Explore Willow, 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 Willow, 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 Willow.
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 | Willow |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Ulster County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 42.07648 |
| Longitude | -74.227923 |
| Population | 680 |
| Density | 35.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 12495 |
| Area Code | 845 |
| County Seat | Kingston |
Willow exists as a quiet confluence of deep woodland and steep, shadowed ravines where the Beaver Kill carves its path through the rugged terrain. It lies 4.5 miles south of Edgewood, NY (from Edgewood, NY: bearing 190°T), and is situated 6.1 miles west-northwest of Woodstock. The air here holds a distinct, sharpened clarity, particularly as the light shifts across the slopes of the Catskill Mountains that define the horizon nine miles to the west. Just a mile from the rugged expanse of the Phoenicia - Mt. Tobias Wild Forest, the landscape remains dominated by heavy timber and the unpredictable, rocky character of the northern interior. Travelers seeking the solitude of the wilderness often find themselves drawn to the Willow Trail, which winds through the dense undergrowth and offers a vantage point over the nearby Hoyt Hollow. The proximity to the Ashokan Reservoir East Basin provides a vast, reflective stillness to the region, grounding the sharp verticality of the surrounding peaks in a wide, glassy expanse of water.
Willow maintains a rhythm dictated by the changing seasons and the legacy of its early industry, which relied heavily on the natural resources of the forest and the steady current of the valley streams. While the local economy has evolved from its initial reliance on timber and small-scale agriculture, the focus remains on the preservation of its rural character rather than heavy development. Residents engage with a landscape that demands a certain resilience, where the isolation of the valley fosters a self-contained culture shaped by the slow transition of light across the mountainside. The presence of the Phoenicia - Mt. Tobias Wild Forest serves as a permanent anchor for the area, ensuring that the wilder aspects of the terrain remain untouched by the encroaching pace of more populated districts. Life in Willow proceeds with a deliberate stillness, marked by the persistent, cooling sound of the Beaver Kill moving over stone and the quiet endurance of a settlement that has found its balance within the folds of the interior topography.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Willow, New York. Coordinates: 42.07648, -74.227923. 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 Willow includes the ZIP code (12495), telephone area code (845), 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 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. |