Owls Head New York Map
Explore Owls Head, 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 Owls Head, New York
How to Use This Owls Head, New York Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Owls Head, 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 Owls Head.
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 | Owls Head |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Franklin County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 44.734493 |
| Longitude | -74.168767 |
| Population | 280 |
| Density | 8.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 12969 |
| Area Code | 845 |
| County Seat | Malone |
About Owls Head, New York
Owls Head is a locality in Franklin County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Owls Head is located at 44.7345°N, 74.1688°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 12969.Owls Head occupies a quiet expanse of northern terrain where the Ingraham Stream cuts a persistent, winding path through the low-lying earth. It lies 35.2 miles west of Plattsburgh, NY (from Plattsburgh, NY: bearing 274°T), and is situated 10.0 miles southeast of Malone. The landscape is defined by the steady presence of Franklin State Forest Number One, which blankets the nearby horizon in deep, coniferous shadows, while the crystalline surface of Indian Lake offers a mirror to the shifting northern light. To the far distance, the jagged silhouettes of the Adirondack Mountains rise against the sky like silent, ancient sentinels. The air here carries a distinct, sharp clarity, especially as the sun dips low and the temperature drops, signaling the long, cold influence of a climate that demands resilience from everything that grows within its reach.
Owls Head retains the steady, deliberate character of a place built upon the labor of the timber trade and the modest yields of the surrounding soil. The proximity of Titusville Mountain State Forest provides a permanent anchor for the local rhythm, where the seasons dictate the flow of daily life more surely than any clock. While the salt-thickened air of Peavey Bay lingers only five miles away, the character of the region remains rooted in the interior woods rather than the tides. Residents move with a quiet, practiced purpose, maintaining a heritage that values the weight of a hand-hewn beam and the solitude found beneath the canopy of northern hardwoods. History here is kept not in grand monuments, but in the enduring tracks of the stream and the way the encroaching forest slowly reclaims the margins of the cleared fields.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Titusville Mountain State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 224° SW
- Malone Village Water Land (Local Park) — 1.8 mi, 290° W
- Chazy Highlands Wild Forest (State Conservation Area) — 2.7 mi, 178° S
- Town Of Malone Land (Local Park) — 4.8 mi, 314° NW
- New York State Lands (State Recreation Area) — 5.9 mi, 271° W
- Chazy Highlands Wma (State Resource Management Area) — 8.9 mi, 093° E
- Meacham Lake Campground (State Recreation Area) — 11.7 mi, 206° SW
- Six Nations Indian Museum (Museum) — 16.8 mi, 169° S
- Mckenzie Mountain Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 23.7 mi, 163° S
- Macomb Reservation State Park (State Park) — 27.5 mi, 107° E
- NorthWind Fine Arts Gallery (Gallery) — 28.2 mi, 176° S
- Adirondack Artists Guild Gallery (Gallery) — 28.3 mi, 176° S
- Randy Preston Memorial (Monument) — 28.6 mi, 153° SE
- Big Wooden Bear (8') (Public Artwork) — 28.9 mi, 152° SE
- Mckenzie Pond Bouldering Access (appx) (Attraction) — 29.8 mi, 173° S
- Potholes (Attraction) — 30.3 mi, 151° SE
- Indian Head Rock (Attraction) — 30.3 mi, 151° SE
- Whirlpool Cove (Attraction) — 30.3 mi, 151° SE
- High Peaks Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 30.9 mi, 182° S
- Bessies View (Viewpoint) — 32.0 mi, 142° SE
- Bert Williams Farm (Historic Ruins) — 32.2 mi, 142° SE
- Kate Smith Memorial (Monument) — 32.3 mi, 164° S
- World War Memorial (Monument) — 32.3 mi, 164° S
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum (Museum) — 32.4 mi, 164° S
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame (Museum) — 32.4 mi, 164° S
- Regal Cinemas Champlain Centre 8 (Cinema) — 33.3 mi, 093° E
- Rockwell Kent Collection (Museum) — 34.5 mi, 094° E
- Plattsburgh State Art Museum (Museum) — 34.6 mi, 094° E
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About This Owls Head Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Owls Head, New York. Coordinates: 44.734493, -74.168767. 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 Owls Head includes the ZIP code (12969), telephone area code (845), county seat of Franklin County (Malone), 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. |
