Explore Milton, 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 Milton, 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 Milton.
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 | Milton |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Ulster County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 43.037526 |
| Longitude | -73.853819 |
| Population | 4,663 |
| Density | 752.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 10580, 12547 |
| Area Code | 914, 845 |
| County Seat | Kingston |
| School District | Ballston Spa Central School District |
Milton maintains a sturdy presence upon the western bank where the Hudson River carves a deep, deliberate path through the valley. It lies 3.4 miles south-southwest of Poughkeepsie, NY (from Poughkeepsie, NY: bearing 214°T), and is situated 9.1 miles north-northwest of Fishkill. The land here rises in tiered gradients, folding away from the water into a landscape defined by orchards and mature hardwoods that color the autumn horizon with rusted ochre and burnt gold. While the Appalachian Mountains remain a distant, hazy silhouette against the western sky, the immediate terrain feels intimate and grounded, defined by the quiet erosion of the earth rather than jagged peaks. Milton Landing Park provides a direct point of contact with the river, offering a flat, open space where the air carries the cool, damp scent of moving water and soil, far removed from any maritime breeze.
Agriculture has long dictated the rhythm of life in Milton, with the soil favoring the heavy, sweet fruit that once made the region a center for regional production. The local economy persists in this quiet tradition, balancing the legacy of historical packing houses with a modern shift toward smaller, intensive cultivation. Though the bustle of the world continues thirty-seven miles toward the Appalachian Mountains or toward the urban centers further south, the daily pace here remains tethered to the seasonal turn of the sun and the slow drift of the river. Life moves with a deliberate, singular focus, marked by the steady maintenance of old stone walls and the preservation of a landscape that values the productivity of the land above the noise of rapid expansion.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Milton, New York. Coordinates: 43.037526, -73.853819. 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 Milton includes the ZIP code (10580, 12547), telephone area code (914, 845), county seat of Ulster County (Kingston), and school district assignment (Ballston Spa 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. |