Explore Ashland, Maine, 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 Ashland, Maine. 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 Maine 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 Ashland.
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 | Ashland |
| State | Maine (ME) |
| County | Aroostook County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 46.616868 |
| Longitude | -68.392826 |
| Population | 639 |
| Density | 55.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 04732 |
| Area Code | 207 |
| County Seat | Houlton |
| School District | School Administrative District 32 |
Ashland occupies a quiet expanse of the northern interior where the earth rises in slow, deliberate swells toward the distant silhouette of Sterling Ridge. It lies 127.7 miles north of Bangor, ME (from Bangor, ME: bearing 8°T), and is situated 18.8 miles west of Presque Isle. The Aroostook River marks the eastern boundary of the landscape, its dark, cool currents carving a path through dense stands of spruce and fir that seem to hold the winter light long after the sun has dipped below the horizon. Two miles to the west, the stillness of Mud Pond offers a mirror to the shifting clouds, undisturbed by the hurried pace of the wider world. The air here carries a crisp, pine-scented clarity, sharpened by the vast northern woods that stretch outward in every direction, grounding Ashland in a geography of deep, shadowed forests and expansive, open sky.
Timber and the quiet cycles of the land define the character of Ashland, where the legacy of the lumber industry remains written into the very grain of the local life. Men and women have long navigated the timbered corridors of the region, utilizing paths like the Webster Brook Tote Road to move through the wilderness that surrounds the settlement. A few miles away, the Pollard Flat Wildlife Management Area serves as a sanctuary for the creatures of the deep woods, reflecting a regional commitment to maintaining the wilder rhythms of the north. Life in Ashland moves with a steady, unforced gravity, shaped by the changing seasons and the enduring labor of those who work the soil and harvest the timber, finding a simple, sturdy beauty in the persistence of the northern woods.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ashland, Maine. Coordinates: 46.616868, -68.392826. 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 Ashland includes the ZIP code (04732), telephone area code (207), county seat of Aroostook County (Houlton), and school district assignment (School Administrative District 32).
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. |