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Copake New York Map

Explore Copake, 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 Copake, New York

How to Use This Copake, New York Map

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

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.

CityCopake
StateNew York (NY)
CountyColumbia County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude42.103424
Longitude-73.550121
Population318
Density99.5 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code12516
Area Code845
County SeatHudson
School DistrictTaconic Hills Central School District

About Copake, New York

Copake is a locality in Columbia County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 318. The population density is 99.5 people per km². Copake is located at 42.1034°N, 73.5501°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 12516.

Copake reveals itself through the persistent, low-frequency rush of Bash Bish Brook as it maneuvers through the dense, verdant terrain. It lies 17.9 miles east-southeast of Catskill, NY (from Catskill, NY: bearing 116°T), and is situated 18.3 miles east-northeast of Red Hook Dutchess County. The landscape is defined by the deliberate, slow-motion grace of rural topography, where the land rises into quiet ridges that look toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Catskill Mountains. Sunlight here has a particular, heavy clarity, casting long, ochre shadows across the Town of Copake Land that stretch toward the water’s edge. Robinson Pond sits nearby, a still, dark mirror reflecting the seasonal shift from the deep, damp greens of summer to the brittle, copper-colored decay of autumn. A few miles out, the terrain deepens into the shaded, cool recesses of Guilder Hollow, while the proximity of Mount Washington State Forest provides a thick, pine-scented boundary to the eastern horizon.

Economic life in Copake operates with an understated efficiency, rooted in an agrarian legacy that continues to shape the local character. Beyond the reach of the Northrup Trail, where the earth is packed hard by the rhythmic tread of boots, the economy maintains a steady, artisanal pace that shuns the frantic tempo of larger urban centers. Visitors often migrate toward the dramatic, vertical drop of Bash Bish Falls, yet the true pulse of the locality remains in the quiet exchange of goods and labor among neighbors who have occupied these valleys for generations. Copake persists as a place where the history of early settlement is not a museum piece but a lived reality, evidenced by the weathered architecture that stands in quiet defiance of the shifting seasons. The atmosphere is one of deliberate stillness, a deliberate refusal of haste that allows the sound of wind in the canopy to remain the dominant voice of the day.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Town of Copake Land (Local Park) — 0.0 mi, 281° W
  • Copake Town Lands (Local Park) — 0.0 mi, 276° W
  • Taconic State Park (State Park) — 1.3 mi, 108° E
  • Harlem Valley Rail Trail (State Recreation Area) — 2.0 mi, 040° NE
  • Bash Bish Falls State Park (State Park) — 2.5 mi, 090° E
  • Mount Washington State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 120° SE
  • Taconic View (Viewpoint) — 2.6 mi, 076° E
  • Doodletown Wildlife Management Area (State Resource Management Area) — 4.3 mi, 244° SW
  • Mt. Plantain Preserve (Conservation Area) — 4.8 mi, 118° SE
  • Tri-State Marker (Attraction) — 4.9 mi, 139° SE
  • Jug End State Reservation and Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.1 mi, 054° NE
  • Cedar Mountain/Jug End (Jug End Corp.) (State Resource Management Area) — 5.2 mi, 062° NE
  • Ancram Opera House (Theatre) — 5.7 mi, 230° SW
  • Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 5.9 mi, 129° SE · 110k acres
  • Diving Lady (Public Artwork) — 8.4 mi, 283° W
  • Battlesite Monument (Monument) — 8.9 mi, 070° E
  • War Memorial (Monument) — 10.1 mi, 213° SW
  • Holley Williams House Museum (Museum) — 11.0 mi, 150° SE
  • Orchard City Millage Sign (Attraction) — 11.1 mi, 052° NE
  • Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 11.4 mi, 057° NE
  • Moravian Christian Mission Monument (Monument) — 11.9 mi, 205° SW
  • Circle Museum (Museum) — 12.0 mi, 019° N
  • C H Pease Museum (Museum) — 12.4 mi, 115° SE
  • Connecticut Railroad Historical Museum (Museum) — 12.5 mi, 115° SE
  • Community Access to the Arts (Arts Centre) — 13.0 mi, 054° NE
  • Town Hill Farm (Attraction) — 13.0 mi, 152° SE
  • FV - Canaan Historical Society (Museum) — 14.0 mi, 137° SE
  • Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 16.9 mi, 316° NW
  • Four Brothers Drive-In (Cinema) — 17.5 mi, 181° S
  • Housatonic State Forest (Nature Reserve) — 17.9 mi, 136° SE

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About This Copake Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Copake, New York. Coordinates: 42.103424, -73.550121. 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 Copake includes the ZIP code (12516), telephone area code (845), county seat of Columbia County (Hudson), and school district assignment (Taconic Hills 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 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.