Upper Jay New York Map
Explore Upper Jay, 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 Upper Jay, New York
How to Use This Upper Jay, New York Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Upper Jay, 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 Upper Jay.
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 | Upper Jay |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Essex County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 44.336436 |
| Longitude | -73.775696 |
| Population | 480 |
| Density | 12.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 12987 |
| Area Code | 845 |
| County Seat | Elizabethtown |
About Upper Jay, New York
Upper Jay is a locality in Essex County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 12.0 people per km². Upper Jay is located at 44.3364°N, 73.7757°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 12987.Upper Jay unfolds where the East Branch Ausable River carves a deliberate, crystalline path through the rugged terrain of the Adirondack Mountains. It lies 10.9 miles northeast of North Elba, NY (from North Elba, NY: bearing 54°T), and is situated 3.6 miles southwest of Jay. The water moves with a persistent, percussive clarity over stones worn smooth by centuries of seasonal melt, defining the basin where the air holds a permanent, sharp edge of pine and damp earth. To the west, the landscape rises into the protected expanse of the Wilmington Wild Forest, a vast stretch of timber and rock that dictates the quiet, vertical scale of the horizon. At dusk, the light here does not merely fade but seems to settle into the crevices of the valley, turning the deep greens of the spruce into a charcoal stillness that feels both ancient and immediate.
Upper Jay retains the cadence of a settlement built upon the necessity of the land, shaped by the historical rhythms of small-scale milling and the enduring labor of those who work the timber. While the local economy has shifted away from the heavy industry of the past, the spirit of the place remains tethered to the river and the nearby geography, including the distant, rhythmic rush of The Flume Fall and the quiet solitude of Clements Pond. Residents carry a certain stoic independence, moving through their days with an awareness of the Kelly Basin’s shelter and the seasonal shifts that demand resilience. Whether one is navigating the regional paths or simply observing the way the morning frost clings to the riverside fields, Upper Jay exists as a testament to the quiet, unyielding persistence of life in a landscape that asks for nothing and provides everything.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Wilmington Wild Forest (State Conservation Area) — 0.0 mi, 201° S
- Sentinel Range Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 0.0 mi, 174° S
- Upper Jay Water District Lands (Local Resource Management Area) — 1.2 mi, 236° SW
- Beaver Brook Tract Expansion (Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 008° N
- Essex County Lands (Local Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 180° S
- Bert Williams Farm (Historic Ruins) — 2.1 mi, 012° N
- Bessies View (Viewpoint) — 2.1 mi, 005° N
- Jay Mountain Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 3.0 mi, 116° SE
- Hammond Pond Wild Forest (State Conservation Area) — 3.5 mi, 190° S
- Town Of Jay Land (Local Park) — 3.5 mi, 042° NE
- Whiteface Mountain Ski Center (State Recreation Area) — 3.9 mi, 299° NW
- Potholes (Attraction) — 4.9 mi, 280° W
- Indian Head Rock (Attraction) — 4.9 mi, 280° W
- Whirlpool Cove (Attraction) — 4.9 mi, 280° W
- Master Pothole (Attraction) — 4.9 mi, 280° W
- Big Wooden Bear (8') (Public Artwork) — 6.3 mi, 288° W
- Randy Preston Memorial (Monument) — 6.6 mi, 288° W
- New York State Lands (State Recreation Area) — 6.9 mi, 181° S
- 10th Mountain Division Memorial (Monument) — 8.5 mi, 246° SW
- World War Memorial (Monument) — 10.9 mi, 251° W
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum (Museum) — 10.9 mi, 251° W
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame (Museum) — 10.9 mi, 251° W
- Adirondack history center museum (Museum) — 12.3 mi, 132° SE
- Plane Crash Site (Historic Ruins) — 17.0 mi, 236° SW
- NorthWind Fine Arts Gallery (Gallery) — 17.6 mi, 268° W
- Adirondack Artists Guild Gallery (Gallery) — 17.6 mi, 268° W
- Six Nations Indian Museum (Museum) — 19.7 mi, 304° NW
- North Star Underground Railroad Museum (Museum) — 20.3 mi, 050° NE
- Macomb Reservation State Park (State Park) — 20.4 mi, 021° N
- Green Mountain National Forest (National Forest) — 37.6 mi, 113° SE · 412k acres
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About This Upper Jay Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Upper Jay, New York. Coordinates: 44.336436, -73.775696. 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 Upper Jay includes the ZIP code (12987), telephone area code (845), county seat of Essex County (Elizabethtown), and school district assignment.
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. |
