Explore Madison 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Madison 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 Madison 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 | Madison Center |
| State | Connecticut (CT) |
| County | New Haven County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 41.2794 |
| Longitude | -72.6003 |
| Population | 2,250 |
| Density | 425.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 06443 |
| Area Code | 203, 475, 860, 959 |
| County Seat | New Haven |
| School District | Madison School District |
Madison Center defines the landscape with a quiet, grounded permanence, its terrain rising toward the modest height of Green Hill to the north. It lies 16.3 miles southeast of Wallingford Center, CT (from Wallingford Center, CT: bearing 136°T), and is situated 3.8 miles west of Clinton. A steady, rhythmic stillness pervades the air, particularly where the winding path of Fence Creek cuts through the low-lying earth before moving toward the distant, salt-tinged expanse of Smith Bay. To the east, the horizon is held by the solid, unyielding presence of the land, while the immediate surroundings are marked by the weathered textures of the Madison Green Historic District. The quality of light here, especially as it slants across the open ground at dusk, reveals the subtle, uneven grain of the soil and the way the shadows lengthen against the colonial-era architecture that anchors the center.
History in Madison Center is etched into the very foundations of the buildings that flank the main thoroughfare, where commerce and civic life have long coalesced around the central commons. The local economy has shifted from early agrarian roots toward a modern, measured pace that favors professional services and suburban stability, far removed from the clamor of industrial centers. Residents often look toward the quiet waters of Upper Millpond or seek the solitude of more distant excursions like the West Woods Trail, maintaining a connection to the natural world that remains just beyond the edge of daily chores. Even as the modern world presses in, the view toward the horizon remains punctuated by the silhouette of Gull Rock, serving as a reminder of the proximity to the coast that has shaped the character and resilience of Madison Center for generations.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Madison Center, Connecticut. Coordinates: 41.2794, -72.6003. 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 Madison Center includes the ZIP code (06443), telephone area code (203, 475, 860, 959), county seat of New Haven County (New Haven), and school district assignment (Madison 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. |