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Sharon Connecticut Map

Explore Sharon, 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 Sharon, Connecticut

How to Use This Sharon, Connecticut Map

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

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

Latitude	41.879026
Longitude	-73.46163
Population	662
Density	85.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	06069
Area Code	203, 475, 860, 959
County Seat	Litchfield
School District	Regional School District 01

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About Sharon, Connecticut

Sharon is a locality in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is a small community with a population of 662. The population density is 85.4 people per km². Sharon is located at 41.8790°N, 73.4616°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 06069.

Sharon manifests as a quiet expanse of inland terrain where the water of Beardsley Pond Brook carves a persistent, narrow vein through the earth. It lies 19.1 miles west-northwest of Torrington, CT (from Torrington, CT: bearing 287°T), and is situated 15.9 miles south-southeast of Copake. The landscape rises abruptly at Cemetery Hill, grounding the horizon in a fixed point of elevation that overlooks the verdant folds of the surrounding countryside. Light here possesses a distinct clarity, catching the edges of stone walls that snake through the brush and second-growth timber, marking boundaries that have long outlived those who laid them. A mile distant, the stillness of Silver Lake offers a mirror to the sky, while the deeper basin of the Housatonic Valley remains a presence six miles to the east, defining the regional topography. Two miles away, the water of Round Pond sits in quiet containment, contributing to a sense of geography defined by inland basins and sheltered, wooded depths.

Sharon maintains a character forged by deep-rooted agrarian rhythms and the steady, deliberate pace of a place that values its own continuity. The local economy persists in the quiet tradition of land stewardship and the preservation of Federal-period brick and colonial saltbox architecture, which anchors the aesthetic identity of the primary thoroughfares. Centuries of settlement have left a quiet mark on the soil, where the industry of the past has yielded to a present defined by deliberate, measured activity. Life in Sharon proceeds with the weight of tradition, where the daily passage of time is measured not by the transit of global commerce, but by the subtle shifts in the season and the maintenance of the homesteads that define the landscape. It is a place where the proximity to the Wyantenock State Forest nine miles away encourages a persistent, quiet respect for the wilder, unmanaged growth that frames the edges of the village.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mary Moore Preserve (Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 032° NE
Beardsley Pond (Local Recreation) — 1.0 mi, 028° NE
Silver Lake (State Recreation Area) — 1.4 mi, 323° NW
Sharon Mountain Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.7 mi, 060° NE
Lime Kiln (Monument) — 1.9 mi, 289° W
Housatonic State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 2.0 mi, 065° NE
Benton Hill Fen (Conservation Area) — 2.2 mi, 215° SW
Sharon Town Beach (Local Recreation) — 2.2 mi, 345° N
Harlem Valley Rail Trail (State Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 276° W
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 3.5 mi, 099° E · 110k acres
Town Hill Farm (Attraction) — 4.2 mi, 021° N
Four Brothers Drive-In (Cinema) — 5.3 mi, 248° W
Holley Williams House Museum (Museum) — 6.1 mi, 010° N
Macedonia Brook State Park (State Park) — 6.2 mi, 190° S
Taconic State Park (State Park) — 6.3 mi, 345° N
Lookout Point (Viewpoint) — 6.8 mi, 056° NE
Cornwall Historical Society (Museum) — 7.2 mi, 109° E
FV - Canaan Historical Society (Museum) — 7.2 mi, 044° NE
James Barron Art (Gallery) — 10.7 mi, 184° S
Ober Gallery (Gallery) — 10.7 mi, 184° S
Eckert Fine Art (Gallery) — 10.7 mi, 184° S
Moravian Christian Mission Monument (Monument) — 10.7 mi, 296° NW
Wings Castle (Attraction) — 11.5 mi, 257° W
Great Thicket National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.6 mi, 210° SW · 598 acres
Dover Stone Church (Attraction) — 11.7 mi, 214° SW
Tri-State Marker (Attraction) — 11.9 mi, 354° N
Connecticut Railroad Historical Museum (Museum) — 12.2 mi, 034° NE
War Memorial (Monument) — 12.2 mi, 305° NW
C H Pease Museum (Museum) — 12.3 mi, 033° NE
Ancram Opera House (Theatre) — 14.9 mi, 323° NW

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