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Taconic Shores New York Map

Explore Taconic Shores, 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 Taconic Shores, New York

How to Use This Taconic Shores, New York Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Taconic Shores, 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 Taconic Shores.

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	Taconic Shores
State	New York (NY)
County	Columbia County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	42.112805
Longitude	-73.55584
Population	547
Density	253.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	12516
Area Code	845
County Seat	Hudson
School District	Taconic Hills Central School District

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About Taconic Shores, New York

Taconic Shores is a locality in Columbia County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 547. The population density is 253.8 people per km². Taconic Shores is located at 42.1128°N, 73.5558°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 12516.

Taconic Shores anchors itself within a landscape defined by the persistent, winding presence of the Roeliff Jansen Kill, which carves a deliberate path through the verdant earth nearby. It lies 17.4 miles east-southeast of Catskill, NY (from Catskill, NY: bearing 114°T), and is situated 0.7 miles north-northwest of Copake. The air here holds a crisp, terrestrial weight, far removed from any maritime influence, circulating instead through the dense, shadowed canopy of the Mount Washington State Forest just five miles to the east. At the center of the local topography sits Robinson Pond, its surface often mirroring the heavy, slate-colored clouds that drift down from the distant, jagged silhouette of the Catskill Mountains. During the autumn, the light catches the turning leaves of the hardwoods, casting long, amber shadows across the Copake Town Lands that define the immediate surroundings.

Taconic Shores exists as a quiet accumulation of domestic life, drawing its character from the legacy of inland settlement and the slow, deliberate work of the regional agrarian economy. While the nearby Northrop Trail offers a rigorous passage through the rugged terrain, the daily pace in Taconic Shores remains tethered to the seasonal shifts of the valley floor and the quiet solitude of the surrounding basin, Guilder Hollow. The local identity is not constructed from grand monuments, but from the steady persistence of life along the riparian corridors and the deep, silent cooling of the land as evening settles over the pond. Here, the economy and the spirit of the residents move in alignment with the rhythms of the woods and the water, maintaining a grounded existence that favors the enduring stillness of the interior landscape.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Copake Town Lands (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 107° E
Town of Copake Land (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 157° SE
Harlem Valley Rail Trail (State Recreation Area) — 1.8 mi, 060° NE
Taconic State Park (State Park) — 1.9 mi, 119° SE
Taconic View (Viewpoint) — 2.8 mi, 090° E
Bash Bish Falls State Park (State Park) — 2.8 mi, 103° E
Mount Washington State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 2.9 mi, 112° E
Doodletown Wildlife Management Area (State Resource Management Area) — 4.4 mi, 235° SW
Jug End State Reservation and Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.1 mi, 062° NE
Cedar Mountain/Jug End (Jug End Corp.) (State Resource Management Area) — 5.2 mi, 070° E
Mt. Plantain Preserve (Conservation Area) — 5.4 mi, 122° SE
Tri-State Marker (Attraction) — 5.6 mi, 141° SE
Ancram Opera House (Theatre) — 5.9 mi, 224° SW
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 6.5 mi, 132° SE · 110k acres
Diving Lady (Public Artwork) — 8.0 mi, 279° W
Battlesite Monument (Monument) — 9.0 mi, 075° E
War Memorial (Monument) — 10.5 mi, 210° SW
Orchard City Millage Sign (Attraction) — 11.0 mi, 056° NE
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 11.3 mi, 060° NE
Circle Museum (Museum) — 11.5 mi, 021° N
Holley Williams House Museum (Museum) — 11.7 mi, 150° SE
Moravian Christian Mission Monument (Monument) — 12.4 mi, 203° SW
Community Access to the Arts (Arts Centre) — 12.9 mi, 057° NE
C H Pease Museum (Museum) — 13.0 mi, 117° SE
Connecticut Railroad Historical Museum (Museum) — 13.1 mi, 117° SE
Town Hill Farm (Attraction) — 13.7 mi, 153° SE
Austerlitz Historical Society (Museum) — 14.1 mi, 018° N
Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 16.3 mi, 315° NW
Lumberyard Contemporary Performing Arts (Arts Centre) — 17.4 mi, 294° NW
Four Brothers Drive-In (Cinema) — 18.1 mi, 180° S

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