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Brownville New York Map

Explore Brownville, 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 Brownville, New York

How to Use This Brownville, New York Map

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

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

Latitude	44.005307
Longitude	-75.98307
Population	930
Density	575.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	12458, 13615
Area Code	845, 315
County Seat	Kingston
School District	General Brown Central School District

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About Brownville, New York

Brownville is a locality in Ulster County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 930. The population density is 575.4 people per km². Brownville is located at 44.0053°N, 75.9831°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Brownville is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 12458, 13615.

Brownville emerges from the dense, temperate canopy where the steady current of the Vernooy Kill carves a persistent path through the earth. It lies 3.1 miles north-northwest of Wawarsing, NY (from Wawarsing, NY: bearing 337°T), and is situated 5.8 miles north of Ellenville. The landscape here is defined by the deep, verdant solitude of the Vernooy Kill State Forest, where the soil is thick with the damp scent of decaying leaves and the quiet pressure of a high-latitude interior. To the west, the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains anchor the horizon, grounding a terrain that favors jagged stone and heavy timber over the soft edges of the plains. Only a short distance away, the stillness of Lyon Lake mirrors the gray, brooding sky, offering a stark, silent contrast to the movement of the creek as it winds through the undergrowth.

Brownville occupies a space where the rhythm of the day is dictated by the slow, seasonal shifts of the forest rather than the frantic pace of the urban centers to the south. Historically, the land held the promise of extraction and timber, shaping an economy that remains tethered to the rugged reality of the woods and the unpredictable temperament of the seasons. Residents move with a deliberate caution, accustomed to the isolation that comes from living within a protected state expanse, five miles removed from the sudden, thundering drop of Hanging Rock Falls or the winding, root-strewn ascent of the Vernooy Falls Trail. Even the nearby depression of Witches Hole serves as a reminder of the geologic volatility that lingers just beneath the surface, ensuring that Brownville remains a place of quiet endurance, where the shadows grow long early in the afternoon and the frost lingers well into the spring.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Brownville Park (Local Park) — 0.0 mi, 180° S
Brownville Village Lands (Local Resource Management Area) — 0.2 mi, 050° NE
Brownville Wma (State Resource Management Area) — 1.4 mi, 324° NW
Dexter Village Lands (Local Resource Management Area) — 2.8 mi, 277° W
City of Watertown Land (Local Park) — 2.9 mi, 135° SE
New York Central Roundhouse (Historic Ruins) — 3.4 mi, 131° SE
Limerick Cedars Preserve (Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 317° NW
Perch River Wma (State Resource Management Area) — 4.2 mi, 357° N
Jefferson County Historical Society (Museum) — 4.2 mi, 122° SE
Little Theatre of Watertown (Theatre) — 4.7 mi, 110° E
10th Mountain Division (Monument) — 5.5 mi, 123° SE
Black River Trail (State Recreation Area) — 5.7 mi, 113° SE
New York State Lands (State Recreation Area) — 7.0 mi, 102° E
Sackets Harbor Historical Society (Museum) — 7.9 mi, 239° SW
Ldc (State Park) — 8.3 mi, 241° SW
Fort Drum MWR (Attraction) — 9.6 mi, 067° NE
Westcott Beach State Park (State Park) — 9.8 mi, 220° SW
Tug Hill State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 12.1 mi, 155° SE
Gosier (Monument) — 15.2 mi, 302° NW
St Lawrence Gallery (Gallery) — 17.2 mi, 342° N
The Soldiers and Sailors (Monument) — 17.2 mi, 033° NE
Grist Mill built in 1805 (Historic Ruins) — 17.3 mi, 052° NE
Philadelphia Historical Society (Museum) — 17.3 mi, 052° NE
Tibbets Point (Viewpoint) — 20.3 mi, 289° W
Potholes (Attraction) — 20.4 mi, 352° N
Glacial Potholes (Attraction) — 20.4 mi, 352° N
Redwood Historical Society (Museum) — 22.2 mi, 024° NE
Littlejohn State Game Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 23.0 mi, 169° S
Uncle Sam boat tours (Attraction) — 23.3 mi, 008° N
Parc national des Îles-du-Saint-Laurent (Nature Reserve) — 24.7 mi, 358° N

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