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Redding Center Connecticut Map

Explore Redding 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 Redding Center, Connecticut

How to Use This Redding Center, Connecticut Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Redding 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 Redding 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	Redding Center
State	Connecticut (CT)
County	Fairfield County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	41.30454
Longitude	-73.392898
Population	315
Density	176.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	06896
Area Code	203, 475, 860, 959
County Seat	Bridgeport
School District	Redding School District

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About Redding Center, Connecticut

Redding Center is a locality in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is a small community with a population of 315. The population density is 176.5 people per km². Redding Center is located at 41.3045°N, 73.3929°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 06896.

Redding Center reveals itself through a landscape of persistent, ancient stone walls that divide dense second-growth woods and quiet, narrow roads. It lies 7.0 miles south-southeast of Danbury, CT (from Danbury, CT: bearing 153°T), and is situated 8.2 miles northeast of Lewisboro. The Saugatuck River winds through the lower elevations, its cool, dark current carving a path through the earth that defines the rhythm of the local topography. To the north, the slopes of Diamond Hill rise with a quiet permanence, while the Saugatuck Falls Natural Area provides a sanctuary where the air remains heavy with the scent of damp earth and decaying leaves. Only a mile away, the Saugatuck Reservoir holds the light of the sky in a stillness that feels heavy and watchful, separated from the wilder, jagged descent of Redding Glen by a thin veil of forest. The light here in the late afternoon often takes on a bruised, violet quality, catching the edges of the hardwoods and illuminating the way the land folds into itself in a series of undemanding, earthbound curves.

Redding Center carries the weight of a long, agrarian history, once defined by the labor of those who cleared these rocky fields and built the colonial houses that still anchor the landscape. The local economy has shifted far from the early mills that once relied on the flow of the Saugatuck River, evolving into a quiet enclave of professionals who value the deliberate pace of inland life. There is a distinct lack of frantic movement in the daily cycle; the sense of time is measured instead by the slow expansion of the canopy and the maintenance of historic wood-frame structures. While the roar of distant, unreachable waters like Roaring Brook Falls remains an abstraction for those who live here, the reality of the immediate environment is one of wooded seclusion and a sturdy, enduring independence. The atmosphere remains defined by the quiet labor of keeping a home on land that remembers the plow, a place where the modern world feels dampened by the thick, insulating depth of the surrounding woods.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Saugatuck Falls Natural Area (Local Conservation Area) — 0.4 mi, 249° W
Devil'S Den/Saugatuck Forest (Conservation Area) — 0.6 mi, 335° NW
Redding Historical Society (Museum) — 0.6 mi, 040° NE
Kelda Property (Waterfowl Production Area) — 0.6 mi, 197° S
Gallows Hill Natural Area (Local Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 337° NW
Highstead Foundation (Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 357° N
Topstone Park (Local Park) — 1.9 mi, 267° W
Putnam Memorial State Park (State Park) — 2.0 mi, 010° N
Prospect Hill (State Park) — 2.1 mi, 006° N
3-town Marker (Attraction) — 2.4 mi, 148° SE
Memorial Monument (Monument) — 2.4 mi, 013° N
Officer's Quarters (Historic Ruins) — 2.7 mi, 010° N
Water Department Reservoir (Waterfowl Production Area) — 2.7 mi, 356° N
Centennial Watershed State Forest (Nature Reserve) — 2.9 mi, 152° SE
Tonka Truck Tree (Public Artwork) — 3.2 mi, 086° E
Seven Arts Gallery (Gallery) — 3.6 mi, 225° SW
Jean Wells Wallace (Monument) — 4.6 mi, 143° SE
Trout Brook Valley Nature Preserve Honor Roll of Contributors (Monument) — 4.6 mi, 144° SE
Bethel Cinema (Cinema) — 5.0 mi, 343° N
Ridgefield Guild of Artists (Gallery) — 5.1 mi, 253° W
Workshop Theatre Barn (Theatre) — 5.2 mi, 253° W
Ridgefield Playhouse (Theatre) — 5.4 mi, 254° W
The Battle Of Ridgefield (Registered Battlefield) — 5.6 mi, 257° W
Colabella Fine Art Gallery (Gallery) — 5.7 mi, 254° W
Woodcock Nature Center (Museum) — 5.7 mi, 228° SW
Charles Ives cottage site (Viewpoint) — 6.2 mi, 301° NW
Katherine Ordway Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 6.9 mi, 163° S
Stewart B. Mckinney National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.3 mi, 182° S · 3,061 acres
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 22.2 mi, 335° NW · 110k acres

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