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Northwest Harwinton Connecticut Map

Explore Northwest Harwinton, 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 Northwest Harwinton, Connecticut

How to Use This Northwest Harwinton, Connecticut Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Northwest Harwinton, 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 Northwest Harwinton.

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	Northwest Harwinton
State	Connecticut (CT)
County	Litchfield County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	41.776446
Longitude	-73.079487
Population	3,158
Density	140.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	6791
Area Code	203, 475, 860, 959
County Seat	Litchfield
School District	Regional School District 10

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About Northwest Harwinton, Connecticut

Northwest Harwinton is a locality in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,158. The population density is 140.2 people per km². Northwest Harwinton is located at 41.7764°N, 73.0795°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 6791.

Northwest Harwinton defines a landscape where the West Branch Leadmine Brook carves a persistent path through the dense, verdant terrain of the interior. It lies 2.6 miles east-southeast of Torrington, CT (from Torrington, CT: bearing 114°T), and is situated 9.4 miles south of Winsted. The elevation rises steadily toward the summit of Meetinghouse Hill, creating a terrain of uneven ridges and deep, shadowed hollows that hold the morning mist long after the sun has climbed. Beyond the immediate canopy, the land transitions into quiet woodlots and overgrown fields where the quality of light at dusk turns the bark of hardwoods into a deep, bruised violet. Wilson Pond lies a short distance away, its surface a mirror for the shifting clouds, while the presence of the Town Of Harwinton, a local park, ensures that the wilder edges of the terrain remain accessible to those who walk the quiet, leaf-strewn paths.

History in Northwest Harwinton is written in the gray stone walls that snake through the second-growth woods, remnants of an era when the economy relied upon the labor of the soil and the steady turning of small-scale mills. The agrarian character of earlier centuries has softened into a residential pace, yet the influence of the region’s industrial past remains visible in the sturdy, unadorned architecture that dots the landscape. Residents often seek the solitude of the Tunxis Trail, located five miles out, to traverse the broader stretches of the regional woodland. Life here moves with a deliberate, singular intensity, marked by the changing seasons and the persistent, low-frequency sound of water moving over stone in the brook, a rhythm that dictates the quiet transition from the heat of summer to the stark, biting clarity of a Connecticut winter.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Harwinton Recreation & Conservation Area (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 125° SE
Harwinton Land Cons. Trust (Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 174° S
Town Green (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 111° E
Roraback Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 162° S
State (State Resource Management Area) — 1.5 mi, 355° N
Sap Evaporator (Attraction) — 1.5 mi, 140° SE
John Toro Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 1.7 mi, 291° W
Mattatuck State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 2.1 mi, 236° SW
Thomaston Reservoir (Recreation Area) — 2.6 mi, 222° SW
Lauren A Lieberman Preserve (Conservation Area) — 2.6 mi, 257° W
Pinnacle Rock (Attraction) — 3.3 mi, 264° W
Boynton Butterfly Garden (Attraction) — 3.5 mi, 129° SE
Hogan's Cider Mill (Attraction) — 3.6 mi, 089° E
Sunny Brook State Park (State Park) — 4.5 mi, 332° NW
Stillwater Pond State Park (State Park) — 5.1 mi, 317° NW
Cedar Swamp Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.2 mi, 028° NE
John Brown Birthplace (Monument) — 6.4 mi, 313° NW
Romeyn A. Spare Lookout (Viewpoint) — 6.7 mi, 053° NE
Hermit memorial (Monument) — 6.7 mi, 012° N
James P. Casey plaque (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 142° SE
Railroad Museum of New England (Museum) — 7.1 mi, 175° S
Thomaston Opera House (Theatre) — 7.2 mi, 178° S
Crescent Gallery (Gallery) — 7.2 mi, 178° S
Bridge Street Live (Theatre) — 8.4 mi, 073° E
The Underground Gallery (Gallery) — 8.4 mi, 074° E
New Hartford Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 8.7 mi, 036° NE
James Morris Museum and Aline Brothier Morris Reading Room (Museum) — 8.9 mi, 224° SW
Apple Cinemas (Cinema) — 9.5 mi, 011° N
Gilson Cafe Cinema (Cinema) — 10.0 mi, 003° N
Pavilion Cafe/Ice Cream Parlor (Historic Ruins) — 10.1 mi, 097° E

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