Cousins Island Maine Map

About Cousins Island, Maine

Cousins Island is a locality in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. It is a small community with a population of 528. The population density is 192.1 people per km². Cousins Island is located at 43.7590°N, 70.1437°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 04096.

Cousins Island defines the jagged reach of the coastline, where the salt-heavy air clings to the dark, needled boughs of spruce and fir. It lies 8.7 miles northeast of Portland, ME (from Portland, ME: bearing 40°T), and is situated 9.5 miles north-northeast of South Portland. Granite outcroppings break the surface of the earth like the spines of ancient, sleeping creatures, while the tides pull rhythmically against the rocky shore of Tinker Preserve. The light here carries a peculiar, silver quality at dusk, softening the sharp edges of the landscape and drawing a quiet focus to the expanse of the Atlantic as it churns toward Dead Mans Cove. Inland, the terrain rises into quiet, wooded slopes, far removed from the jagged heights of Mitchell Ledge, which remains a distant, hazy silhouette against the horizon.

Cousins Island bears the weight of a long maritime heritage, once serving as a vital node for those who lived by the pull of the sea and the harvest of the tides. The local economy has shifted from the labor of traditional water-borne trades to a more deliberate, residential pace, though the ghost of the working waterfront persists in the occasional lobster pot stacked neatly against a weathered pier. Life here moves in tandem with the seasonal flux of the water, influenced by the proximity of the Royal River, whose currents mark the steady transition of the tides. Residents find their solitude in the wilder corners of the landscape, occasionally wandering toward the distant rush of Pumgustuck or finding the cool, shadowed quiet of the Falmouth Town Forest. Even as the modern world encroaches, the island maintains a sturdy independence, anchored by the cold, clear clarity of its coastal geography and the enduring presence of the sea.

About This Cousins Island Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cousins Island, Maine. Coordinates: 43.75897, -70.14366. 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 Cousins Island includes the ZIP code (04096), telephone area code (207), county seat of Cumberland County (Portland), and school district assignment (Yarmouth).

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.