Modena New York Map

About Modena, New York

Modena is a locality in Ulster County, New York, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,800. The population density is 120.0 people per km². Modena is located at 41.6684°N, 74.1026°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 12548.

Modena occupies a quiet expanse of land where the horizon is defined by the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains. It lies 3.8 miles north-northwest of Plattekill, NY (from Plattekill, NY: bearing 339°T), and is situated 9.6 miles west-southwest of Poughkeepsie. The terrain surrounding Modena is defined by the modest, purposeful movement of water and the persistence of earth, with Black Creek carving a slow, deliberate path through the landscape just two miles from the center. A mile away, Thomas Felton Community Park offers a patch of maintained green where the light of late afternoon catches the tall grass, casting long, thin shadows that stretch toward the nearby woods. Lake Sunset sits only two miles distant, its surface often holding the gray, muted reflection of an overcast sky, undisturbed by the rush of more populous regions. Modena retains a character forged by the steady, agrarian rhythms of a landscape that has long favored the orchard and the farm over the factory. While the distant, rugged slopes of the Appalachian Mountains suggest a wilder world, the immediate vicinity remains composed of open fields and woodlands that transition toward the broader, flatter reaches of the Rosendale Plains eleven miles to the north. The economy here moves in step with the seasons, grounded in the labor of the soil and the quiet maintenance of local life. Residents often look toward the dense, dark canopy of Black Rock Forest, nineteen miles away, as a reminder of the vast, untamed timber that once dominated this interior territory long before the first roads were laid.

About This Modena Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Modena, New York — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 41.668427, -74.102644. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Modena and Ulster County.

Detailed location data for Modena includes the ZIP code (12548), telephone area code (845), county seat of Ulster County (Kingston), and school district assignment. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Modena is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.