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Tomkins Cove New York Map

Explore Tomkins Cove, 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 Tomkins Cove, New York

How to Use This Tomkins Cove, New York Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Tomkins Cove, 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 Tomkins Cove.

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	Tomkins Cove
State	New York (NY)
County	Rockland County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	41.257038
Longitude	-73.983474
Population	2,800
Density	280.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	10986
Area Code	914
County Seat	New City

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About Tomkins Cove, New York

Tomkins Cove is a locality in Rockland County, New York, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,800. The population density is 280.0 people per km². Tomkins Cove is located at 41.2570°N, 73.9835°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 10986.

Tomkins Cove occupies a narrow, rugged crease in the landscape where the land yields abruptly to the tidal currents of the Hudson River. It lies 1.9 miles north of Stony Point, NY (from Stony Point, NY: bearing 6°T), and is situated 9.1 miles northwest of Ossining. The terrain here feels compressed, defined by the heavy, humid air that clings to the riverbanks and the dense, dark woods that press against the edges of the settled plots. To the west, the ground rises in steep, rocky tiers, a reminder that while the Appalachian Mountains remain distant, their geologic reach still dictates the sharp incline of the soil. The light at dusk here is peculiar, catching the water of the Hudson River in a way that turns the surface into a sheet of hammered pewter, throwing long, distorted shadows across the Town Of Stony Point Land.

Industrial echoes linger in Tomkins Cove, a vestige of the limestone quarries that once hollowed out the hillsides to feed the masonry needs of a growing nation. This history of extraction has left a landscape of sudden cliffs and deep, shadowed basins, including the nearby Salisbury Meadow, where the earth seems to hold its breath. Today, the local economy has shifted toward the quiet, rhythmic maintenance of vessels, with the masts at Willow Cove Marina swaying in a slow, hypnotic cadence against the gray sky. Life here is measured by the passage of the tides and the occasional sound of a distant engine, a place where the proximity of Tomkins Lake and the rugged, unmanicured wildness of the surrounding timberland prevent the modern world from feeling entirely settled or contained.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Town Of Stony Point Land (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 201° S
Bear Mountain State Park (State Park) — 0.6 mi, 354° N
TOWN OF CORTLANDT Land (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 118° SE
Foxy Field (Local Recreation) — 1.1 mi, 097° E
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 1.3 mi, 093° E
Harriman State Park (State Park) — 1.4 mi, 343° N
The Timp, NYC view (Viewpoint) — 1.6 mi, 324° NW
Montrose Point State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 1.8 mi, 111° E
Stony Point Marsh (Local Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 178° S
Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 2.7 mi, 002° N
Iona Island Component Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 3.0 mi, 004° N
Hudson Highlands State Park Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 018° N
Lincoln Depot Museum (Museum) — 3.5 mi, 053° NE
West Redoubt (Historic Castle / Fort) — 3.9 mi, 047° NE
Joseph Bartha (Monument) — 3.9 mi, 342° N
The Peekskill Museum (Museum) — 3.9 mi, 056° NE
East Redoubt (Historic Castle / Fort) — 4.0 mi, 049° NE
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 4.5 mi, 004° N · 110k acres
Fort Montgomery (Museum) — 4.6 mi, 357° N
Brickhead Truth (Public Artwork) — 4.6 mi, 165° S
J J Wood Saw Mill (Historic Ruins) — 5.6 mi, 234° SW
Treason Site (Monument) — 5.8 mi, 159° S
Vickers & Sons Bell (Monument) — 5.9 mi, 181° S
History Center Museum (Museum) — 5.9 mi, 182° S
Blauvelt Homestead (Museum) — 5.9 mi, 182° S
Nelson Mountain Fire Tower (Historic Ruins) — 6.4 mi, 096° E
Regal UA Cortlandt Town Center (Cinema) — 7.0 mi, 058° NE
Bowling Rocks (Attraction) — 7.5 mi, 263° W
Cedar Lane Art Center (Arts Centre) — 8.1 mi, 124° SE

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