Rock City Falls New York Map
Explore Rock City Falls, 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 Rock City Falls, New York
How to Use This Rock City Falls, New York Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Rock City Falls, 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 Rock City Falls.
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 | Rock City Falls |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Saratoga County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 43.062019 |
| Longitude | -73.917069 |
| Population | 1,800 |
| Density | 120.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 12863 |
| Area Code | 845 |
| County Seat | Ballston Spa |
About Rock City Falls, New York
Rock City Falls is a locality in Saratoga County, New York, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,800. The population density is 120.0 people per km². Rock City Falls is located at 43.0620°N, 73.9171°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 12863.Rock City Falls occupies a quiet stretch of land defined by the persistent, rhythmic push of the Kayaderosseras Creek as it carves through the local geography. It lies 6.8 miles west-southwest of Saratoga Springs, NY (from Saratoga Springs, NY: bearing 258°T), and is situated 8.9 miles northwest of Malta. The landscape here is defined by deep woods and the sheltered expanse of the Town of Milton Land, where the earth holds a damp, ancient scent of pine and decaying leaf litter. Though the high, jagged silhouettes of the Adirondack Mountains remain distant, sixty-five miles toward the northern horizon, the local topography remains grounded in the subtle depressions and rises of the interior plateau. Shadows lengthen early across the forest floor, turning the gray bark of hardwoods into silver, while the ambient light at dusk catches the surface of the moving water, illuminating the quiet transition from afternoon to evening.
Rock City Falls maintains a character forged by the legacy of nineteenth-century paper milling, a history that lingers in the remnants of stone foundations and the old mill channels that once harnessed the strength of the creek. This industrial inheritance transitioned slowly into the current pace of life, where the economy favors a slower, deliberate productivity rather than the rush of larger hubs. Residents often look toward the Ballston Spa Reservoir when seeking a sense of stillness, finding in its quiet basin a reflection of the regional solitude. Even with the rugged depths of Devils Den lying eight miles to the west, the daily rhythm of Rock City Falls remains tethered to the steady flow of the creek, a constant, low-frequency hum that anchors the houses and roads to the bedrock of this inland place.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Town of Milton Land (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 307° NW
- Kayaderosseras Creek Fishing Access (State Recreation Area) — 0.6 mi, 183° S
- Pioneer Mill (Historic Ruins) — 1.4 mi, 189° S
- Saratoga PLAN Land (Conservation Area) — 1.5 mi, 188° S
- Middle Grove State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 1.7 mi, 321° NW
- Town Of Greenfield Land (Local Park) — 1.7 mi, 001° N
- Saratoga County Lands (Local Conservation Area) — 2.2 mi, 154° SE
- Daketown State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 355° N
- Saratoga Springs City Lands (Local Resource Management Area) — 4.0 mi, 114° SE
- Woods Hollow Nature Preserve (Local Recreation) — 4.0 mi, 121° SE
- Rowland Hollow Creek (Viewpoint) — 4.1 mi, 085° E
- Saratoga Spa State Park (State Park) — 5.1 mi, 121° SE
- National Bottle Museum (Museum) — 5.3 mi, 140° SE
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Monument) — 5.3 mi, 140° SE
- New York State Submariners Memorial (Monument) — 5.4 mi, 140° SE
- Spa Little Theatre (Theatre) — 5.9 mi, 094° E
- Hyzer Creek Disc Golf Course (Attraction) — 6.4 mi, 292° W
- Spirit of Life & Spencer Trask Memorial (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 080° E
- Saratoga Film Forum (Cinema) — 6.8 mi, 080° E
- Dee Sarno Theater (Theatre) — 6.8 mi, 080° E
- Crafters Gallery (Gallery) — 6.8 mi, 078° E
- Kettlewell & Edwards (Gallery) — 6.8 mi, 079° E
- Standard Time (Public Artwork) — 6.8 mi, 077° E
- The Dark Horse Mercantile (Gallery) — 6.8 mi, 078° E
- Saratoga Music Hall (Arts Centre) — 6.9 mi, 077° E
- Saratoga Paint and Sip Studio (Arts Centre) — 6.9 mi, 078° E
- Tang Museum (Museum) — 7.0 mi, 071° E
- Saratoga Casino and Raceway (Stadium) — 7.2 mi, 090° E
- Moreau Lake State Park (State Park) — 11.7 mi, 038° NE
- Silver Lake Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 21.3 mi, 311° NW
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About This Rock City Falls Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rock City Falls, New York. Coordinates: 43.062019, -73.917069. 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 Rock City Falls includes the ZIP code (12863), telephone area code (845), county seat of Saratoga County (Ballston Spa), 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. |
