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Willsboro New York Map

Explore Willsboro, 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 Willsboro, New York

How to Use This Willsboro, New York Map

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

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	Willsboro
State	New York (NY)
County	Essex County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	44.357272
Longitude	-73.392074
Population	689
Density	139.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	12996
Area Code	845
County Seat	Elizabethtown
School District	Willsboro Central School District

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About Willsboro, New York

Willsboro is a locality in Essex County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 689. The population density is 139.1 people per km². Willsboro is located at 44.3573°N, 73.3921°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 12996.

Willsboro occupies a quiet, verdant expanse where the currents of the Boquet River carve a steady path toward the expansive, crystalline waters of Lake Champlain. It lies 23.8 miles south of Plattsburgh, NY (from Plattsburgh, NY: bearing 173°T), and is situated 8.3 miles west of Shelburne. Sunlight catches the surface of the river, illuminating the silt and stone of the riverbed before the water widens and slows, eventually meeting the lake that dominates the eastern horizon. To the west, the distant summits of the Adirondack Mountains rise in a jagged, blue-gray silhouette, providing a stark contrast to the immediate, gentle relief of the local terrain. Within the reaches of the Town Of Willsboro Land, the landscape remains largely undisturbed, marked by thickets and open meadows that hold the morning dew long after the sun has climbed. The air here carries a crisp, inland clarity, free from the humidity of low-lying plains, and the silence of the woods is broken only by the persistent, rhythmic movement of the river.

Willsboro retains the character of a place built upon the steady labor of the land, where the local economy has transitioned from the heavy industrial output of earlier centuries to a quieter, agrarian and service-oriented pace. Historical remnants of iron ore processing still linger in the topography, a silent record of the industry that once relied upon the proximity of the Boquet River to power the region’s growth. Residents traverse the space between the lakefront and the interior with a sense of deliberate purpose, often looking toward the horizon where the land flattens into The Plains or searching for the distant, rushing sound of Buttermilk Falls. Life in Willsboro moves in synchronization with the seasons, from the deep, insulating snows of winter to the sudden, vibrant bloom of the northern spring. The community maintains a quiet equilibrium, anchored by the enduring presence of the lake and the legacy of a landscape that has long dictated the rhythm of daily existence.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Town Of Willsboro Land (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 275° W
Boquet River Nature Preserve (Conservation Area) — 0.5 mi, 021° N
New York State Lands (State Recreation Area) — 0.6 mi, 004° N
Boquet River Fishing Access (State Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 000° N
Taylor Pond Wild Forest (State Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 326° NW
Willsboro Bay Boat Launch (State Recreation Area) — 2.9 mi, 001° N
Adirondack Art Association (Gallery) — 3.9 mi, 149° SE
Essex County Lands (Local Conservation Area) — 5.2 mi, 198° S
Shelburne Farms Cheesemaking (Attraction) — 7.1 mi, 070° E
Children’s Farmyard (Attraction) — 7.1 mi, 070° E
Jaime Two Coats (Monument) — 8.3 mi, 079° E
Strömkarlen (River Troll) (Public Artwork) — 8.6 mi, 080° E
Shelburne Mill at the Falls (Historic Ruins) — 8.8 mi, 083° E
LaPlatte River Falls (Viewpoint) — 8.8 mi, 083° E
Kingsland Bay State Park (State Park) — 9.0 mi, 149° SE
Mt. Philo State Park (State Park) — 9.8 mi, 122° SE
Craig's (Museum) — 10.5 mi, 054° NE
Jay Mountain Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 11.4 mi, 254° W
Clintonville (Monument) — 11.8 mi, 310° NW
Showbox Theater (Cinema) — 11.9 mi, 046° NE
Northwest Bay Road (Monument) — 11.9 mi, 196° S
Abstractions Art Gallery (Gallery) — 12.0 mi, 047° NE
Rokeby Museum Special Collections Library (Museum) — 12.0 mi, 140° SE
Flynn Theatre (Theatre) — 12.0 mi, 047° NE
Robeby Museum (Museum) — 12.0 mi, 140° SE
Ausable Chasm (Attraction) — 12.0 mi, 344° N
BCA Center (Gallery) — 12.1 mi, 047° NE
North Star Underground Railroad Museum (Museum) — 12.1 mi, 344° N
Hurricane Mountain Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 13.5 mi, 243° SW
Green Mountain National Forest (National Forest) — 22.5 mi, 136° SE · 412k acres

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