Explore Cold Brook, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Cold Brook, 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 Cold Brook.
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 | Cold Brook |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Herkimer County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 43.239875 |
| Longitude | -75.038869 |
| Population | 250 |
| Density | 219.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 12412, 13324 |
| Area Code | 845, 315 |
| County Seat | Herkimer |
| School District | Poland Central School District |
Cold Brook emerges from the landscape as a quiet intersection of winding rural roads and the namesake stream that cuts a clear, rhythmic path through the valley floor. It lies 13.8 miles northeast of Utica, NY (from Utica, NY: bearing 45°T), and is situated 8.0 miles east-southeast of Trenton. The water of Cold Brook persists as a constant, low-frequency hum, carving its way through the earth toward the nearby basin of Oklahoma Gulf. Dense clusters of hardwoods define the horizon, with the deep, tangled canopy of Black Creek State Forest looming five miles out, suggesting a wilderness that remains largely untamed by the progress of the surrounding region. The air here holds a distinct, metallic crispness during the transition of seasons, a sharpness that settles over the Village Of Cold Brook Land and renders the evening light a pale, translucent violet.
Historical remnants of milling and small-scale timber extraction linger in the architecture of Cold Brook, marking a time when the local economy relied heavily on the direct harvest of the woods. While the modern pace has slowed to a deliberate, contemplative crawl, the legacy of these early trades remains visible in the sturdy foundations of older structures that stand against the frequent winter snows. Residents often look toward the distant silhouettes of the Adirondack Mountains, which define the far edge of the sky, or make the short journey to Herkimer Reservoir when the water turns mirror-still under a high sun. Life here follows the cycle of the land, far removed from the frantic pulse of distant urban centers, finding its focus instead in the steady, seasonal shifts of the upstate terrain and the occasional excursion toward the misted spray of Sherman Falls.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cold Brook, New York. Coordinates: 43.239875, -75.038869. 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 Cold Brook includes the ZIP code (12412, 13324), telephone area code (845, 315), county seat of Herkimer County (Herkimer), and school district assignment (Poland 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. |