Explore De Kalb Junction, 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 De Kalb Junction, 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 De Kalb Junction.
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 | De Kalb Junction |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | St. Lawrence County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 44.505061 |
| Longitude | -75.273822 |
| Population | 480 |
| Density | 35.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 13630 |
| Area Code | 315 |
| County Seat | Canton |
De Kalb Junction emerges from the flat, industrious reaches of northern New York as a quiet convergence of rail lines and open, scrubby fields. It lies 8.1 miles southwest of Canton, NY (from Canton, NY: bearing 220°T), and is situated 18.3 miles southwest of Potsdam. The landscape here is defined by a rigorous, horizontal patience, where the land barely rises to meet the sky, save for the distant, hazy blue suggestion of the Adirondack Mountains far to the east. Nearby, the waters of Cook Creek trace a narrow, muddy path through the brush, carving a vein of movement through the stillness. The Town of Dekalb Land offers a quiet expanse of acreage that grounds the local geography, providing a sense of raw, unmanicured space that defines the perimeter of the settlement. In the early morning, the light catches the dew on the long grasses with a sharp, silver clarity, turning the mundane fields into a brief, shimmering spectacle before the day warms into a steady, utilitarian gray.
De Kalb Junction carries the legacy of a nineteenth-century rail hub, a place where the rhythm of the tracks dictated the pace of commerce and the growth of the local population. While the thunder of heavy freight once signaled the primary economic pulse, the current life of De Kalb Junction is defined by a slow, agrarian persistence and the quiet maintenance of rural life. Residents look toward the nearby Coopers Falls for the sound of moving water, a sharp contrast to the silence of the surrounding plains. The local economy remains tethered to the land and the modest logistical needs of the region, far removed from the dense, frantic energy of the state’s southern urban centers. Life here is measured by the changing seasons and the long, cold reach of winter, which demands a hardy, self-reliant character from those who remain to watch the shadows lengthen across the flat, open horizon.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of De Kalb Junction, New York. Coordinates: 44.505061, -75.273822. 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 De Kalb Junction includes the ZIP code (13630), telephone area code (315), county seat of St. Lawrence County (Canton), 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 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. |