Jay New York Map
Explore Jay, 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 Jay, New York
How to Use This Jay, New York Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Jay, 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 Jay.
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 | Jay |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Essex County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 44.375047 |
| Longitude | -73.728195 |
| Population | 3,400 |
| Density | 18.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 12987, 12941 |
| Area Code | 845 |
| County Seat | Elizabethtown |
About Jay, New York
Jay is a locality in Essex County, New York, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,400. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Jay is located at 44.3750°N, 73.7282°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 12987, 12941.Jay occupies a rugged expanse where the East Branch Ausable River carves a restless, crystalline path through the valley floor. It lies 14.4 miles northeast of North Elba, NY (from North Elba, NY: bearing 51°T), and is situated 17.2 miles southwest of Peru. High above the horizon, the distant Adirondack Mountains rise like jagged, slate-colored teeth against the pale sky, anchoring the landscape in a permanent, stoic stillness. Within the immediate vicinity, the Town Of Jay Land provides a quiet sanctuary of open fields and woodland edges, where the air holds the sharp, metallic clarity of high-altitude mornings. The terrain here transitions from the dense, shadowed thickets of the surrounding woods to the low, marshy depressions of Kelly Basin, creating a mosaic of earth and water that feels both ancient and unyielding.
Jay preserves the echoes of a working past, built upon the hard-won gains of early industry and the relentless harvest of the land. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons, shifting from the quiet maintenance of local homesteads to the seasonal migration of visitors seeking the raw, unvarnished beauty of the northern interior. While the pace of life here moves with the deliberate weight of a slow-moving current, residents find purpose in the preservation of their shared surroundings, from the maintenance of the nearby Schwartz Trail to the quiet stewardship of the riverbanks. Even as the modern world presses in, the local character remains defined by a stubborn, rural independence, where the quality of light at dusk illuminates the weathered timber of old structures, casting long, contemplative shadows across the valley.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Town Of Jay Land (Local Park) — 0.0 mi, 152° SE
- Wilmington Wild Forest (State Conservation Area) — 0.4 mi, 124° SE
- Upper Jay Water District Lands (Local Resource Management Area) — 0.7 mi, 163° S
- Beaver Brook Tract Expansion (Conservation Area) — 1.4 mi, 250° W
- View of Whiteface (Viewpoint) — 1.5 mi, 248° W
- Essex County Lands (Local Conservation Area) — 1.8 mi, 117° SE
- Bert Williams Farm (Historic Ruins) — 2.0 mi, 253° W
- Jay Mountain Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 3.0 mi, 157° SE
- Taylor Pond Wild Forest (State Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 083° E
- Sentinel Range Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 3.6 mi, 221° SW
- Whiteface Mountain Ski Center (State Recreation Area) — 5.7 mi, 263° W
- Northeast Wilderness Trust Land (Conservation Area) — 5.9 mi, 077° E
- Potholes (Attraction) — 7.4 mi, 256° W
- Indian Head Rock (Attraction) — 7.4 mi, 256° W
- Whirlpool Cove (Attraction) — 7.4 mi, 256° W
- Master Pothole (Attraction) — 7.4 mi, 256° W
- Big Wooden Bear (8') (Public Artwork) — 8.3 mi, 265° W
- Randy Preston Memorial (Monument) — 8.7 mi, 266° W
- Clintonville (Monument) — 9.8 mi, 050° NE
- New York State Lands (State Recreation Area) — 9.9 mi, 195° S
- 10th Mountain Division Memorial (Monument) — 11.8 mi, 239° SW
- Adirondack history center museum (Museum) — 12.9 mi, 148° SE
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum (Museum) — 14.1 mi, 244° SW
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame (Museum) — 14.1 mi, 244° SW
- North Star Underground Railroad Museum (Museum) — 16.8 mi, 052° NE
- Adirondack Art Association (Gallery) — 19.2 mi, 104° E
- NorthWind Fine Arts Gallery (Gallery) — 20.2 mi, 261° W
- Adirondack Artists Guild Gallery (Gallery) — 20.2 mi, 260° W
- Six Nations Indian Museum (Museum) — 20.4 mi, 294° NW
- Green Mountain National Forest (National Forest) — 36.6 mi, 118° SE · 412k acres
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About This Jay Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Jay, New York. Coordinates: 44.375047, -73.728195. 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 Jay includes the ZIP code (12987, 12941), telephone area code (845), county seat of Essex County (Elizabethtown), 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. |
