Explore Grand Gorge, 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 Grand Gorge, 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 Grand Gorge.
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 | Grand Gorge |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Delaware County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 42.362026 |
| Longitude | -74.494038 |
| Population | 680 |
| Density | 55.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 12434 |
| Area Code | 845 |
| County Seat | Delhi |
Grand Gorge asserts itself as a rugged intersection of stone and channel, where the earth drops away into the deep, shaded fissures of the Catskill Mountains. It lies 21.0 miles northwest of Edgewood, NY (from Edgewood, NY: bearing 317°T), and is situated 6.5 miles northeast of Roxbury. The Bear Kill carves a persistent, silver path through the landscape, its currents humming against the mossy stones that line the banks of this inland corridor. Only a mile away, the quiet depth of Moffit Settlement Hollow provides a sanctuary of shadow, while the nearby Catskill Revitalization Corporation Lands offer a stretch of managed woodland that breathes against the encroaching silence of the interior. When the light of late afternoon catches the mist rising from the gorge, the air turns a peculiar, bruised shade of indigo, cooling rapidly as it settles into the crevices of the valley floor.
Grand Gorge maintains a steady, deliberate pace, defined by the historical necessity of working the land and navigating the demands of the surrounding terrain. While the proximity of the Schoharie Reservoir serves as a quiet witness to the region’s hydrological endurance, the local economy remains tethered to the quiet rhythms of regional trade and the seasonal shifts of the upstate climate. Travelers passing through might pause at the nearby Hardenburgh Falls, where the water’s relentless descent serves as a reminder of the raw, unhurried power that continues to shape the character of Grand Gorge. Life here is measured not by the frantic urgency of the lowlands, but by the slow, seasonal color of the trees and the persistent, low-frequency sound of the river against the bedrock.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Grand Gorge, New York. Coordinates: 42.362026, -74.494038. 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 Grand Gorge includes the ZIP code (12434), telephone area code (845), county seat of Delaware County (Delhi), 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. |