Explore Windham, 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 Windham, 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 Windham.
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 | Windham |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Greene County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 42.307307 |
| Longitude | -74.252088 |
| Population | 371 |
| Density | 62.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 12496 |
| Area Code | 845 |
| County Seat | Catskill |
| School District | Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central School District |
Windham occupies a verdant basin where the Batavia Kill carves a steady, silver path through the landscape, anchoring the valley floor in a quiet, enduring movement. It lies 11.7 miles north of Edgewood, NY (from Edgewood, NY: bearing 350°T), and is situated 7.6 miles south-southwest of Durham. The surrounding terrain rises into the defined elevations of the Catskill Mountains, which frame the horizon with a heavy, atmospheric grandeur that shifts in color from deep indigo at dawn to a bruised, muted gray by twilight. Within the sheltered expanse of Mitchell Hollow, the earth supports a dense, quiet woodland, while the Windham Water District Lands offer a protected preserve that maintains the integrity of the local watershed. A short distance away, the still surface of Lake Heloise reflects the changing seasons, its waters holding the stillness of the high-altitude air that settles over the region long after the sun has retreated behind the jagged crests.
Windham grew from early agrarian roots, evolving from a place of small-scale agriculture into a center where the economy relies heavily on the seasonal rhythms of the outdoors and the steady passage of travelers seeking the quietude of the interior. The local culture remains tethered to the land, shaped by a history of resourcefulness and the persistent demands of a climate that brings deep snows and short, vibrant growing cycles. Those who venture further into the wilder reaches of the territory often look toward the Spruceton Trail, a path that demands a slow, deliberate pace as it winds away from the settled center and into the higher, more solitary altitudes. Life in Windham proceeds with a functional, unadorned character, mirroring the rugged persistence of the mountains that define its edges and the constant, low-frequency hum of the river as it moves toward the lower plains.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Windham, New York. Coordinates: 42.307307, -74.252088. 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 Windham includes the ZIP code (12496), telephone area code (845), county seat of Greene County (Catskill), and school district assignment (Windham-Ashland-Jewett 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. |