Great Bend New York Map
Explore Great Bend, 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 Great Bend, New York
How to Use This Great Bend, New York Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Great Bend, 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 Great Bend.
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 | Great Bend |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Jefferson County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 44.016829 |
| Longitude | -75.700166 |
| Population | 807 |
| Density | 53.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 13619, 13643 |
| Area Code | 315 |
| County Seat | Watertown |
| School District | Carthage Central School District |
About Great Bend, New York
Great Bend is a locality in Jefferson County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 807. The population density is 53.8 people per km². Great Bend is located at 44.0168°N, 75.7002°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 13619, 13643.Great Bend occupies a rugged, quiet expanse where the Black River carves a decisive path through the northern landscape. It lies 3.9 miles east-southeast of Fort Drum, NY (from Fort Drum, NY: bearing 101°T), and is situated 6.7 miles northwest of Carthage. The air here holds a crisp, singular clarity, particularly as the low afternoon sun catches the dark, moving surface of the water and casts elongated shadows across the fields that stretch toward the Pine Plains. While the distant, hazy silhouette of the Adirondack Mountains marks the far horizon, the immediate terrain feels intimate and grounded, defined by the steady, unyielding current of the river and the quietude of the surrounding woodlands. Only three miles away, the stillness of Saint James Lake provides a contemplative contrast to the river’s motion, while the Deferiet Village of Land offers a nearby expanse of open space that retains the raw, unadorned character of the region.
Great Bend retains an atmosphere of industrious endurance, its identity long shaped by the rhythmic demands of the river and the labor required to sustain life in this northern climate. The economy has historically mirrored the surrounding landscape, finding purpose in the raw materials and the steady pulse of local enterprise that keeps the pace of daily existence consistent and deliberate. Life in Great Bend moves with a measured gravity, far removed from the frantic acceleration of more populous zones, yet deeply connected to the land’s seasonal cycles. Residents who venture out toward the distant roar of Pleasant Creek Falls find a landscape that remains largely indifferent to the passage of time, preserving a sense of place where the work of the day is punctuated by the simple, enduring presence of the elements.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Unknown Park (Local Park) — 1.5 mi, 038° NE
- Deferiet Village of Land (Local Park) — 1.8 mi, 026° NE
- 10th Mountain Division Historical Collection (Museum) — 3.0 mi, 296° NW
- Jefferson County Lands (Local Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 160° S
- New York State Lands (State Recreation Area) — 3.4 mi, 276° W
- 10th Mountain Division & Fort Drum Museum (Museum) — 4.9 mi, 301° NW
- 10th Mountain Division (light Infantry) Monument (Monument) — 5.2 mi, 298° NW
- Black River Trail (State Recreation Area) — 5.3 mi, 259° W
- Fort Drum MWR (Attraction) — 5.9 mi, 299° NW
- Beartown State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 7.8 mi, 110° E
- Deer River Station (Historic Ruins) — 8.4 mi, 133° SE
- Pinckney State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 9.7 mi, 191° S
- Philadelphia Historical Society (Museum) — 9.7 mi, 358° N
- Grist Mill built in 1805 (Historic Ruins) — 9.8 mi, 357° N
- Little Theatre of Watertown (Theatre) — 9.9 mi, 256° W
- Jefferson County Historical Society (Museum) — 10.9 mi, 254° W
- Perch River Wma (State Resource Management Area) — 11.8 mi, 308° NW
- The Soldiers and Sailors (Monument) — 14.5 mi, 341° N
- Veterans Monument (Monument) — 14.6 mi, 341° N
- American Maple Museum (Museum) — 17.6 mi, 119° SE
- Wellesley Island State Park (State Park) — 24.3 mi, 321° NW
- Whetstone Gulf State Park (State Park) — 24.6 mi, 160° S
- Uncle Sam boat tours (Attraction) — 24.7 mi, 334° NW
- St Lawrence Gallery (Gallery) — 24.8 mi, 309° NW
- Littlejohn State Game Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 25.3 mi, 203° SW
- Potholes (Attraction) — 25.8 mi, 319° NW
- Glacial Potholes (Attraction) — 25.8 mi, 319° NW
- Pepperbox Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 26.9 mi, 100° E
- Parc national des Îles-du-Saint-Laurent (Nature Reserve) — 28.2 mi, 328° NW
- Five Ponds Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 28.6 mi, 083° E
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About This Great Bend Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Great Bend, New York. Coordinates: 44.016829, -75.700166. 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 Great Bend includes the ZIP code (13619, 13643), telephone area code (315), county seat of Jefferson County (Watertown), and school district assignment (Carthage 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. |
