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Broad Brook Connecticut Map

Explore Broad Brook, Connecticut, 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 Broad Brook, Connecticut

How to Use This Broad Brook, Connecticut Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Broad Brook, Connecticut. 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 Connecticut 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 Broad Brook.

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	Broad Brook
State	Connecticut (CT)
County	Hartford County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	41.91232
Longitude	-72.545087
Population	3,998
Density	260.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	06016
Area Code	203, 475, 860, 959
County Seat	Hartford
School District	East Windsor School District

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About Broad Brook, Connecticut

Broad Brook is a locality in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,998. The population density is 260.5 people per km². Broad Brook is located at 41.9123°N, 72.5451°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 06016.

Broad Brook maintains a quiet, unassuming posture within the inland terrain, defined by the steady, persistent movement of Chestnut Brook as it carves a path through the earth. It lies 12.5 miles northeast of Hartford, CT (from Hartford, CT: bearing 35°T), and is situated 9.6 miles north-northeast of East Hartford. The landscape surrounding Broad Brook is characterized by a low, rhythmic topography where the water reflects the shifting gray of the sky, and the silence is broken only by the movement of the current. Near the center of the locality, the Broad Brook Reservoir holds its surface flat and still, a mirror for the changing seasons that softens the edges of the surrounding woodland. The light here at dusk possesses a peculiar, heavy clarity, casting long shadows across the fields that seem to hold the heat of the day long after the sun has dipped below the horizon.

Industry once defined the pulse of Broad Brook, with the remnants of mill-based commerce still visible in the architecture that anchors the local identity. The economy has transitioned from the heavy labor of the past into a quieter, modern persistence, though the influence of those early settlers remains etched into the layout of the roads and the placement of older structures. Residents often find their way to East Windsor Park to traverse the open grounds, a space that serves as a communal lung for the locality. While Barrett Hill remains a distant point of reference on the horizon, the daily life of Broad Brook moves at a measured pace, unconcerned with the rush of the wider world, favoring instead the steady, predictable cycles of the seasons and the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

East Windsor Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 111° E
Broad Brook Mill Pond (Local Recreation) — 0.3 mi, 357° N
East Windsor Community Gardens (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 124° SE
East Windsor Skateboard Park (Local Recreation) — 0.5 mi, 111° E
Scantic River State Park (State Park) — 1.0 mi, 358° N
Dr. John E. Flaherty Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.5 mi, 282° W
Doctor John E Flaherty State Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 3.2 mi, 260° W
South Windsor Wildlife Sanctuary (State Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 167° S
Pudim Property (Local Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 167° S
Connecticut River Water Access (State Recreation Area) — 4.1 mi, 297° NW
Riverside Reptiles Education Center (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 4.7 mi, 344° N
Enfield Historical Society (Museum) — 5.1 mi, 331° NW
Shenipsit State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 5.1 mi, 069° E
New England Civil War Museum (Museum) — 5.8 mi, 122° SE
Vintage Radio & Communications Museum of CT (Museum) — 6.0 mi, 235° SW
Major John Mason Statue (Monument) — 6.0 mi, 231° SW
Walter Fyler House Museum (Museum) — 6.1 mi, 231° SW
Sonny's Carousel (Theme Park) — 6.4 mi, 037° NE
Hop River State Park Trail (State Park) — 6.8 mi, 156° SE
Aquatic Wildlife (Aquarium) — 7.0 mi, 184° S
Veterans' Memorial (Monument) — 7.2 mi, 311° NW
Filled-in Well (Attraction) — 7.4 mi, 137° SE
Suffield Academy Bell (Monument) — 7.4 mi, 313° NW
Rainbow Park (Nature Reserve) — 7.9 mi, 272° W
Tim Coyne Memorial (Attraction) — 8.1 mi, 264° W
Sorry Rock (Public Artwork) — 8.7 mi, 158° S
Silvio O. Conte National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.8 mi, 342° N · 74k acres
Farm Tool (Historic Ruins) — 9.6 mi, 239° SW
Smaug's Lair sign (Attraction) — 10.7 mi, 273° W
Lutz Animal Room (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 10.9 mi, 173° S

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