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Oswegatchie New York Map

Explore Oswegatchie, 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 Oswegatchie, New York

How to Use This Oswegatchie, New York Map

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

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	Oswegatchie
State	New York (NY)
County	St. Lawrence County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	44.18284
Longitude	-75.070196
Population	4,800
Density	28.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	13670
Area Code	315
County Seat	Canton

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About Oswegatchie, New York

Oswegatchie is a locality in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,800. The population density is 28.0 people per km². Oswegatchie is located at 44.1828°N, 75.0702°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 13670.

Oswegatchie holds the quiet gravity of a place where the earth remembers the slow retreat of ice, its low-slung horizon punctuated by the dark silhouettes of woods that stretch toward the distant Adirondack Mountains. It lies 28.9 miles south of Canton, NY (from Canton, NY: bearing 170°T), and is situated 17.0 miles east-southeast of Fowler. Twin Lake Stream cuts through the landscape with a persistent, liquid clarity, feeding the quiet basin of Mud Pond where the water mirrors the shifting gray of northern skies. The air here carries a sharp, metallic edge, a reminder that the damp influence of the open coastline is only ten miles away, softening the edges of the vegetation and lending a humid density to the morning mist. Within the boundaries of the Aldrich Pond Wild Forest, the land remains largely untamed, a sprawling expanse of cedar and spruce that filters the light into thin, vertical bars of amber across the forest floor.

Oswegatchie maintains a rhythm defined by the seasonal pulse of the timber and agricultural trades, occupations that require a patient alignment with the land’s own pace. Residents often traverse the Post Henderson Trail, a path that serves as a quiet artery connecting the scattered homesteads to the deeper, shadowed reaches of the Greenwood Creek State Forest. Even as the modern world accelerates, life here is measured by the steady accumulation of snow and the thaw that eventually wakes the soil. The legacy of the region is written in the simple, sturdy architecture of its older structures and the persistence of its local industry, which operates in the quiet space between the bustling centers of the state and the immense, silent stretches of the northern wilderness. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the terrain opens toward The Plains, offering a brief, expansive relief before the landscape closes back into the dense, protective embrace of the trees.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Aldrich Pond Wild Forest (State Conservation Area) — 1.6 mi, 163° S
Towns of Clifton & Fine Land (Local Park) — 2.0 mi, 129° SE
Sucker Lake Water Access (State Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 263° W
Town of Clifton Land (Local Park) — 2.1 mi, 120° SE
Fine Town Lands (Local Resource Management Area) — 2.3 mi, 133° SE
Five Ponds Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 2.9 mi, 136° SE
Saint Lawrence County Lands (Local Conservation Area) — 6.7 mi, 280° W
Cathedral Rock Fire Tower (Viewpoint) — 7.9 mi, 105° E
Cranberry Lake Campground (State Recreation Area) — 11.9 mi, 083° E
Pepperbox Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 12.6 mi, 182° S
Russell Vetrans Memeorial (Monument) — 17.5 mi, 347° N
Old Iron Works (Historic Ruins) — 23.9 mi, 286° W
American Maple Museum (Museum) — 25.6 mi, 219° SW
Tannery Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 26.7 mi, 014° N
The Narrows (Attraction) — 26.9 mi, 014° N
The Tub (Attraction) — 26.9 mi, 013° N
Lucy's Hole (Attraction) — 27.3 mi, 013° N
Cathedral Grove (Attraction) — 27.7 mi, 013° N
Java Barn Music (Theatre) — 28.4 mi, 351° N
Making a Difference Campaign St. Lawrence (Monument) — 28.5 mi, 351° N
Cluster of Four Cubes (Public Artwork) — 28.5 mi, 351° N
Douglas K. Mattice (Monument) — 28.5 mi, 351° N
Launders Underground (Theatre) — 28.6 mi, 351° N
Richard F. Brush Art Gallery (Gallery) — 28.6 mi, 351° N
Tauny (Gallery) — 29.0 mi, 350° N
Philadelphia Historical Society (Museum) — 31.6 mi, 267° W
Enchanted Forest Water Safari (Theme Park) — 32.8 mi, 171° S

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