Explore Hamilton, 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 Hamilton, 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 Hamilton.
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 | Hamilton |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Madison County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 42.827014 |
| Longitude | -75.544624 |
| Population | 4,107 |
| Density | 635.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 13346 |
| Area Code | 315 |
| County Seat | Wampsville |
| School District | Hamilton Central School District |
Hamilton reveals itself through the steady, rhythmic currents of Payne Brook, which marks the low ground with a persistent, quiet fluidity. It lies 17.6 miles east of Union, NY (from Union, NY: bearing 99°T), and is situated 3.8 miles east-southeast of Eaton. The landscape surrounding Hamilton consists of modest, grassy rises that soften the skyline, a stark contrast to the distant Appalachian Mountains that remain a faint, jagged suggestion on the far horizon. Sunlight here often catches the damp earth after a morning rain, casting a pale, silver glow over the Village of Hamilton Land, where the open fields invite a stillness rarely found elsewhere. Two miles away, the quiet waters of Mud Pond collect the reflection of the clouds, undisturbed by the urgency of the world beyond these inland borders.
Education and the slow turn of the agricultural calendar define the character of Hamilton, anchoring its economy in a deliberate, long-term stability. The presence of a prominent university shapes the local pace, turning the quiet streets into a theater of seasonal migration and intellectual pursuit, while the surrounding acreage reflects a heritage of hard-working soil and deep-rooted industry. Residents move with a sense of purpose that acknowledges the legacy of those who first cleared these thickets, keeping the focus on the immediate needs of the neighborhood and the preservation of the local commons. Even when the winter air grows sharp and thin, the spirit of Hamilton remains tied to the land and the modest, enduring rhythms of daily life that persist in the shadow of Tinker Hollow.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hamilton, New York. Coordinates: 42.827014, -75.544624. 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 Hamilton includes the ZIP code (13346), telephone area code (315), county seat of Madison County (Wampsville), and school district assignment (Hamilton 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. |