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Cornish Maine Map

Explore Cornish, 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.

Interactive Map of Cornish, Maine

How to Use This Cornish, Maine Map

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

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	Cornish
State	Maine (ME)
County	York County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	43.804798
Longitude	-70.801173
Population	764
Density	97.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	04020
Area Code	207
County Seat	Alfred
School District	School Administrative District 55

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About Cornish, Maine

Cornish is a locality in York County, Maine, United States. It is a small community with a population of 764. The population density is 97.1 people per km². Cornish is located at 43.8048°N, 70.8012°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 04020.

Cornish serves as a quiet anchor where the Little River carves a deliberate path through the rugged terrain of southwestern Maine. It lies 23.2 miles west-northwest of Westbrook, ME (from Westbrook, ME: bearing 293°T), and is situated 19.8 miles west-northwest of Gorham. The landscape surrounding Cornish is defined by a dense, textured woodland that transitions into the distant, blue-hued silhouettes of the White Mountains, which anchor the horizon in the west. A short distance away, the cascading waters of Great Falls provide a rhythmic backdrop to the stillness of the woods, while the stillness of Sanborn Pond offers a reflective contrast to the moving water. The air here holds a crispness that suggests the deep, interior forests, carrying the scent of pine and damp earth across the uneven ground. Those who wander toward Earthrest Preserve encounter a quietude that seems to have settled into the very stones, a place where the light at dusk flattens against the canopy and turns the shadows into deep, velvet pools.

Economic life in Cornish has long been tethered to the land and the modest industry of its early settlers, who found sustenance in the timber and the fertile pockets of soil cleared from the thicket. Though the pace of daily existence remains modest, the village maintains a character forged by generations of labor spent navigating the inland woods and the seasonal shifts of the northern climate. Antique shops and small storefronts occupy buildings that have weathered many winters, preserving an architectural integrity that feels less like a performance and more like a continuation of the past. The people here move with a deliberate, measured cadence, acknowledging the realities of a life lived far from the bustle of the coast. In the quiet hours of the afternoon, when the sun dips low enough to illuminate the dust motes dancing in a shop window, one senses that Cornish operates on a clock governed more by the changing seasons than by the urgent demands of the modern world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Earthrest Preserve (Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 348° N
New England Forestry Foundation (Conservation Area) — 3.5 mi, 294° NW
George Meserve Homestead 1810 (Historic Ruins) — 4.6 mi, 147° SE
Sawyer Mountian Highlands (State Conservation Area) — 4.6 mi, 144° SE
Possible cabin foundation of D. Walleer 1870 (Historic Ruins) — 4.7 mi, 145° SE
Great Ossipee Museum (Museum) — 5.3 mi, 000° N
Douglas Mountain Summit (Viewpoint) — 7.0 mi, 049° NE
Killick Pond Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.2 mi, 136° SE
Rock Tripe Boulder (Attraction) — 9.3 mi, 231° SW
Jayden's Journey Memorial Park (Monument) — 10.4 mi, 158° S
Willowbrook Museum Village (Attraction) — 10.7 mi, 194° S
Denmark Civil War Monument (Public Artwork) — 11.4 mi, 359° N
Denmark Arts Center (Theatre) — 11.5 mi, 358° N
Naramissic Farm Bridgton Historical Society (Museum) — 12.9 mi, 018° N
Daniel Marrett House Museum (Museum) — 13.4 mi, 111° E
Schoolhouse Arts Center (Theatre) — 14.0 mi, 102° E
Belleau Lake Memorial (Monument) — 14.0 mi, 222° SW
PRIVATE sign (Attraction) — 14.2 mi, 054° NE
Water Supply Lands (Waterfowl Production Area) — 14.7 mi, 017° N
Amphitheatre (Attraction) — 14.8 mi, 059° NE
Lovewell Monument (Monument) — 16.4 mi, 335° NW
Pace Galleries of Art (Gallery) — 17.1 mi, 330° NW
Bridgton Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 17.8 mi, 016° N
White Lake State Park (State Park) — 20.4 mi, 276° W
White Mountain National Forest (National Forest) — 21.9 mi, 331° NW · 768k acres
Sandwich Range Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 26.3 mi, 288° W · 35k acres
Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 28.7 mi, 137° SE · 17k acres
White Mountain Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 29.3 mi, 345° N · 37k acres
Presidential Range-Dry River Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 30.8 mi, 310° NW · 28k acres
Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 38.0 mi, 098° E · 21k acres

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