Explore Sloatsburg, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Sloatsburg, 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 Sloatsburg.
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 | Sloatsburg |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Rockland County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 41.15454 |
| Longitude | -74.192924 |
| Population | 3,036 |
| Density | 474.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 10974 |
| Area Code | 914 |
| County Seat | New City |
| School District | Suffern Central School District |
Sloatsburg occupies a narrow corridor where the earth rises to meet the sky in a series of rugged, forested ridges. It lies 1.6 miles northwest of Ramapo, NY (from Ramapo, NY: bearing 306°T), and is situated 8.3 miles west-northwest of Spring Valley. The Ramapo River carves a decisive path through this terrain, its waters flowing with a rhythmic persistence that defines the local topography and pulls the eye toward the shadowed depths of the surrounding woodlands. Only a mile away, the quiet stillness of Mirror Lake offers a stark contrast to the moving current, its surface often catching the amber quality of late afternoon light. While the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains wait sixty-one miles away, the immediate landscape remains dominated by the dense, tangled greenery of the Ramapo Mountain State Forest, which exerts a cooling, moss-scented influence over the air. Even within the local Eleanor Burlingham Memorial Park, the ground feels ancient and pressed tight, as if the very geology of the region demands a deliberate, measured pace from those who traverse it.
Sloatsburg emerged from the intersection of early transit routes and the industrious spirit of those who first harnessed the power of the passing water. The local economy has long since shifted away from the heavy demands of early mills, yet the character of the place remains tethered to its history as a vital passage through the rock. Residents often look toward the nearby Kakiat Trail for a connection to the wilder reaches of the terrain, while the proximity of The Bowl provides a unique geological basin that anchors the surrounding wilderness. Life in Sloatsburg maintains a quiet, self-contained gravity, where the arrival of autumn brings a sharp clarity to the air and the seasonal shift in foliage transforms the hills into a mosaic of deep, bruised color. It is a place that values its own seclusion, holding its history in the quiet stone foundations of older structures and the steady, unceasing flow of the river that continues to shape its identity.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sloatsburg, New York. Coordinates: 41.15454, -74.192924. 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 Sloatsburg includes the ZIP code (10974), telephone area code (914), county seat of Rockland County (New City), and school district assignment (Suffern 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. |