Halcott Center New York Map
Explore Halcott Center, 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 Halcott Center, New York
How to Use This Halcott Center, New York Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Halcott Center, 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 Halcott Center.
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 | Halcott Center |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Greene County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 42.188421 |
| Longitude | -74.491263 |
| Population | 280 |
| Density | 8.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 12430 |
| Area Code | 845 |
| County Seat | Catskill |
About Halcott Center, New York
Halcott Center is a locality in Greene County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Halcott Center is located at 42.1884°N, 74.4913°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 12430.Halcott Center remains a quiet pocket of earth defined by the persistent, cold clarity of West Settlement Creek as it carves a path through the deep greenery. It lies 14.7 miles west-northwest of Edgewood, NY (from Edgewood, NY: bearing 283°T), and is situated 6.8 miles northwest of Shandaken. The landscape rises sharply into the rugged silhouettes of the Catskill Mountains, which frame the horizon with an imposing, immovable weight. Nearby, the slopes of Halcott Mountain Wild Forest offer an untamed density of timber, while the narrow, darkened floor of Johnson Hollow creates a striking contrast against the open sky. During the autumn months, the light here thins to a pale, brittle gold, illuminating the steep inclines and the rocky, shadowed basins that define the local terrain.
Halcott Center holds a legacy rooted in the slow labor of the land, where the economy has long favored the rhythms of forestry and small-scale agriculture over the frantic pace of the lowlands. Life follows the seasonal transitions of the forest, far removed from the sprawl of urban centers, with the distant, tranquil surface of Wawaka Lake providing a rare, still counterpoint to the rushing water of the local creeks. While visitors occasionally venture toward the distant roar of Straton Falls, the interior life of the locality remains tethered to the quiet maintenance of woodlots and the endurance of homesteads that have weathered generations of hard winters. The character of the place is not found in grand monuments, but in the deliberate, solitary work of those who choose to live among these uncompromising ridges.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Halcott Mountain Wild Forest (State Conservation Area) — 1.6 mi, 108° E
- Shandaken Wild Forest (State Conservation Area) — 2.8 mi, 134° SE
- Belleayre Mountain Ski Center (State Recreation Area) — 2.9 mi, 183° S
- Whipples Theatre (Theatre) — 3.0 mi, 222° SW
- Village of Fleischmanns Land (Local Park) — 3.1 mi, 224° SW
- The Ovid Gallery (Gallery) — 3.8 mi, 172° S
- State of New York 1 (State Resource Management Area) — 3.9 mi, 175° S
- Pine Hill Honor Roll (Monument) — 3.9 mi, 171° S
- Hunter-West Kill Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 3.9 mi, 097° E
- Belleayre Mountain Day Use Area (State Recreation Area) — 4.2 mi, 169° S
- Burroughs Monument (Monument) — 4.4 mi, 143° SE
- New York City Lands (Local Resource Management Area) — 4.9 mi, 078° E
- Big Indian Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 5.0 mi, 181° S
- Partial View North (Viewpoint) — 5.4 mi, 165° S
- Vinegar Hill Wma (State Resource Management Area) — 5.5 mi, 048° NE
- Winnisook (Public Artwork) — 6.3 mi, 158° S
- Post WWII Memorial (Monument) — 6.9 mi, 056° NE
- The Open Eye Theater (Theatre) — 8.3 mi, 251° W
- Bea Ortiz Art (Gallery) — 8.5 mi, 251° W
- Longyear Gallery (Gallery) — 8.5 mi, 251° W
- Catskill Mountain Artisan's Guild (Arts Centre) — 8.5 mi, 251° W
- Pratt Rock (Attraction) — 9.1 mi, 023° NE
- Zadock Pratt Museum (Museum) — 9.2 mi, 019° N
- ETS Relay (Ruin) (Historic Ruins) — 10.7 mi, 196° S
- Hot Stuff Blown Glass (Arts Centre) — 11.0 mi, 123° SE
- Coykendall Lodge (Ruin) (Historic Ruins) — 13.7 mi, 226° SW
- Forstmann Castle (Historic Castle / Fort) — 13.8 mi, 182° S
- Mountain Cinema (Cinema) — 14.1 mi, 083° E
- Mine Kill State Park (State Park) — 16.4 mi, 003° N
- Robert V. Riddell State Park (State Park) — 28.2 mi, 312° NW
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About This Halcott Center Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Halcott Center, New York. Coordinates: 42.188421, -74.491263. 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 Halcott Center includes the ZIP code (12430), telephone area code (845), county seat of Greene County (Catskill), 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. |
