Explore Stafford Springs, 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 Stafford Springs, 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 Stafford Springs.
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 | Stafford Springs |
| State | Connecticut (CT) |
| County | Hartford County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 41.967856 |
| Longitude | -72.306381 |
| Population | 4,780 |
| Density | 289.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 06076 |
| Area Code | 203, 475, 860, 959 |
| County Seat | Hartford |
| School District | Stafford School District |
Stafford Springs emerges from the rugged, inland topography of Connecticut, defined by the persistent, rhythmic flow of Furnace Brook as it carves a path through the valley floor. It lies 10.4 miles north-northwest of Storrs, CT (from Storrs, CT: bearing 345°T), and is situated 9.7 miles northeast of Rockville. The landscape rises sharply toward the heights of Tolland Hill, creating a terrain of uneven ridges and deep, shadowed hollows that catch the amber light of late afternoon. Just two miles away, the dense, quiet canopy of Nye-Holman State Forest blankets the surrounding earth, while the local grounds of Hyde Park offer a small, open respite where the air hangs cool and still. In the distance, the topography softens into the broader, ancient contours of the region, far removed from the reach of any saltwater influence.
History in Stafford Springs is written in the stubborn endurance of its brick-fronted architecture and the remnants of a once-thriving industrial vitality that gathered around the power of moving water. The economy, having shifted from the early production of iron and woolen textiles, now reflects a quieter, modern persistence, leaving behind the weathered skeletons of mills that once defined the local labor. Residents often travel toward the calm surface of New Pond to find a stillness that contrasts with the old, clattering pace of the machine age. Life here maintains an authentic, grounded gravity, where the seasonal shifts are marked not by the changing of tides, but by the slow, deliberate turning of the leaves in the woodlands and the steady, unceasing pulse of Furnace Brook as it moves through the center of Stafford Springs.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Stafford Springs, Connecticut. Coordinates: 41.967856, -72.306381. 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 Stafford Springs includes the ZIP code (06076), telephone area code (203, 475, 860, 959), county seat of Hartford County (Hartford), and school district assignment (Stafford 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. |