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Putnam Station New York Map

Explore Putnam Station, 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 Putnam Station, New York

How to Use This Putnam Station, New York Map

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

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

Latitude	43.734229
Longitude	-73.374838
Population	480
Density	18.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	12861
Area Code	845
County Seat	Fort Edward

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About Putnam Station, New York

Putnam Station is a locality in Washington County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Putnam Station is located at 43.7342°N, 73.3748°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 12861.

Putnam Station occupies a narrow, quiet stretch of land where the earth presses firmly against the western edge of Lake Champlain. It lies 26.8 miles north-northeast of Kingsbury, NY (from Kingsbury, NY: bearing 17°T), and is situated 8.3 miles south-southeast of Ticonderoga. Massive, weathered stone formations define the periphery, giving way to a landscape that feels carved by ancient, slow-moving ice rather than the frantic pace of modern development. The air here holds a crisp, metallic quality, particularly when the light flattens at dusk, turning the surface of the water into a sheet of hammered pewter. Beyond the immediate shoreline, the terrain rises into rugged, unyielding woodland, while the distant Adirondack Mountains loom on the horizon like a jagged, ink-blue spine against the sky. Mill Brook slices through the nearby terrain, its path marked by the persistent, rhythmic sound of water tumbling over rounded river stones, providing a constant, low-frequency hum to the silence of the woods.

History remains embedded in the soil of Putnam Station, visible in the remnants of old stone walls that divide fields no longer under the plow. The local economy, once tethered to the movement of goods and the labor of the earth, now finds its rhythm in the stillness of the Lake George Wild Forest, where the land is preserved in a state of deliberate, wild neglect. A short distance away, the terrain softens toward Clark Hollow, offering a brief reprieve from the steep, forested slopes that characterize much of the surrounding region. Those who traverse the Daniel Coffey Memorial Trail find a landscape that demands attention to the immediate—the pattern of lichen on a granite face or the scent of damp pine needles—rather than the grand, sweeping vistas found elsewhere. Life here moves with the deliberate weight of the seasons, governed by the heavy snows of winter and the sudden, vivid green of a short, intense summer.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lake George Wild Forest (State Conservation Area) — 0.1 mi, 271° W
Putnam Town Of Land (Local Park) — 1.4 mi, 281° W
Shaw Mountain Natural Area (Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 168° S
Pond Woods Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 084° E
Benson Museum (Museum) — 3.7 mi, 118° SE
Gull Bay overlook (Viewpoint) — 4.0 mi, 270° W
Rogers Rock Campground (State Recreation Area) — 6.3 mi, 313° NW
Bomoseen State Park (State Park) — 7.0 mi, 130° SE
Battle of Carrilon (Registered Battlefield) — 7.6 mi, 355° N
Star Trek Original Series Set Tours (Attraction) — 8.2 mi, 343° N
Ticonderoga Arts / Downtown Gallery (Gallery) — 8.3 mi, 343° N
Samuel De Champlain Memorial (Monument) — 8.3 mi, 345° N
Pharaoh Lake Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 9.2 mi, 322° NW
Crown Point Road Monument (Monument) — 11.6 mi, 069° E
Hubbardton Battle Monument (Monument) — 12.1 mi, 103° E
Mandala II (Public Artwork) — 13.1 mi, 132° SE
Cassella Theater (Theatre) — 13.1 mi, 131° SE
Vermont Marble Museum (Museum) — 17.6 mi, 106° E
Green Mountain National Forest (National Forest) — 17.7 mi, 063° NE · 412k acres
Moosalamoo National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 17.7 mi, 063° NE · 16k acres
Cornwall Historical Society (Museum) — 17.7 mi, 028° NE
Salisbury Mills Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 18.1 mi, 051° NE
Historic Redoubt (Historic Castle / Fort) — 20.0 mi, 352° N
Pine Hill Park (Attraction) — 20.1 mi, 113° SE
Gage's Redoubt (Historic Castle / Fort) — 20.3 mi, 352° N
Seagle Festival (Arts Centre) — 20.5 mi, 290° W
Joseph Battell Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 21.1 mi, 064° NE · 12k acres
Middlebury College Museum of Art (Museum) — 21.2 mi, 028° NE
High Peaks Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 23.6 mi, 312° NW
Breadloaf Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 25.1 mi, 053° NE · 25k acres

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