Duane Lake New York Map
Explore Duane Lake, 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 Duane Lake, New York
How to Use This Duane Lake, New York Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Duane Lake, 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 Duane Lake.
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 | Duane Lake |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Schenectady County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 42.753132 |
| Longitude | -74.107627 |
| Population | 329 |
| Density | 52.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 12056 |
| Area Code | 518 |
| County Seat | Schenectady |
| School District | Duanesburg Central School District |
About Duane Lake, New York
Duane Lake is a locality in Schenectady County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 329. The population density is 52.9 people per km². Duane Lake is located at 42.7531°N, 74.1076°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 12056.Duane Lake occupies a quiet hollow in the landscape where the air holds the damp, mossy scent of deep woodland and the stillness of a place forgotten by the rush of the modern world. It lies 7.3 miles west-southwest of Rotterdam, NY (from Rotterdam, NY: bearing 251°T), and is situated 9.5 miles west-southwest of Schenectady. Dense thickets and hardwood stands crowd the water’s edge, where the light at dusk filters through the canopy in long, amber slats that turn the surface of Duane Lake into a mirror of polished slate. Only a mile away, the Bozen Kill carves its path through the bedrock, its persistent, rhythmic rush culminating in the cool spray of Bozen Kill Falls, a constant presence that defines the acoustic character of the surrounding woods. To the south, the distant, hazy silhouette of the Catskill Mountains provides a jagged horizon, grounding the low, undulating terrain in a sense of geological permanence that hums beneath the silence of the trees.
Human history in this vicinity lingers in the quiet persistence of rural life, a legacy of land management and modest industry that has long favored the rhythms of the seasons over the clamor of expansion. Nearby, the Christman Sanctuary preserves the integrity of the local ecosystem, ensuring that the hemlocks and winding paths remain undisturbed by the encroaching pace of the wider world. Economy here is not defined by smoke or commerce, but by the careful stewardship of the soil and the slow, deliberate work of maintaining a life in the interior, far from the frantic energy of metropolitan centers. Life at Duane Lake moves with the slow, steady pulse of the regional climate, where the transition from the biting, crystalline cold of winter to the humid, vibrant green of summer dictates the habits of those who call this geography home.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Christman Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 1.0 mi, 224° SW
- Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy Land (Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 172° S
- Bozenkill Protected Area - Knox (Local Recreation) — 1.1 mi, 172° S
- Christman Memorial (Monument) — 1.2 mi, 228° SW
- Town of Duanesburg Land (Local Park) — 1.3 mi, 332° NW
- Bozenkill Protected Area - Guild (Local Recreation) — 3.0 mi, 144° SE
- Featherstonhaugh State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 353° N
- Village Of Delanson Land (Local Park) — 3.7 mi, 283° W
- Wiggins Family Homestead Foundation (Historic Ruins) — 4.2 mi, 324° NW
- Sculpture Park (Public Artwork) — 4.5 mi, 137° SE
- Margaret Burke Wma (State Resource Management Area) — 5.1 mi, 172° S
- Flat Rock ledge (Viewpoint) — 5.5 mi, 149° SE
- John Boyd Thacher State Park (State Park) — 5.5 mi, 150° SE
- Frederick Crounse (Monument) — 6.7 mi, 138° SE
- Rotterdam Square Cinema (Cinema) — 7.2 mi, 058° NE
- Via Aquarium (Aquarium) — 7.3 mi, 058° NE
- Erie Canal (State Recreation Area) — 8.0 mi, 035° NE
- Schenectady County Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 8.9 mi, 061° NE
- Berne Museum (Museum) — 9.0 mi, 189° S
- Schenectady History Museum (Museum) — 9.2 mi, 061° NE
- Hamilton Hill Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 9.2 mi, 067° NE
- Burr Bridge Abutment (Historic Ruins) — 9.2 mi, 061° NE
- GE Theatre (Theatre) — 9.3 mi, 064° NE
- Proctors Theatre (Theatre) — 9.3 mi, 064° NE
- The Capital Region Entertainment Hall of Fame (Attraction) — 9.3 mi, 064° NE
- Museum of Prints and Printmaking (Museum) — 9.5 mi, 064° NE
- Charleston State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 9.6 mi, 290° W
- Suits-Bueche Planetarium (Museum) — 9.7 mi, 065° NE
- Mandeville Gallery (Gallery) — 10.0 mi, 064° NE
- New York State Lands (State Park) — 10.2 mi, 097° E
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About This Duane Lake Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Duane Lake, New York. Coordinates: 42.753132, -74.107627. 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 Duane Lake includes the ZIP code (12056), telephone area code (518), county seat of Schenectady County (Schenectady), and school district assignment (Duanesburg 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. |
