Explore Norton Hill, 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 Norton Hill, 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 Norton Hill.
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 | Norton Hill |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Greene County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 42.41147 |
| Longitude | -74.066801 |
| Population | 480 |
| Density | 18.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 12083, 12460 |
| Area Code | 518, 845 |
| County Seat | Catskill |
Norton Hill holds a quiet authority over the surrounding terrain, defined by an expansive, elevated topography that feels removed from the frantic pace of the modern world. It lies 16.9 miles south-southwest of New Scotland, NY (from New Scotland, NY: bearing 208°T), and is situated 8.5 miles north-northwest of Cairo. The landscape reveals itself as a series of deliberate slopes and clearings, where the earth rises to meet a wide, unencumbered sky that shifts from a pale, translucent blue to a deep, bruised violet as the afternoon wanes. Just a mile away, the persistent, low murmur of Burroughs Creek carves a path through the soil, while the distant, serrated silhouettes of the Catskill Mountains provide a permanent, hazy boundary to the horizon. Within the immediate vicinity, the Town Of Greenville Land offers an open expanse of greenery, grounding the local geography in a stillness that seems to absorb the sound of the wind.
Norton Hill maintains a steady, internal rhythm, sustained by a history of land stewardship and the quiet persistence of agricultural life. The local economy remains tethered to the character of the soil and the practical needs of those who work it, favoring a slow, seasonal pace that avoids the sudden disruptions of urban expansion. Residents often look toward the nearby Squirmer Valley or the waters of Rockefeller Lake for a change in perspective, yet the center of life remains firmly rooted in the modest, sturdy structures that have defined the locality for generations. There is an enduring quality to the afternoons here, where the light hits the architecture with a clarity that renders the surrounding woods and fields in sharp, honest relief, unadorned by pretense.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Norton Hill, New York. Coordinates: 42.41147, -74.066801. 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 Norton Hill includes the ZIP code (12083, 12460), telephone area code (518, 845), county seat of Greene County (Catskill), and school district assignment.
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. |