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North River New York Map

Explore North River, 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 North River, New York

How to Use This North River, New York Map

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

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	North River
State	New York (NY)
County	Warren County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	43.738676
Longitude	-74.048748
Population	280
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	12856
Area Code	845
County Seat	Queensbury

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About North River, New York

North River is a locality in Warren County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 5.0 people per km². North River is located at 43.7387°N, 74.0487°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 12856.

North River occupies a rugged corridor where the earth rises in stiff, uncompromising shoulders of granite and dense, second-growth timber. It lies 33.2 miles northwest of Queensbury, NY (from Queensbury, NY: bearing 319°T), and is situated 9.4 miles north-northwest of Johnsburg. The Balm of Gilead Brook carves a persistent path through the terrain, its cold, clear water threading past stones smoothed by centuries of seasonal melt. Beyond the immediate reach of the stream, the landscape deepens into the vast, protected expanse of the Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest, where the silence is heavy and absolute, broken only by the sharp snap of cedar branches or the erratic flight of a hawk. Light here does not so much illuminate as it does define, catching the jagged edges of the woodland before retreating behind the distant, hazy silhouette of the Adirondack Mountains that mark the horizon line.

North River exists as a quiet testament to the enduring rhythm of the inland woods, far removed from the frantic pace of the state’s southern hubs. While the economy has long transitioned from the raw extraction of timber that defined its early settlement, the labor of the land remains etched into the character of those who remain. Residents find a meditative stillness in the proximity of Clear Pond, a place where the water holds the reflection of the sky with a mirror-like intensity that changes color with the shifting seasons. Life here moves in accordance with the demands of the forest and the slow, deliberate turn of the year, maintaining a stoic independence that resists the encroachment of modern artifice.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest (State Conservation Area) — 0.1 mi, 049° NE
Finch Pruyn (State Conservation Area) — 0.1 mi, 020° N
Hudson River Ice Meadows Preserve (Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 096° E
Hudson River Ice Meadows (Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 096° E
Mountain Views (Viewpoint) — 1.7 mi, 242° SW
Siamese Ponds Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 2.1 mi, 206° SW
Hudson Gorge Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 2.1 mi, 338° N
Gore Mountain Ski Center (State Recreation Area) — 3.2 mi, 167° S
Gore Mt. Mineral Shop (Attraction) — 3.6 mi, 189° S
Town Of Johnsburg Land (Local Park) — 3.9 mi, 144° SE
Essex County Lands (Local Conservation Area) — 5.7 mi, 042° NE
Chimney Mountain (Attraction) — 9.7 mi, 249° W
Natural Stone Bridge & Caves (Attraction) — 9.8 mi, 086° E
Paint Mine (Historic Ruins) — 12.8 mi, 161° S
Old Crane Mt Fire Tower Location (Historic Ruins) — 14.1 mi, 162° S
Bandstand (Monument) — 15.8 mi, 065° NE
Seagle Festival (Arts Centre) — 15.9 mi, 065° NE
Newcomb Ski Slope (Attraction) — 16.6 mi, 338° N
Pendleton (Monument) — 18.0 mi, 333° NW
Rt 30 Alien (Public Artwork) — 18.7 mi, 247° SW
Adirondack Experience: The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake (Museum) — 21.2 mi, 295° NW
Speculator Historical Museum (Museum) — 22.9 mi, 224° SW
Bolton Time Capsule (Monument) — 23.3 mi, 122° SE
Lake George Historical Association (Museum) — 27.4 mi, 142° SE
House of Frankenstein Wax Museum (Museum) — 27.4 mi, 142° SE
Fort William Henry (Museum) — 27.7 mi, 142° SE
Ticonderoga Arts / Downtown Gallery (Gallery) — 32.1 mi, 076° E

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