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Palenville New York Map

Explore Palenville, 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 Palenville, New York

How to Use This Palenville, New York Map

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

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	Palenville
State	New York (NY)
County	Greene County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	42.185727
Longitude	-74.028969
Population	1,002
Density	114.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	12463
Area Code	845
County Seat	Catskill
School District	Catskill Central School District

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About Palenville, New York

Palenville is a locality in Greene County, New York, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,002. The population density is 114.4 people per km². Palenville is located at 42.1857°N, 74.0290°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 12463.

Palenville anchors itself at the precipice of a deep, ancient geological cleft where the earth seems to have parted to let the light pour into the damp, moss-thickened floor of the Kaaterskill Clove. It lies 7.5 miles north-northwest of Saugerties, NY (from Saugerties, NY: bearing 333°T), and is situated 8.5 miles west-southwest of Catskill. The Kaaterskill Creek bisects the terrain here, its water cold and urgent, tumbling over stones that have been worn smooth by a relentless, perennial migration toward the valley floor. Above the canopy, the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Catskill Mountains assert a permanent, silent gravity over the horizon, while the verdant expanse of the Kaaterskill Wild Forest presses against the edges of the properties, blurring the line between domestic order and the wilder, ungoverned growth of the high woods. The air here holds a distinct, metallic clarity, often heavy with the scent of damp hemlock and the cool, subterranean breath rising from the shaded ravines that define the local topography.

Palenville grew from the rugged necessities of a landscape that once demanded labor from the timber and the water, evolving from early milling operations into a haven for those who sought to capture the singular, shifting quality of light that filters through the heavy mountain foliage. While the local economy has transitioned away from the frantic pace of early industry, the influence of the nineteenth-century painters who once flocked here to document the dramatic, vertical scale of Kaaterskill Falls remains etched into the cultural identity of the residents. Daily existence in Palenville follows a quiet, deliberate tempo, far removed from the dense, frantic energy of the metropolitan south, yet connected to the broader region by the winding roads that navigate the steep, forested inclines. Nearby, the Saugerties Reservoir waits in its basin, a still, dark mirror that reflects the seasonal transition of the trees and serves as a quiet reminder of the deep, inland silence that characterizes this corner of the state.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Kaaterskill Wild Forest (State Conservation Area) — 0.1 mi, 303° NW
Border Katerskill / Ns Lake Camp (State Resource Management Area) — 0.4 mi, 291° W
Palenville Overlook (Viewpoint) — 0.5 mi, 230° SW
North/South Lake Campground (State Recreation Area) — 0.6 mi, 317° NW
Otis Railroad Trestle (Historic Ruins) — 0.6 mi, 011° N
Catskill Mountain House (Monument) — 0.7 mi, 334° NW
Town of Catskill Land (Local Park) — 1.4 mi, 146° SE
Stone House (Historic Ruins) — 1.6 mi, 293° NW
Windham-Blackhead Range Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 1.6 mi, 328° NW
Layman's Monument (Monument) — 2.0 mi, 276° W
Mountain Top Historical Society (Museum) — 3.3 mi, 281° W
Village Of Saugerties Land (Local Park) — 3.5 mi, 167° S
Indian Head Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 4.5 mi, 209° SW
Colgate Lake Wild Forest (State Conservation Area) — 4.6 mi, 315° NW
Border Blackhead / Colgate (State Resource Management Area) — 5.1 mi, 306° NW
Lookout Gallery (Gallery) — 5.3 mi, 277° W
Bristol Beach State Park (State Park) — 6.8 mi, 136° SE
Town of Cairo (Monument) — 7.7 mi, 015° N
The Great Knot (Public Artwork) — 8.1 mi, 185° S
Bridge Street Theatre (Theatre) — 8.4 mi, 075° E
Lumberyard Contemporary Performing Arts (Arts Centre) — 8.6 mi, 076° E
Cone Zero Ceramics School (Arts Centre) — 8.6 mi, 075° E
Dancing Bear Theater (Theatre) — 9.8 mi, 281° W
Little Bird Gallery (Gallery) — 9.8 mi, 281° W
Piano Performance Museum (Museum) — 9.9 mi, 281° W
Mountain Cinema (Cinema) — 9.9 mi, 281° W
New York State Lands (State Park) — 10.1 mi, 076° E
Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 10.6 mi, 149° SE
AZART Gallery (Gallery) — 11.0 mi, 204° SW
Tinker Street Cinema (Cinema) — 11.2 mi, 207° SW

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