Explore Thiells, 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 Thiells, 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 Thiells.
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 | Thiells |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Rockland County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 41.21065 |
| Longitude | -74.017641 |
| Population | 5,240 |
| Density | 1113.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 10984 |
| Area Code | 914 |
| County Seat | New City |
| School District | Haverstraw-Stony Point Central School District (North Rockland) |
Thiells maintains a quiet gravity, anchored by the persistent, rhythmic flow of the Minisceongo Creek as it carves a path through the landscape. It lies 1.7 miles west of West Haverstraw, NY (from West Haverstraw, NY: bearing 273°T), and is situated 9.2 miles east-northeast of Ramapo. This watercourse serves as the lifeblood of the terrain, drawing the eye toward the nearby Town of Haverstraw Land where the earth remains largely undisturbed by the frantic pace of the modern corridor. A cool, damp air settles in from the proximity of the coast, carrying a subtle salt-tinged breeze that travels the twenty-four miles inland to brush against the foliage. To the west, the distant shadows of the Appalachian Mountains provide a jagged, permanent horizon, while the local topography shifts into the sheltered depths of File Factory Hollow. At dusk, the light here possesses a singular, bruised quality, turning the surface of the Garnerville Reservoir into a sheet of hammered pewter that reflects the darkening sky.
History in Thiells is marked by the slow transformation of the land from early settlement industry into a residential rhythm that favors the shade of mature trees over the noise of commerce. The economy has long moved away from the intensive labor once required by the hollows, leaving behind a stillness that defines the daily experience of the residents. Those who seek the outdoors often gravitate toward the Woodtown Trail, finding a solitude that feels entirely removed from the busier arteries of the region. The influence of the water remains a constant, with the activity at Patsys Bay Marina suggesting a life oriented toward the tides and the shifting moods of the bay. Even as the decades have passed, the identity of Thiells remains tied to this balance between the quiet, inland woods and the inescapable, distant pull of the sea.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Thiells, New York. Coordinates: 41.21065, -74.017641. 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 Thiells includes the ZIP code (10984), telephone area code (914), county seat of Rockland County (New City), and school district assignment (Haverstraw-Stony Point Central School District (North Rockland)).
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. |