commerce has moved toward the main thoroughfares, the underlying economy remains tethered to the industrious legacy of the valley, where small-scale trade once relied on the power of the nearby creek. The influence of the nineteenth century persists in the stubborn stone foundations of older structures, which seem to hold the memory of a time when the pace of life was dictated by the turning of a wheel or the harvest cycle. Though the wilderness of Black Rock Forest and the deeper basin of Grape Hollow remain miles away, their presence creates a sense of containment, keeping Brinckerhoff firmly anchored in its own modest, inland gravity.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Town Of Wappinger Land (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 027° NE
- Town of Fishkill Land (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 168° S
- Wappinger Town Lands (Local Resource Management Area) — 1.8 mi, 014° N
- Call 811 (Public Artwork) — 2.2 mi, 227° SW
- Scenic Hudson Preserve (Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 152° SE
- Hudson Highlands State Park Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 210° SW
- Shlt / Rodman Assemblage (State Park) — 3.1 mi, 210° SW
- Baxtertown Woods Wma (State Resource Management Area) — 3.2 mi, 258° W
- Emmadine Pond Boat Launch (Viewpoint) — 3.6 mi, 078° E
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 3.6 mi, 135° SE · 110k acres
- Clarence Fahnestock Memorial State Park (State Park) — 4.0 mi, 161° S
- Fishkill State Correctional Facility (State Resource Management Area) — 4.5 mi, 244° SW
- The Mt. Beacon Eight (Monument) — 4.7 mi, 222° SW
- New York City Lands (Local Resource Management Area) — 4.8 mi, 279° W
- George Clinton (Monument) — 5.7 mi, 321° NW
- Great Buddha Hall (Museum) — 5.9 mi, 143° SE
- New York State Lands (State Recreation Area) — 6.0 mi, 289° W
- Mount Culian (Monument) — 6.1 mi, 249° W
- Serious Comedy Theatre (Theatre) — 6.2 mi, 239° SW
- Beacon Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 6.5 mi, 239° SW
- Marion Royael Gallery (Gallery) — 6.6 mi, 242° SW
- Northgate Farm (Historic Ruins) — 8.9 mi, 215° SW
- Magazzino (Museum) — 9.0 mi, 198° S
- Stern-Cornish Estate (Historic Ruins) — 9.7 mi, 215° SW
- Studio Tashtego (Gallery) — 10.5 mi, 208° SW
- National Purple Heart Hall of Honor (Museum) — 11.6 mi, 241° SW
- Arts on the Lake (Arts Centre) — 11.9 mi, 121° SE
- Garrison Art Center (Arts Centre) — 12.6 mi, 200° S
- Hudson Highlands Nature Center - Outdoor Discovery Campus (Museum) — 12.7 mi, 224° SW
- West Point Museum (Museum) — 13.5 mi, 202° S
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About This Brinckerhoff Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Brinckerhoff, New York. Coordinates: 41.553472, -73.86288. 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 Brinckerhoff includes the ZIP code (12524), telephone area code (845), county seat of Dutchess County (Poughkeepsie), and school district assignment (Wappingers 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. |
