West Carthage New York Map
Explore West Carthage, 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 West Carthage, New York
How to Use This West Carthage, New York Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for West Carthage, 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 West Carthage.
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 | West Carthage |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Jefferson County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 43.974235 |
| Longitude | -75.615193 |
| Population | 1,780 |
| Density | 527.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 13619 |
| Area Code | 315 |
| County Seat | Watertown |
| School District | Carthage Central School District |
About West Carthage, New York
West Carthage is a locality in Jefferson County, New York, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,780. The population density is 527.0 people per km². West Carthage is located at 43.9742°N, 75.6152°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. West Carthage is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 13619.West Carthage maintains a quiet, deliberate presence along the banks of the Black River, where the water moves with a heavy, deliberate strength through the heart of the landscape. It lies 10.2 miles east-southeast of Fort Drum, NY (from Fort Drum, NY: bearing 119°T), and is situated 0.4 miles southwest of Carthage. Beyond the river’s path, the terrain stretches into a steady, northern expanse of woodland and open fields that seem to hold the light in a muted, silver suspension during the late autumn afternoons. Residents often look toward the horizon where the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Adirondack Mountains define the boundary of the world, a constant reminder of the wilder, higher elevations that lie well beyond the reach of the local grid. Within the immediate borders of the village, the West Carthage Village Of Land provides a modest, essential green space, while the nearby flow of Kings Falls and the calm surface of Pleasant Lake offer a reprieve of moving water and still depths that contrast with the persistent, driving energy of the river.
Industry has long defined the rhythm of West Carthage, tethered to the natural resources that originally drew settlers to these interior lands. The economy remains grounded in the practicalities of a region that balances the demands of modern regional commerce with the persistent, slow-moving pace of upstate life, far from the frenetic pressure of the state’s southern urban centers. Historic mill sites and the steady architecture of the region reflect a history built on grit and the seasonal cycles of a climate that demands resilience from its inhabitants. Even as the decades pass, the daily life of West Carthage is marked by the hum of local enterprise and the quiet persistence of people living in harmony with the vast, open geography of the Pine Plains, where the air feels thin and sharp, carrying the scent of pine and the damp, cooling weight of the riverbed.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- West Carthage Village Of Land (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 020° N
- Carthage Village of Land (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 025° NE
- Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 0.8 mi, 209° SW
- West Carthage Village Lands (Local Resource Management Area) — 2.7 mi, 211° SW
- Champion Town Lands (Local Resource Management Area) — 2.8 mi, 265° W
- Jefferson County Lands (Local Conservation Area) — 2.8 mi, 261° W
- Beartown State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 085° E
- Deer River Station (Historic Ruins) — 3.4 mi, 145° SE
- Black River Fishing Access (State Recreation Area) — 3.5 mi, 141° SE
- 10th Mountain Division Historical Collection (Museum) — 8.1 mi, 302° NW
- New York State Lands (State Recreation Area) — 8.2 mi, 291° W
- Frank E. Jadwin Memorial State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 9.5 mi, 061° NE
- 10th Mountain Division & Fort Drum Museum (Museum) — 10.0 mi, 303° NW
- 10th Mountain Division (light Infantry) Monument (Monument) — 10.3 mi, 301° NW
- Fort Drum MWR (Attraction) — 11.1 mi, 302° NW
- American Maple Museum (Museum) — 12.5 mi, 117° SE
- Philadelphia Historical Society (Museum) — 13.5 mi, 340° N
- Grist Mill built in 1805 (Historic Ruins) — 13.6 mi, 340° N
- Little Theatre of Watertown (Theatre) — 13.9 mi, 272° W
- Lewis County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Monument) — 14.0 mi, 155° SE
- Jefferson County Historical Society (Museum) — 14.7 mi, 270° W
- The Soldiers and Sailors (Monument) — 18.9 mi, 332° NW
- Pepperbox Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 22.3 mi, 095° E
- Littlejohn State Game Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 24.7 mi, 214° SW
- Five Ponds Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 25.0 mi, 075° E
- Uncle Sam boat tours (Attraction) — 29.3 mi, 329° NW
- St Lawrence Gallery (Gallery) — 29.9 mi, 308° NW
- Potholes (Attraction) — 30.8 mi, 317° NW
- Glacial Potholes (Attraction) — 30.8 mi, 317° NW
- Parc national des Îles-du-Saint-Laurent (Nature Reserve) — 33.0 mi, 324° NW
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About This West Carthage Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of West Carthage, New York. Coordinates: 43.974235, -75.615193. 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 West Carthage includes the ZIP code (13619), telephone area code (315), county seat of Jefferson County (Watertown), and school district assignment (Carthage Central School District).
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. |
