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Dresden Station New York Map

Explore Dresden Station, 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 Dresden Station, New York

How to Use This Dresden Station, New York Map

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

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.

CityDresden Station
StateNew York (NY)
CountyWashington County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude43.673308
Longitude-73.409714
Population280
Density12.0 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Codes12887, 12827
Area Code845
County SeatFort Edward

About Dresden Station, New York

Dresden Station is a locality in Washington County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 12.0 people per km². Dresden Station is located at 43.6733°N, 73.4097°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 12887, 12827.

Dresden Station maintains a low, steady profile where the earth levels out before rising toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Adirondack Mountains. It lies 22.2 miles north-northeast of Kingsbury, NY (from Kingsbury, NY: bearing 16°T), and is situated 8.1 miles north of Whitehall. The landscape here is defined by the expansive, reflective surface of Lake Champlain, which presses against the land with a cold, glassy weight, while the quiet descent of Horton Brook provides a constant, rhythmic undercurrent to the silence. In the early morning, the light catches the dew on the grasses of Clark Hollow, turning the basin into a shallow bowl of silver and pale green. Beyond the immediate clearings, the dense, unyielding growth of the Lake George Wild Forest dominates the horizon, offering a rugged expanse that seems to swallow the sound of any passing vehicle.

Dresden Station holds the quiet marks of a place shaped by the slow, deliberate work of extraction and transit, where the remnants of earlier industry have long since surrendered to the encroaching thickets. Economic life here is no longer defined by the clamor of the rail or the mill, but by the watchful maintenance of the woods and the seasonal flux of those who pass through to reach the deeper wilderness. While the nearby Fair Haven Municipal Forest provides a managed stillness for the traveler, the true character of Dresden Station is found in the faded paint of old outbuildings and the way the shadows lengthen across the dirt roads at dusk. Those seeking a longer path often look toward the Vermont State History Trail, yet the residents remain anchored to the peculiar, isolated peace of these inland fields, where the day ends not with a grand spectacle, but with the subtle cooling of the air and the first light of stars over the water.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Lake George Wild Forest (State Conservation Area) — 0.2 mi, 166° S
  • Shaw Mountain Natural Area (Conservation Area) — 2.2 mi, 075° E
  • Lake George Islands Campground (State Conservation Area) — 4.0 mi, 308° NW
  • Southern Lake Champlain Valley Preserve (Conservation Area) — 4.2 mi, 144° SE
  • Lake George overlook (Viewpoint) — 4.3 mi, 254° W
  • Whitehall Village Of Land (Local Park) — 4.5 mi, 208° SW
  • Benson Museum (Museum) — 5.6 mi, 064° NE
  • Bomoseen State Park (State Park) — 7.1 mi, 101° E
  • Champlain Canal (State Recreation Area) — 8.0 mi, 177° S
  • Lafayette's Tour (Monument) — 8.2 mi, 177° S
  • Rogers Rock Campground (State Recreation Area) — 8.8 mi, 340° N
  • Pharaoh Lake Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 11.6 mi, 338° N
  • Battle of Carrilon (Registered Battlefield) — 11.8 mi, 005° N
  • Star Trek Original Series Set Tours (Attraction) — 12.1 mi, 357° N
  • Ticonderoga Arts / Downtown Gallery (Gallery) — 12.2 mi, 357° N
  • Samuel De Champlain Memorial (Monument) — 12.2 mi, 358° N
  • Mandala II (Public Artwork) — 12.3 mi, 111° E
  • Cassella Theater (Theatre) — 12.4 mi, 111° E
  • Hubbardton Battle Monument (Monument) — 13.6 mi, 084° E
  • Fort Anne (Historic Castle / Fort) — 18.2 mi, 192° S
  • Old Champlain Canal Lock 18 (Historic Ruins) — 18.3 mi, 192° S
  • Vermont Marble Museum (Museum) — 18.7 mi, 092° E
  • Ballard Farm (Attraction) — 20.4 mi, 141° SE
  • Pine Hill Park (Attraction) — 20.6 mi, 100° E
  • Seagle Festival (Arts Centre) — 20.9 mi, 303° NW
  • Green Mountain National Forest (National Forest) — 21.4 mi, 055° NE · 412k acres
  • Moosalamoo National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 21.4 mi, 055° NE · 16k acres
  • College of Saint Joseph Playhouse (Theatre) — 21.4 mi, 103° E
  • Salisbury Mills Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 22.2 mi, 046° NE
  • Joseph Battell Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 24.7 mi, 057° NE · 12k acres

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About This Dresden Station Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Dresden Station, New York. Coordinates: 43.673308, -73.409714. 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 Dresden Station includes the ZIP code (12887, 12827), 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.