Explore South Glens 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for South Glens 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 South Glens 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 | South Glens Falls |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Saratoga County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 43.299239 |
| Longitude | -73.635117 |
| Population | 3,744 |
| Density | 1064.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 12803 |
| Area Code | 845 |
| County Seat | Ballston Spa |
| School District | South Glens Falls Central School District |
South Glens Falls defines itself by the persistent, rhythmic presence of the Hudson River, which carves a deep, purposeful channel through the local terrain. The air here holds a distinct crispness, especially when the light slants low against the banks, illuminating the rugged geometry of the landscape where the water churns toward the dramatic descent of Bakers Falls. To the west, the distant silhouettes of the Adirondack Mountains anchor the horizon in a hazy, permanent blue, while the immediate surroundings remain grounded in the quiet, verdant expanse of the Village Of So Glens Falls Land. Beyond the immediate river corridor, the terrain transitions into inland tracts that eventually reach toward the serene, shadowed surface of Christie Reservoir, creating a topography defined more by the movement of water and the permanence of earth than by the expansive, open vistas of the coast.
Industrial ambition has long shaped the character of South Glens Falls, drawing its strength from the power harnessed at the river’s edge and the steady labor of those who settled the valley. The echoes of a hardworking past persist in the functional architecture and the deliberate pace of daily life, where the memory of milling and manufacturing still informs the local economy. Residents move through a landscape that balances this legacy of industry with a persistent, quiet connection to the natural world, whether they are traversing the nearby woodlands or spending an afternoon near the cooling spray of the falls. Even as the modern era shifts the nature of work, the identity of South Glens Falls remains tethered to the integrity of its geography—a place where the steady flow of the river continues to define the rhythm of the people who live along its path.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of South Glens Falls, New York. Coordinates: 43.299239, -73.635117. 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 South Glens Falls includes the ZIP code (12803), telephone area code (845), county seat of Saratoga County (Ballston Spa), and school district assignment (South Glens Falls 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. |