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Comstock New York Map

Explore Comstock, 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 Comstock, New York

How to Use This Comstock, New York Map

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

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.

CityComstock
StateNew York (NY)
CountyWashington County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude43.457292
Longitude-73.4415
Population2,200
Density55.0 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code12821
Area Code845
County SeatFort Edward

About Comstock, New York

Comstock is a locality in Washington County, New York, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,200. The population density is 55.0 people per km². Comstock is located at 43.4573°N, 73.4415°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 12821.

Comstock occupies a quiet corridor of earth where the persistent, linear cut of the Champlain Canal defines the rhythm of the immediate horizon. It lies 7.9 miles northeast of Kingsbury, NY (from Kingsbury, NY: bearing 35°T), and is situated 3.8 miles northeast of Fort Ann. Low-lying marshlands and dense thickets of hardwood create a landscape of muted colors, where the stillness is punctuated only by the occasional migration of birds or the shifting of light across the damp soil. Beaver Pond sits a mere mile away, a stagnant mirror for the heavy, gray skies that often cling to this inland basin, while the distant, jagged silhouette of the Adirondack Mountains marks the western limit of the world. Three miles to the east, the water of Kane Falls spills over stone in a disciplined, rhythmic cascade, providing the only sharp acoustic against the muffled silence of the surrounding plains.

Comstock carries the weight of a history rooted in the hard labor of construction and the logistical demands of an inland transit route. The local economy and the daily existence of the people here have long been tethered to the infrastructure of the Champlain Canal, an enduring artery that once dictated the pulse of regional commerce and continues to influence the physical character of the land. The proximity to Winchell Creek offers a subtle variation in the terrain, carving a modest path through the earth that provides drainage for the surrounding fields. While the distant slopes of the Adirondack Mountains serve as a reminder of the vast, wilder geography that lies beyond, life in Comstock remains grounded in the immediate tasks of the day, where the smell of rain on dry silt and the precise, recurring geometry of the canal banks serve as the primary markers of a consistent, unyielding life.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Champlain Canal (State Recreation Area) — 0.0 mi, 175° S
  • Dolph Pond State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 355° N
  • The Stand Against Burgoyne (Monument) — 3.4 mi, 221° SW
  • Fort Anne (Monument) — 3.5 mi, 221° SW
  • Kane's Falls (Viewpoint) — 3.5 mi, 233° SW
  • Old Well (Monument) — 3.6 mi, 219° SW
  • Old Champlain Canal Lock 18 (Historic Ruins) — 3.7 mi, 217° SW
  • The Saddles State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 4.0 mi, 356° N
  • Whitehall Village Of Land (Local Park) — 6.9 mi, 022° N
  • Chiseled Slate monoliths (Public Artwork) — 11.2 mi, 068° E
  • Erie Canal (State Recreation Area) — 11.6 mi, 204° SW
  • The Five Combine , canal locks (Historic Ruins) — 12.8 mi, 210° SW
  • Strand Theatre (Theatre) — 12.9 mi, 214° SW
  • Lake George Steamboat Company (Attraction) — 13.7 mi, 260° W
  • Lake George Historical Association (Museum) — 13.7 mi, 261° W
  • Fort William Henry (Museum) — 13.8 mi, 259° W
  • House of Frankenstein Wax Museum (Museum) — 13.8 mi, 261° W
  • Doctor Morbid's Haunted House (Attraction) — 13.9 mi, 260° W
  • The Hyde Collection (Museum) — 14.0 mi, 224° SW
  • Glens Falls Community Theatre (Theatre) — 14.3 mi, 225° SW
  • Ballard Farm (Attraction) — 14.4 mi, 094° E
  • Blind Rock (Attraction) — 14.6 mi, 235° SW
  • Regal Aviation Mall (Cinema) — 14.9 mi, 233° SW
  • Bomoseen State Park (State Park) — 15.7 mi, 033° NE
  • Moreau Lake State Park (State Park) — 17.3 mi, 225° SW
  • Pharaoh Lake Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 20.7 mi, 337° NW
  • Green Mountain National Forest (National Forest) — 20.9 mi, 134° SE · 412k acres
  • Robert T. Stafford White Rocks National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 23.6 mi, 103° E · 36k acres
  • Big Branch Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 24.5 mi, 105° E · 6,625 acres
  • Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 25.0 mi, 088° E · 110k acres

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About This Comstock Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Comstock, New York. Coordinates: 43.457292, -73.4415. 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 Comstock includes the ZIP code (12821), telephone area code (845), county seat of Washington County (Fort Edward), and school district assignment.

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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.