Nassau Lake New York Map
Explore Nassau Lake, 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 Nassau Lake, New York
How to Use This Nassau Lake, New York Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Nassau Lake, 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 Nassau Lake.
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 | Nassau Lake |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Rensselaer County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 42.5366 |
| Longitude | -73.6059 |
| Population | 1,004 |
| Density | 254.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 12123 |
| Area Code | 518 |
| County Seat | Troy |
| School District | East Greenbush Central School District |
About Nassau Lake, New York
Nassau Lake is a locality in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,004. The population density is 254.7 people per km². Nassau Lake is located at 42.5366°N, 73.6059°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 12123.Nassau Lake holds the stillness of an inland basin, its surface reflecting the shifting temperaments of a sky that frequently turns a bruised, autumnal gray. It lies 3.8 miles east-northeast of Schodack, NY (from Schodack, NY: bearing 72°T), and is situated 6.2 miles southeast of East Greenbush. The Valatie Kill winds through the immediate landscape, its waters carving a path that defines the local topography and nourishes the surrounding soil. Beyond the immediate banks, the terrain rises into modest, wooded elevations that hold the quiet of an interior wilderness, distinct from the distant, imposing silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains. Light here has a peculiar, heavy clarity, especially in the late afternoon when the shadows of the trees stretch long and thin across the damp earth, marking the transition from the warmth of the day to the cooling, shadowed silence of the woods.
Economic life around Nassau Lake is anchored by a legacy of land stewardship and small-scale enterprise, reflecting a history of settlement that values the persistence of the seasons over the frantic pace of industrial expansion. Residents often find their way toward the Village of Nassau Land, a space that preserves the local character against the encroachment of modern development. Though the Capital District Forest and Game Refuge lies eleven miles away, the sense of protected, wild space persists locally, grounding the community in a landscape that has remained largely unchanged by the centuries. The pace of life is measured by the rising and falling levels of the Valatie Kill, a rhythm that persists regardless of the changing demands of the outside world, ensuring that Nassau Lake remains a place defined by its own internal gravity and the steady, unadorned pulse of the land.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Village of Nassau Land (Local Park) — 1.6 mi, 191° S
- Rensselaer Land Trust Land (Conservation Area) — 1.7 mi, 076° E
- Nassau Water Works Lands (Local Resource Management Area) — 1.8 mi, 197° S
- Town of Schodack Land (Local Park) — 2.4 mi, 305° NW
- Mud Pond overlook (Viewpoint) — 3.9 mi, 060° NE
- Rensselaer Plateau Alliance Land (Conservation Area) — 5.3 mi, 096° E
- Mud Lake (Private Recreation) — 5.5 mi, 358° N
- Shaker Museum (Museum) — 6.9 mi, 170° S
- Sand Lake Veteran's Memorial Park (Monument) — 7.5 mi, 013° N
- Papscanee Island Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 7.7 mi, 290° W
- Schodack Island State Park (State Park) — 7.9 mi, 265° W
- Capital District Wma (State Resource Management Area) — 7.9 mi, 067° NE
- Hand Hollow State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 8.2 mi, 130° SE
- Moh-He-Con-Nuck Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 8.4 mi, 284° W
- Valatie Santa Claus (Public Artwork) — 9.2 mi, 206° SW
- Civil War Memorial (Monument) — 10.0 mi, 315° NW
- First Grand Slam (Monument) — 10.1 mi, 316° NW
- Dutch Apple Cruises (Attraction) — 10.3 mi, 315° NW
- Fort Orange (Historic Ruins) — 10.5 mi, 316° NW
- Jennings Landing (Theatre) — 10.6 mi, 317° NW
- Albany Firefighters Museum (Museum) — 10.6 mi, 316° NW
- Defreest House (Museum) — 10.7 mi, 335° NW
- Alice Moore Black Arts & Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 10.7 mi, 315° NW
- International Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame (Museum) — 10.8 mi, 316° NW
- Alive at Five Summer Concert Series (Attraction) — 10.8 mi, 317° NW
- Erie Canal Lock One (Historic Ruins) — 10.9 mi, 320° NW
- Albany Center Gallery (Gallery) — 10.9 mi, 317° NW
- New York State Lands (State Recreation Area) — 14.7 mi, 344° N
- Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 15.2 mi, 217° SW
- Green Mountain National Forest (National Forest) — 25.8 mi, 055° NE · 412k acres
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About This Nassau Lake Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Nassau Lake, New York. Coordinates: 42.5366, -73.6059. 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 Nassau Lake includes the ZIP code (12123), telephone area code (518), county seat of Rensselaer County (Troy), and school district assignment (East Greenbush 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. |
