Explore South Woodstock, 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 Woodstock, 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 Woodstock.
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 Woodstock |
| State | Connecticut (CT) |
| County | Windham County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 41.929585 |
| Longitude | -71.955645 |
| Population | 1,493 |
| Density | 118.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 6281 |
| Area Code | 203, 475, 860, 959 |
| County Seat | Windham |
| School District | Woodstock School District |
South Woodstock occupies a landscape defined by the persistent, rhythmic flow of Mill Brook, which carves a quiet path through the terrain as it winds toward the horizon. It lies 17.4 miles east-northeast of Storrs, CT (from Storrs, CT: bearing 59°T), and is situated 8.7 miles south-southwest of Webster. Bald Hill rises directly from the earth here, its summit providing a grounding anchor that shapes the surrounding topography and dictates the slant of the afternoon light. Sunlight catches the jagged edges of fieldstone walls that segment the meadows, remnants of an agrarian past that still linger in the texture of the soil. Two miles away, the surface of Sampson Pond catches the sky in a mirror of muted gray, while the verdant expanse of Roseland Park offers a sanctuary for those who walk its paths. The air remains cool and heavy with the scent of damp earth and deep vegetation, carrying the stillness of a region far removed from the clamor of the coast.
South Woodstock preserves a legacy of colonial architecture, where Federal-period brick and traditional timber frames speak to an era of craftsmanship that has survived the encroachment of modern pace. The local economy, once tethered to the industrious pulse of water-powered milling, has softened into a quieter existence, favoring small-scale agriculture and the stewardship of the land. History is felt in the architecture of the older dwellings, which appear as if they grew from the bedrock, and in the way the local life adheres to the changing seasons rather than the demands of a clock. Beyond the immediate center, the woods retain a thick, tangled character, and those seeking to traverse the rugged interior often look toward the paths found within Mashamoquet Brook State Forest. Life here unfolds with a deliberate, measured gravity, reflecting a place where the architecture of the past informs the quiet, steady work of the present.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of South Woodstock, Connecticut. Coordinates: 41.929585, -71.955645. 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 Woodstock includes the ZIP code (6281), telephone area code (203, 475, 860, 959), county seat of Windham County (Windham), and school district assignment (Woodstock 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. |