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Veteran New York Map

Explore Veteran, 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 Veteran, New York

How to Use This Veteran, New York Map

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

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.

CityVeteran
StateNew York (NY)
CountyUlster County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude42.080368
Longitude-73.994303
Population2,800
Density55.0 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Codes12477, 14892
Area Code845, 607
County SeatKingston

About Veteran, New York

Veteran is a locality in Ulster County, New York, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,800. The population density is 55.0 people per km². Veteran is located at 42.0804°N, 73.9943°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 12477, 14892.

Veteran emerges from the landscape as a quiet expanse where the Beaver Kill carves a steady, winding path through the soil. It lies 2.1 miles west of Saugerties, NY (from Saugerties, NY: bearing 275°T), and is situated 8.5 miles northwest of Red Hook Dutchess County. The air here holds a crisp, terrestrial weight, anchored by the presence of the Town Of Saugerties Land which offers an open threshold into the local woodland. Beyond the immediate terrain, the distant silhouette of the Catskill Mountains provides a permanent, jagged edge to the horizon. Light descends differently in this inland setting, catching the edges of the trees and the surface of the nearby Saugerties Reservoir with a clarity that renders the autumn foliage into sharp, amber strokes. Four miles away, the descent into Plattekill Clove and the sudden, rhythmic drop of Glenerie Falls remind the observer that the geology of Veteran is defined by shifting elevations and the persistent movement of water over stone.

Veteran maintains a deliberate pace, grounded in a history of land use that reflects the broader patterns of the region. The local economy persists in a quiet dialogue with the earth, moving away from the industrial urgency of larger centers toward a life dictated by the seasons and the maintenance of small-scale infrastructure. There is a sense of endurance in the way the architecture sits upon the ground, unpretentious and stripped of unnecessary ornament, reflecting the practical needs of those who work the surrounding fields. The absence of frantic development allows the character of the place to remain intact, favoring a slow accumulation of days where the primary concern is the integrity of the fence line or the seasonal clearing of the brush. Life in Veteran is measured by the changing shadows cast by the high ridges, a cycle that remains indifferent to the velocity of the world beyond its borders.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Town Of Saugerties Land (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 034° NE
  • Unknown Open Space (Local Conservation Area) — 0.2 mi, 033° NE
  • Esopus Bend Nature Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 1.8 mi, 118° SE
  • Pulelehua (Public Artwork) — 2.2 mi, 096° E
  • Village Of Saugerties Land (Local Park) — 2.3 mi, 331° NW
  • Falling Waters Preserve (Park) — 2.9 mi, 125° SE
  • Waterfall Overlook (Viewpoint) — 3.1 mi, 119° SE
  • Bristol Beach State Park (State Park) — 3.3 mi, 064° NE
  • Indian Head Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 3.7 mi, 292° W
  • Tivoli Bays Wma (State Resource Management Area) — 4.0 mi, 119° SE
  • Kaaterskill Wild Forest (State Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 317° NW
  • Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 4.2 mi, 124° SE
  • Butler Rockshelter (Historic Ruins) — 4.2 mi, 124° SE
  • Shell Midden (Historic Ruins) — 4.2 mi, 126° SE
  • State Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.3 mi, 264° W
  • Weis Cinema (Cinema) — 6.0 mi, 134° SE
  • Keegan Bell (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 249° W
  • Woodstock Veterans' War Memorial (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 249° W
  • AZART Gallery (Gallery) — 6.9 mi, 246° SW
  • Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild (Arts Centre) — 7.0 mi, 247° SW
  • Kleinert/James Center for the Arts (Gallery) — 7.0 mi, 247° SW
  • Happylife Productions (Gallery) — 7.0 mi, 247° SW
  • Tinker Street Cinema (Cinema) — 7.4 mi, 248° W
  • Woodstock Art Exchange (Arts Centre) — 7.9 mi, 223° SW
  • Catskill Mountain House (Monument) — 8.2 mi, 345° N
  • The Story Studio (Museum) — 8.5 mi, 133° SE
  • Windham-Blackhead Range Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 9.2 mi, 351° N
  • Mountain Top Historical Society (Museum) — 9.4 mi, 328° NW
  • Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome Museum (Museum) — 10.1 mi, 139° SE
  • Mattewis Persen House (Museum) — 10.2 mi, 188° S

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About This Veteran Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Veteran, New York. Coordinates: 42.080368, -73.994303. 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 Veteran includes the ZIP code (12477, 14892), telephone area code (845, 607), county seat of Ulster County (Kingston), 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.