Salem New York Map
Explore Salem, 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 Salem, New York
How to Use This Salem, New York Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Salem, 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 Salem.
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 | Salem |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Washington County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 43.172298 |
| Longitude | -73.32761 |
| Population | 811 |
| Density | 106.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 12865 |
| Area Code | 845 |
| County Seat | Fort Edward |
| School District | Salem Central School District |
About Salem, New York
Salem is a locality in Washington County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 811. The population density is 106.8 people per km². Salem is located at 43.1723°N, 73.3276°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 12865.Salem occupies a landscape defined by the steady, rhythmic persistence of White Creek, which carves a path through the earth just a mile from the low-slung depressions of Blind Buck Hollow. It lies 16.6 miles east-northeast of Gates, NY (from Gates, NY: bearing 70°T), and is situated 8.8 miles south-southwest of Porter. The air here holds the crisp, thin quality of the northern interior, carrying the scent of damp soil and ancient stone across a terrain that rises toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Adirondack Mountains on the far horizon. Sunlight catches the mineral grit of the fields, illuminating a quiet topography that feels ancient and unbothered, where the land shifts from pasture to dense wood as one moves toward the timber of the Rupert Town Forest. Three miles away, the waters of McDougall Lake mirror the shifting sky, providing a stillness that complements the gentle, persistent movement of the water at the Battenkill River Fishing Access.
Salem maintains a pace dictated by the seasons, rooted in a history of agrarian labor that has long defined the character of its people. The local economy persists through a quiet dedication to the land, where the remnants of traditional farming practices still influence the layout of the roads and the architecture of the older, timber-framed structures. Life in Salem proceeds without the frenetic urgency of the larger urban centers to the south, favoring a deliberate, measured approach to daily affairs that honors the endurance of its inhabitants. Whether one is passing by the local fields or observing the way the dusk light settles over the valley floor, there is a sense of permanence here—a recognition that the work of the past remains visible in the current, steady pulse of the land.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Salem Art Works (Gallery) — 0.3 mi, 276° W
- For Euler (Public Artwork) — 0.6 mi, 271° W
- Battenkill River Fishing Access (State Recreation Area) — 2.7 mi, 224° SW
- New England Forestry Foundation (Conservation Area) — 4.2 mi, 129° SE
- Carters Pond Wma (State Resource Management Area) — 4.3 mi, 273° W
- Museums at Penope Farm (Museum) — 4.6 mi, 220° SW
- Shushan Covered Bridge Museum (Museum) — 5.7 mi, 189° S
- Varosy Studios (Gallery) — 5.8 mi, 278° W
- Batten Kill State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 5.8 mi, 169° S
- Lake Lauderdale Park (State Park) — 5.9 mi, 200° S
- Susan B. Anthony Childhood House (Monument) — 6.4 mi, 228° SW
- Green Mountain National Forest (National Forest) — 8.3 mi, 149° SE · 412k acres
- Partial View (Viewpoint) — 9.5 mi, 175° S
- Pleasant Vale Mill (Historic Ruins) — 10.2 mi, 236° SW
- Rail Trestle Bridge (Historic Ruins) — 10.4 mi, 235° SW
- Mr. Barbo Memorial (Monument) — 10.8 mi, 092° E
- Sunderland (Monument) — 11.0 mi, 111° E
- Mount Equinox Skyline Drive (Attraction) — 11.5 mi, 109° E
- Lye Brook Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 12.8 mi, 114° SE · 18k acres
- Glastenbury Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 15.7 mi, 143° SE · 22k acres
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About This Salem Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Salem, New York. Coordinates: 43.172298, -73.32761. 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 Salem includes the ZIP code (12865), telephone area code (845), county seat of Washington County (Fort Edward), and school district assignment (Salem Central School District).
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. |
