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Silver Bay New York Map

Explore Silver Bay, 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 Silver Bay, New York

How to Use This Silver Bay, New York Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Silver Bay, 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 Silver Bay.

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	Silver Bay
State	New York (NY)
County	Warren County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	43.696452
Longitude	-73.505674
Population	480
Density	22.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	12874
Area Code	845
County Seat	Queensbury

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About Silver Bay, New York

Silver Bay is a locality in Warren County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 22.0 people per km². Silver Bay is located at 43.6965°N, 73.5057°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 12874.

Silver Bay maintains a quiet, deliberate presence within the rugged, undulating terrain of the interior landscape. It lies 22.7 miles north-northeast of Queensbury, NY (from Queensbury, NY: bearing 14°T), and is situated 19.5 miles north of Fort Ann. The La Chute flows with a steady, determined pace near the settlement, cutting through the earth as it defines the local drainage and moisture. To the west, the distant summits of the Adirondack Mountains rise against the horizon like jagged, indigo teeth, while the immediate surroundings are defined by the dense, tangled greenery of the Terrace Water Lands. Travelers often note how the light here shifts during the late afternoon, turning the dense foliage into a mosaic of deep bronze and olive, while the proximity of Clark Hollow creates a natural windbreak that keeps the air remarkably still and cool during the transition into dusk.

Silver Bay functions as a place of deliberate retreat, far removed from the frantic commerce of the metropolitan centers to the south. The economy has historically been tied to the careful stewardship of the land and the quiet industry of inland resource management, avoiding the heavy footprint of manufacturing in favor of a more preservationist ethos. Local life is punctuated by the rhythms of the seasons, with residents occasionally venturing toward the quiet waters of Mud Pond or navigating the nearby paths that lead toward the Berrymile Pond Trail. There is a distinct, unhurried quality to the way the day concludes here, as the shadow of the landscape deepens and the hum of the natural world asserts itself over the fading remnants of human activity.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Inspiration Point (Viewpoint) — 0.5 mi, 224° SW
Lake George Islands Campground (State Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 032° NE
Lake George Wild Forest (State Conservation Area) — 0.9 mi, 318° NW
Putnam Town Of Land (Local Park) — 3.3 mi, 045° NE
Whitehall Village Of Land (Local Park) — 6.0 mi, 162° S
Pharaoh Lake Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 6.0 mi, 334° NW
Rogers Rock Campground (State Recreation Area) — 6.6 mi, 009° N
Benson Museum (Museum) — 9.8 mi, 085° E
Champlain Canal (State Recreation Area) — 10.9 mi, 151° SE
Lafayette's Tour (Monument) — 11.1 mi, 152° SE
Star Trek Original Series Set Tours (Attraction) — 11.2 mi, 021° N
Ticonderoga Arts / Downtown Gallery (Gallery) — 11.3 mi, 021° N
Samuel De Champlain Memorial (Monument) — 11.5 mi, 022° N
Battle of Carrilon (Registered Battlefield) — 11.7 mi, 030° NE
Bomoseen State Park (State Park) — 12.1 mi, 104° E
Bolton Time Capsule (Monument) — 12.2 mi, 218° SW
Seagle Festival (Arts Centre) — 16.0 mi, 307° NW
Hoffman Notch Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 17.0 mi, 312° NW
Mandala II (Public Artwork) — 17.4 mi, 111° E
Cassella Theater (Theatre) — 17.5 mi, 110° E
Natural Stone Bridge & Caves (Attraction) — 17.7 mi, 282° W
Fort Anne (Historic Castle / Fort) — 19.4 mi, 177° S
Old Champlain Canal Lock 18 (Historic Ruins) — 19.5 mi, 177° S
Lake George Historical Association (Museum) — 21.3 mi, 209° SW
House of Frankenstein Wax Museum (Museum) — 21.5 mi, 209° SW
Lake George Steamboat Company (Attraction) — 21.6 mi, 208° SW
Doctor Morbid's Haunted House (Attraction) — 21.6 mi, 209° SW
Green Mountain National Forest (National Forest) — 24.7 mi, 064° NE · 412k acres
Moosalamoo National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 24.7 mi, 064° NE · 16k acres
Joseph Battell Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 28.1 mi, 065° NE · 12k acres

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