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Medusa New York Map

Explore Medusa, 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 Medusa, New York

How to Use This Medusa, New York Map

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

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

Latitude	42.436747
Longitude	-74.130136
Population	480
Density	18.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	12120
Area Code	518
County Seat	Albany

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About Medusa, New York

Medusa is a locality in Albany County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Medusa is located at 42.4367°N, 74.1301°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 12120.

Medusa occupies a quiet fold of the landscape where the insistent, rhythmic pulse of Tenmile Creek carves a path through the earth. It lies 17.3 miles southwest of New Scotland, NY (from New Scotland, NY: bearing 220°T), and is situated 6.9 miles southwest of Westerlo. The air here holds a distinct, crisp weight, cooling as the shadows stretch long across the fields, signaling the approach of evening from the distant, hazy silhouette of the Catskill Mountains. To the west, the contours of the land deepen into the Squirmer Valley, a verdant depression that catches the morning mist before it burns away under the climbing sun. The terrain favors a rugged, agrarian persistence, where the soil and the water dictate the slow, measured pace of the day, far removed from the frantic pace of the dense urban centers located miles toward the horizon.

Medusa retains the hushed character of a place built upon the labor of millers and farmers who once harnessed the flow of local waters to sustain their livelihoods. This enduring connection to the land remains visible in the surviving structures and the quietude of the surrounding acreage, including the nearby Town of Durham Land, which preserves the wilder edges of the territory. While the proximity to Rensselaerville Falls and the serenity of Myosotis Lake offer moments of natural stillness, the economy of Medusa has long since shifted from the industry of the past to a more contemplative, rural existence. The legacy of those early settlers persists in the way the light catches the weathered siding of barns and the sturdy, unpretentious geometry of the architecture, grounding Medusa in a history that values endurance over display.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Town of Durham Land (Local Park) — 2.4 mi, 208° SW
Susquehanna Turnpike (Monument) — 3.6 mi, 223° SW
Bear Swamp Preserve (Conservation Area) — 3.8 mi, 061° NE
Catskill Creek Fishing Access (State Recreation Area) — 3.8 mi, 260° W
Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy Land (Conservation Area) — 4.5 mi, 305° NW
Rensselaerville State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 4.5 mi, 335° NW
Rhododendron Swamp Overlook (Viewpoint) — 4.7 mi, 050° NE
Town Of Greenville Park Land (Local Park) — 4.9 mi, 102° E
Rensselaerville Historical Society (Museum) — 5.5 mi, 355° N
Huyck Felt Mill Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 5.5 mi, 354° N
Hamlet of Rensselaerville (Monument) — 5.5 mi, 356° N
Baptist Church (Monument) — 5.6 mi, 356° N
Scott Patent State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 5.6 mi, 283° W
Windham-Blackhead Range Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 7.6 mi, 184° S
Partridge Run Wma (State Resource Management Area) — 7.8 mi, 342° N
Foundations of Barn (Historic Ruins) — 10.9 mi, 006° N
Berne Museum (Museum) — 13.0 mi, 359° N
John Boyd Thacher State Park (State Park) — 14.7 mi, 023° NE
Bronck House Museum (Museum) — 15.8 mi, 113° SE
Greene County Historical Society (Museum) — 15.8 mi, 114° SE
Mountain Cinema (Cinema) — 16.1 mi, 196° S
Piano Performance Museum (Museum) — 16.1 mi, 196° S
Little Bird Gallery (Gallery) — 16.1 mi, 196° S
Dancing Bear Theater (Theatre) — 16.1 mi, 196° S
Lookout Gallery (Gallery) — 16.7 mi, 180° S
Hunter-West Kill Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 17.0 mi, 194° S
Rip Van Winkle (Public Artwork) — 17.2 mi, 198° S
Pratt Rock (Attraction) — 17.3 mi, 240° SW
Coxsackie Theatre (Theatre) — 18.1 mi, 109° E
Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 18.2 mi, 107° E

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