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Chester Center Connecticut Map

Explore Chester Center, 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 Chester Center, Connecticut

How to Use This Chester Center, Connecticut Map

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

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	Chester Center
State	Connecticut (CT)
County	Middlesex County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	41.403012
Longitude	-72.456949
Population	1,720
Density	248.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	06412
Area Code	203, 475, 860, 959
County Seat	Middletown
School District	Chester School District

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About Chester Center, Connecticut

Chester Center is a locality in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,720. The population density is 248.2 people per km². Chester Center is located at 41.4030°N, 72.4569°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 06412.

Chester Center emerges from the landscape as a convergence of rugged topography and the persistent, quiet rush of the Pattaconk Brook. It lies 14.1 miles southeast of Middletown, CT (from Middletown, CT: bearing 142°T), and is situated 8.8 miles north-northeast of Clinton. The earth here rises sharply to the summit of Wig Hill, a rocky prominence that dictates the orientation of the streets below, while the cool, shadowed air of the nearby Cockaponset State Forest suggests a wilderness that has never fully retreated from the edges of the village. Even in the height of summer, the light filtered through the canopy casts long, slate-colored shadows that settle into the hollows of the terrain, echoing the stillness of the nearby Upper Pond. The moisture in the air bears a faint, saline memory of the distant coast, carried inland across the miles to settle over the stone walls that mark the boundaries of old, second-growth woodlands.

History in Chester Center is written in the stubborn architecture of Federal-period brick and colonial saltbox dwellings, structures that once looked toward the maritime ambitions of the region. Though the bustle of the river-mouth shipbuilding era has long since ebbed, the proximity of Deep River Cove and the passage of the water toward the sea remain integral to the identity of the people who dwell here. The local economy has shifted from the clamor of industrial mills to a quieter, deliberate pace, where the labor of the artisan and the small-scale entrepreneur has replaced the heavy machinery of the past. Beyond the immediate reach of the village, the land drops away into the depths of Hemlock Valley, a place where the silence is absolute and the passage of time is measured only by the seasonal tides of green and gold upon the trees.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Chester Historical Society Museum at the Mill (Museum) — 0.3 mi, 101° E
Lori Warner Studio/Gallery (Gallery) — 0.3 mi, 092° E
Connecticut River Artisans Cooperative (Arts Centre) — 0.3 mi, 088° E
Nilsson Spring Street Studio & Gallery (Gallery) — 0.3 mi, 096° E
Cockaponset State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 0.8 mi, 202° S
Cockaponset State Forest (Old Forest Management Area) (State Resource Management Area) — 0.9 mi, 328° NW
Historic Ferry (Attraction) — 1.7 mi, 048° NE
Selden Neck Island State Park (State Park) — 1.8 mi, 083° E
Selden Neck State Park/Natural Area Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 1.9 mi, 081° E
Silvio O. Conte National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 1.9 mi, 059° NE · 74k acres
Gillette Castle State Park (State Park) — 1.9 mi, 045° NE
Selden Creek (Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 084° E
Carolie Evans overlook (Viewpoint) — 2.5 mi, 087° E
Chapman Pond Easement (Conservation Area) — 2.6 mi, 007° N
Clark Creek Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.8 mi, 351° N
East Haddam Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 3.6 mi, 021° N
Stone Table (Attraction) — 3.8 mi, 185° S
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 1791. (Monument) — 3.9 mi, 359° N
Collier's Hut Remains (Historic Ruins) — 4.0 mi, 286° W
Messerschmidt Pond Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 192° S
Essex Steam Train & Riverboat (Museum) — 4.5 mi, 144° SE
Essex Historical Society (Museum) — 4.8 mi, 136° SE
Art Essex Gallery (Gallery) — 4.9 mi, 135° SE
Lords Cove Wildlife Area/Natural Area Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 5.3 mi, 125° SE
Lavender Pond Farm (Attraction) — 5.4 mi, 244° SW
Salmon Head Rock (Attraction) — 5.4 mi, 076° E
Lyme Roll of Honor (Monument) — 5.6 mi, 102° E
Suellen Kozy McCuin (Monument) — 5.7 mi, 162° S
Stewart B. Mckinney National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 7.7 mi, 190° S · 3,061 acres
Totem Pole (Public Artwork) — 8.3 mi, 240° SW

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