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Paul Smiths New York Map

Explore Paul Smiths, 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 Paul Smiths, New York

How to Use This Paul Smiths, New York Map

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

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	Paul Smiths
State	New York (NY)
County	Franklin County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	44.438666
Longitude	-74.252658
Population	411
Density	617.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	12970
Area Code	845
County Seat	Malone
School District	Saranac Lake Central School District

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About Paul Smiths, New York

Paul Smiths is a locality in Franklin County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 411. The population density is 617.5 people per km². Paul Smiths is located at 44.4387°N, 74.2527°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 12970.

Paul Smiths emerges from the dense, evergreen silence of the northern woods, defined by the cold, crystalline expanse of Lower Saint Regis Lake that mirrors the shifting sky. It lies 20.0 miles northwest of North Elba, NY (from North Elba, NY: bearing 313°T), and is situated 5.5 miles west-northwest of Harrietstown. The air here carries a sharp, resinous weight, moving across the water toward the Saint Regis River, which carves a quiet path through the landscape only a mile away. To the north, the Debar Mountain Wild Forest offers a vast, untamed buffer of timber and shadow, while the distant, jagged silhouettes of the Adirondack Mountains line the horizon like a charcoal sketch against the fading light. Even the salt-tinged breeze finds its way inland from Penfold Bay, two miles distant, reminding those who walk these shores that the coastal influence is never truly absent from the stillness of the interior.

Paul Smiths maintains a rhythm dictated by the changing seasons, where the local economy has long been anchored to the preservation and study of the natural world. The land bears the marks of a history built on wilderness hospitality and the rigorous pursuit of forestry, drawing students and woodsmen alike to its corridors of learning and labor. Unlike the frantic pace of the state’s southern reaches, life here functions in the quiet intervals between the thaw and the frost, centered on the stewardship of the surrounding terrain. Rabbit Island sits as a solitary sentinel in the bay’s proximity, a small, wooded thumbprint of land that reinforces the isolation of the region. It is a place where the work of the day is often measured by the light hitting the water, and where the silence of the forest provides a persistent, grounding presence for those who choose to remain.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Debar Mountain Wild Forest (State Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 065° NE
Saranac Lakes Wild Forest (State Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 242° SW
Upper St. Regis/Spitfire 5 (Conservation Area) — 2.2 mi, 204° SW
Town Of Brighton Land (Local Park) — 3.5 mi, 097° E
Saranac Lakes (State Resource Management Area) — 4.8 mi, 161° S
Glenview Preserve (Conservation Area) — 5.5 mi, 122° SE
Buck Pond Campground (State Recreation Area) — 7.9 mi, 054° NE
Six Nations Indian Museum (Museum) — 8.2 mi, 061° NE
Meacham Lake Campground (State Recreation Area) — 8.4 mi, 352° N
Mckenzie Mountain Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 9.3 mi, 135° SE
NorthWind Fine Arts Gallery (Gallery) — 9.8 mi, 142° SE
Adirondack Artists Guild Gallery (Gallery) — 9.8 mi, 142° SE
High Peaks Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 10.9 mi, 163° S
Mckenzie Pond Bouldering Access (appx) (Attraction) — 12.0 mi, 140° SE
Kate Smith Memorial (Monument) — 17.0 mi, 128° SE
Lake Placid Olympic Museum (Museum) — 17.0 mi, 129° SE
World War Memorial (Monument) — 17.0 mi, 128° SE
Lake Placid Hall of Fame (Museum) — 17.0 mi, 129° SE
Historic Marker for Timbuctoo (Monument) — 18.0 mi, 132° SE
Big Wooden Bear (8') (Public Artwork) — 18.3 mi, 106° E
Skyride (Attraction) — 19.0 mi, 131° SE
Plane Crash Site (Historic Ruins) — 19.1 mi, 150° SE
Wanika Falls (Viewpoint) — 19.2 mi, 150° SE
Porridge Potholes (Attraction) — 19.7 mi, 108° E
Master Pothole (Attraction) — 19.7 mi, 108° E
Bert Williams Farm (Historic Ruins) — 24.5 mi, 102° E
Adirondack history center museum (Museum) — 36.1 mi, 115° SE
North Star Underground Railroad Museum (Museum) — 39.5 mi, 081° E

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