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Pilot Knob New York Map

Explore Pilot Knob, 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 Pilot Knob, New York

How to Use This Pilot Knob, New York Map

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

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	Pilot Knob
State	New York (NY)
County	Washington County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	43.515902
Longitude	-73.629283
Population	480
Density	22.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	12844
Area Code	845
County Seat	Fort Edward

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About Pilot Knob, New York

Pilot Knob is a locality in Washington County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 22.0 people per km². Pilot Knob is located at 43.5159°N, 73.6293°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 12844.

Pilot Knob rises as a rugged sentinel above the expansive, mirrored surface of Beaver Pond, where the water catches the heavy, silver light of an overcast sky. It lies 9.6 miles north of Queensbury, NY (from Queensbury, NY: bearing 355°T), and is situated 10.0 miles northwest of Fort Ann. Butternut Brook carves a persistent, winding path through the landscape, its cold, clear currents feeding the lowlands and marking the boundary between the dense, untamed thickets of the Lake George Wild Forest and the solid ground of the slope. Deep within the woods, the air holds a perpetual, damp chill that smells of moss and damp stone, while the distant, hazy blue silhouettes of the Adirondack Mountains anchor the horizon to the north. The terrain here is defined by a steep, unforgiving incline, where the rocky soil and jagged outcroppings demand a patient climb, rewarded only by the quiet rustle of hardwood leaves and the sudden, sharp cry of a hawk circling the thermal updrafts.

Pilot Knob retains a character forged in the silence of the woods and the deliberate, slow-moving industry of those who have long worked the timber and the soil. While the nearby Pack Demonstration Forest serves as a reminder of the region’s deep roots in silviculture and ecological study, the daily rhythm of life remains tethered to the seasonal shifts of the forest canopy and the fluctuating levels of the lake. Economic activity here has always been modest and pragmatic, favoring small-scale enterprises that respect the limitations of the mountainous topography. Even as the modern world encroaches, the stillness of the afternoon suggests a place where time is measured not by the clock, but by the gradual lengthening of shadows across the brook and the steady, inevitable return of winter snows to the higher elevations.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lake George Wild Forest (State Conservation Area) — 0.3 mi, 027° NE
Stewart's Ledge Vista (Viewpoint) — 0.7 mi, 167° S
Lake George Islands Campground (State Conservation Area) — 0.9 mi, 194° S
Town of Bolton, Rogers Park Land (Local Park) — 2.9 mi, 336° NW
Bolton Time Capsule (Monument) — 3.1 mi, 335° NW
County Of Warren Land (Local Park) — 4.2 mi, 342° N
Lake George (State Resource Management Area) — 4.3 mi, 187° S
Hearthstone Point Campground (State Recreation Area) — 5.2 mi, 218° SW
Prospect Mountain Parkway (State Recreation Area) — 7.5 mi, 222° SW
House of Frankenstein Wax Museum (Museum) — 7.6 mi, 214° SW
Doctor Morbid's Haunted House (Attraction) — 7.7 mi, 214° SW
Fort William Henry (Museum) — 7.8 mi, 212° SW
Father Jogues Monument (Monument) — 7.9 mi, 210° SW
Fort George Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 8.0 mi, 209° SW
Pump House (Historic Ruins) — 8.6 mi, 214° SW
The Stand Against Burgoyne (Monument) — 9.8 mi, 133° SE
Fort Anne (Historic Castle / Fort) — 9.9 mi, 134° SE
Revolution Rail Co. - Thurman Station (Attraction) — 10.0 mi, 256° W
Greezed Lightnin' (Attraction) — 11.9 mi, 195° S
Blind Rock (Attraction) — 12.7 mi, 191° S
Regal Aviation Mall (Cinema) — 13.3 mi, 190° S
Glens Falls Community Theatre (Theatre) — 14.1 mi, 183° S
The Hyde Collection (Museum) — 14.2 mi, 181° S
Strand Theatre (Theatre) — 14.9 mi, 171° S
Pharaoh Lake Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 15.1 mi, 005° N
Moreau Lake State Park (State Park) — 16.4 mi, 190° S
Old Fort Museum (Museum) — 17.7 mi, 172° S
Bomoseen State Park (State Park) — 20.1 mi, 063° NE
Siamese Ponds Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 21.8 mi, 295° NW
Green Mountain National Forest (National Forest) — 30.8 mi, 127° SE · 412k acres

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