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Central Bridge New York Map

Explore Central Bridge, 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 Central Bridge, New York

How to Use This Central Bridge, New York Map

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

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	Central Bridge
State	New York (NY)
County	Schoharie County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	42.711186
Longitude	-74.338744
Population	740
Density	100.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	12092, 12035
Area Code	518
County Seat	Schoharie
School District	Schoharie Central School District

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About Central Bridge, New York

Central Bridge is a locality in Schoharie County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 740. The population density is 100.0 people per km². Central Bridge is located at 42.7112°N, 74.3387°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 12092, 12035.

Central Bridge occupies a quiet expanse of land where the steady flow of Cobleskill Creek defines the valley floor, carving a path through the earth toward the horizon. It lies 17.5 miles south-southwest of Amsterdam, NY (from Amsterdam, NY: bearing 206°T), and is situated 7.8 miles east-northeast of Cobleskill. The landscape surrounding Central Bridge is defined by the steady, unassuming geometry of agricultural fields and dense pockets of woodland that shift from a deep, verdant green in the summer to a muted, skeletal gray when the winter air turns brittle. Far to the south, the distant profile of the Catskill Mountains provides a permanent, hazy backdrop that anchors the view against the sky, while the proximity of Ecker Hollow and the stillness of Conover Pond suggest a region shaped by slow, geological patience rather than sudden upheaval. At dusk, the light here has a way of lingering, turning the surface of the creek into a dark mirror that captures the stillness of the surrounding acreage.

Historical currents in Central Bridge are tied to the movement of goods and people through this passage of the state, an economy once bolstered by the rail lines and the steady cultivation of the surrounding soil. The presence of the Schoharie Creek Parking Fishing Access serves as a modern reminder of the persistent draw of the local waterways, where the pace of life is measured more by the seasonal variations of the land than by the rapid tempo of distant metropolitan centers. This is a place where the infrastructure of the past—the bridges and the old transit routes—remains visible, grounding the current residents in a lineage of labor and land management that has persisted for generations. Life here moves with the deliberate, unforced cadence of a region that has long understood how to sustain itself within the quiet boundaries of its own geography.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Schoharie Creek Parking Fishing Access (State Recreation Area) — 0.7 mi, 110° E
Town of Cobleskill Land (Local Park) — 2.7 mi, 234° SW
Protected Area (Local Park) — 2.9 mi, 141° SE
Gobbler's Knob Family Fun Park (Attraction) — 4.5 mi, 237° SW
Charleston State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 5.7 mi, 008° N
Cotton Hill State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 5.9 mi, 159° S
Montgomery County Lands (Local Conservation Area) — 7.0 mi, 342° N
The Cliff (Viewpoint) — 7.7 mi, 173° S
Memorial Park (Monument) — 8.0 mi, 177° S
Christman Memorial (Monument) — 11.0 mi, 079° E
Wiggins Family Homestead Foundation (Historic Ruins) — 11.2 mi, 056° NE
Max V. Shaul State Park (State Park) — 11.5 mi, 198° S
Berne Museum (Museum) — 11.9 mi, 120° SE
Richmondville Service Memorial (Monument) — 12.6 mi, 245° SW
Fallen Chimney (Historic Ruins) — 14.0 mi, 124° SE
John Boyd Thacher State Park (State Park) — 14.6 mi, 098° E
Sculpture Park (Public Artwork) — 14.8 mi, 091° E
New York State Lands (State Recreation Area) — 15.1 mi, 007° N
Rensselaerville Historical Society (Museum) — 16.9 mi, 143° SE
Rialto Theatre (Theatre) — 17.4 mi, 025° NE
Walter Elwood Museum (Museum) — 17.6 mi, 026° NE
Mohawk Valley Railway Society (Museum) — 17.6 mi, 026° NE
Arkell Museum (Museum) — 18.0 mi, 319° NW
Rotterdam Square Cinema (Cinema) — 19.0 mi, 069° E
Via Aquarium (Aquarium) — 19.1 mi, 069° E
Fulton County Jail (historic) (Historic Castle / Fort) — 20.2 mi, 355° N
Johnstown Movieplex (Cinema) — 21.0 mi, 357° N
Peck Hill State Forest (State Wilderness) — 24.1 mi, 357° N
Windham-Blackhead Range Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 28.4 mi, 159° S

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