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Holmes New York Map

Explore Holmes, 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 Holmes, New York

How to Use This Holmes, New York Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Holmes, 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 Holmes.

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	Holmes
State	New York (NY)
County	Dutchess County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	41.523427
Longitude	-73.646795
Population	1,800
Density	48.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	12531
Area Code	845
County Seat	Poughkeepsie

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About Holmes, New York

Holmes is a locality in Dutchess County, New York, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,800. The population density is 48.0 people per km². Holmes is located at 41.5234°N, 73.6468°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 12531.

Holmes occupies a landscape defined by the quiet persistence of glacial earth and the steady, unpretentious rise of the local terrain. It lies 2.2 miles west-northwest of Patterson, NY (from Patterson, NY: bearing 288°T), and is situated 6.7 miles north-northeast of Carmel. The land here holds a particular quality of light, especially as the sun dips behind the dense tree lines to cast long, violet shadows across the fields and through the dense canopy of nearby Wonder Lake State Park. Browns Pond reflects the shifting clouds with a stillness that suggests a deep, ancient patience, while the surrounding woods dampen the noise of the world, leaving only the sound of wind moving through the hardwoods. To the west, the distant silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains provides a vague, hazy boundary to the horizon, grounding the immediate sprawl of forest and brush in a larger, continental scale.

History in Holmes remains etched into the stone walls that snake through the brush, remnants of an era when the economy relied on the stubborn yield of the soil and the timber from the surrounding thickets. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, away from the frantic pulse of the urban centers to the south, where the modern commuter replaces the farmer as the primary figure in the morning transit. Water flows through the landscape via Stump Pond Stream, carving a narrow, persistent path toward the lower basins of Grape Hollow. In the autumn, the air carries a crisp, metallic bite that clarifies the senses, reminding those who live in Holmes that the land is not merely a backdrop, but a living, changing presence that demands a quiet respect for its own rhythms.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Wonder Lake State Park (State Park) — 0.9 mi, 198° S
County Of Putnam Land (Local Park) — 1.8 mi, 117° SE
Town of Pawling Land (Local Park) — 1.9 mi, 345° N
Great Swamp Wma (State Resource Management Area) — 2.4 mi, 100° E
Great Swamp (Local Conservation Area) — 2.4 mi, 115° SE
Woodward (State Park) — 2.6 mi, 176° S
Putnam County Land Trust Land (Conservation Area) — 2.7 mi, 124° SE
Depot Hill Multiple Use Area (State Resource Management Area) — 3.1 mi, 339° N
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 3.1 mi, 319° NW · 110k acres
Watchtower Educational Center (Attraction) — 4.1 mi, 117° SE
Arts on the Lake (Arts Centre) — 4.3 mi, 194° S
Cats Rock (Viewpoint) — 6.0 mi, 014° N
West Mountain State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 6.2 mi, 009° N
Sybil Ludington Statue (Monument) — 7.1 mi, 193° S
Empire Cinemas (Cinema) — 7.6 mi, 151° SE
California Hill State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 7.9 mi, 229° SW
Great Buddha Hall (Museum) — 8.1 mi, 251° W
Northrop House (Museum) — 8.5 mi, 064° NE
Sherman Play House (Theatre) — 8.6 mi, 063° NE
Lois Batchelder (Monument) — 9.7 mi, 057° NE
Jim Hulton (Monument) — 11.6 mi, 055° NE
Charles Ives Center for the Performing Arts (Arts Centre) — 11.9 mi, 138° SE
Greek Letter Pi (Public Artwork) — 12.5 mi, 127° SE
Bank Street Theatre (Cinema) — 12.7 mi, 073° E
New Milford Tank (Attraction) — 12.8 mi, 073° E
New Milford Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 12.8 mi, 072° E
THETREWORKS new milford (Theatre) — 13.0 mi, 072° E
Made By Hand (Gallery) — 13.1 mi, 139° SE
Hammond Museum (Museum) — 13.7 mi, 166° S
Great Thicket National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 14.2 mi, 015° N · 598 acres

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