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Moriah Center New York Map

Explore Moriah Center, 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 Moriah Center, New York

How to Use This Moriah Center, New York Map

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

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	Moriah Center
State	New York (NY)
County	Essex County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	44.061165
Longitude	-73.509849
Population	680
Density	22.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	12961
Area Code	845
County Seat	Elizabethtown

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About Moriah Center, New York

Moriah Center is a locality in Essex County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 680. The population density is 22.0 people per km². Moriah Center is located at 44.0612°N, 73.5098°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 12961.

Moriah Center occupies a rugged expanse of high ground where the earth hums with the subterranean memory of iron and stone. It lies 25.4 miles east-southeast of North Elba, NY (from North Elba, NY: bearing 120°T), and is situated 1.1 miles north-northwest of Moriah. Mill Brook cuts a narrow, determined path through the soil, its current carving a rhythmic pulse through the landscape that defines the local topography. To the west, the distant silhouettes of the Adirondack Mountains anchor the horizon, their jagged crests holding back the weight of the sky. The atmosphere here is crisp and seasoned, carrying the scent of damp earth and cooling timber, while the nearby Town of Moriah Land offers a quiet preserve of wilder, unmanicured terrain. Even the light seems to linger longer over the fields, casting long, amber shadows that turn the gray of the rock-strewn earth into something almost luminous before the sun dips below the rise.

Industrial legacy remains etched into the character of Moriah Center, a place once defined by the deep, heavy extraction of subterranean wealth. While the clamor of the old mines has long since faded into a stillness that feels both permanent and profound, the economy has shifted toward a slower, more deliberate pace of life. Residents look toward the nearby Four Mile Meadow or the cool, shadowed depths of Split Rock Falls for a connection to the raw geography that surrounds them. A short journey toward Bartlett Pond reveals a quiet surface that mirrors the shifting clouds, providing a mirror to the town’s own introspective nature. Life moves with a steady, unforced cadence here, rooted in the labor of past generations and the enduring, quiet resilience of a landscape that demands respect for its cold winters and its stubborn, rocky soil.

Nearby Outdoor Places

West View (Viewpoint) — 1.8 mi, 065° NE
Buzz Wright Memorial (Monument) — 1.9 mi, 352° N
Town of Moriah Land (Local Park) — 2.6 mi, 328° NW
Port Henry Boat Launch (State Recreation Area) — 2.8 mi, 102° E
Meacham House (Monument) — 2.8 mi, 121° SE
Hammond Pond Wild Forest (State Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 342° N
Gage's Redoubt (Historic Castle / Fort) — 4.6 mi, 123° SE
D.A.R. State Park (State Park) — 4.6 mi, 095° E
Crown Point Campground (State Recreation Area) — 4.7 mi, 118° SE
Chimney Point State Park (State Park) — 4.8 mi, 112° E
Historic Redoubt (Historic Castle / Fort) — 4.9 mi, 124° SE
Town Of Westport Land (Local Park) — 6.6 mi, 008° N
Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.9 mi, 099° E
Nature preserve (Attraction) — 7.2 mi, 088° E
High Peaks Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 7.7 mi, 278° W
Giant Mountain Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 8.4 mi, 316° NW
Northwest Bay Road (Monument) — 9.3 mi, 016° N
Adirondack history center museum (Museum) — 11.5 mi, 339° N
The Vergennes Opera House (Theatre) — 14.8 mi, 060° NE
Ticonderoga Arts / Downtown Gallery (Gallery) — 15.3 mi, 164° S
Star Trek Original Series Set Tours (Attraction) — 15.3 mi, 164° S
Battle of Carrilon (Registered Battlefield) — 16.2 mi, 158° S
Cornwall Historical Society (Museum) — 16.5 mi, 115° SE
Bench and Table (Public Artwork) — 16.7 mi, 102° E
Hepburn Zoo (Theatre) — 16.8 mi, 102° E
Middlebury College Museum of Art (Museum) — 17.0 mi, 103° E
Middlebury Falls (Attraction) — 17.2 mi, 101° E
Edgewater Gallery on the Green (Gallery) — 17.3 mi, 101° E
Green Mountain National Forest (National Forest) — 20.9 mi, 091° E · 412k acres
Bristol Cliffs Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 21.9 mi, 084° E · 3,750 acres

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