Explore South Wilton, 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 South Wilton, 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 South Wilton.
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 | South Wilton |
| State | Connecticut (CT) |
| County | Fairfield County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 41.168152 |
| Longitude | -73.416231 |
| Population | 1,447 |
| Density | 498.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 06897 |
| Area Code | 203, 475, 860, 959 |
| County Seat | Bridgeport |
| School District | Wilton School District |
South Wilton occupies a landscape defined by the persistent, rhythmic movement of Copts Brook as it carves a path through the dense, second-growth woodlands that climb the slopes of Grumman Hill. It lies 3.5 miles north of Norwalk, CT (from Norwalk, CT: bearing 353°T), and is situated 7.3 miles southeast of Lewisboro. This terrain is marked by the enduring presence of stacked stone walls that delineate property lines, remnants of an agrarian past now softened by the encroachment of ferns and hardwoods. The air here holds a particular quality of light, thick and amber-hued as it filters through the canopy, illuminating the quiet waters of Woods Pond where the stillness of the afternoon is broken only by the occasional ripple of a heron. Beyond the immediate tree line, the geography feels distant from the salt-air influence of Huntington Bay, maintaining an inland character that favors the deep, damp earth of the forest floor over the shifting sands of the coast.
South Wilton functions as a quiet corridor of history, where the architectural remnants of colonial saltbox structures and Federal-period brickwork stand as quiet witnesses to an economy that long ago transitioned from local milling to the measured pace of suburban life. While the industrial vigor of the river-mouth shipbuilding era has faded into the archives, the influence of that era remains in the deliberate, sturdy construction of the older homes that anchor the neighborhood. Residents move through their days with a focus on the privacy provided by the surrounding woods, often seeking the walking paths of Horseshoe Park to observe the seasonal changes in the landscape. Though the proximity to Gorham Island suggests a maritime heritage, the daily life of the inhabitants is tethered firmly to the inland rhythms of the brook and the slope, a testament to a culture that values the solitude of the woods over the clamor of the wider world.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of South Wilton, Connecticut. Coordinates: 41.168152, -73.416231. 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 South Wilton includes the ZIP code (06897), telephone area code (203, 475, 860, 959), county seat of Fairfield County (Bridgeport), and school district assignment (Wilton 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. |