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Island Falls Maine Map

Explore Island Falls, 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 Island Falls, Maine

How to Use This Island Falls, Maine Map

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

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	Island Falls
State	Maine (ME)
County	Aroostook County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	46.009219
Longitude	-68.271415
Population	309
Density	94.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	04747
Area Code	207
County Seat	Houlton
School District	Regional School Unit 50

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About Island Falls, Maine

Island Falls is a locality in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. It is a small community with a population of 309. The population density is 94.5 people per km². Island Falls is located at 46.0092°N, 68.2714°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 04747.

Island Falls emerges from the dense, dark spruce-fir timber as a quiet junction where the West Branch Mattawamkeag River carves a deliberate path through the earth. It lies 87.0 miles north-northeast of Bangor, ME (from Bangor, ME: bearing 16°T), and is situated 22.2 miles west-southwest of Houlton. The air here holds a crisp, singular clarity, carrying the scent of damp loam and pine needle resin that lingers long after the sun dips behind the distant, shadowed silhouette of Barker Ridge. Only a mile away, the surface of Morgridge Pond remains glassy and still, reflecting the expansive sky and the encroaching wilderness that defines this northern reach. Five miles to the west, the protected expanse of Crystal Bog Preserve serves as a reminder of the raw, untamed nature of the surrounding geography, while the distant, rushing sound of Warren Falls hums softly in the periphery of the quiet landscape.

Economic life in Island Falls has long been tethered to the rhythm of the woods and the seasonal pulse of the surrounding timberlands. Once a hub driven by the demands of the lumber mills and the steady labor of the forest industry, Island Falls maintains a character forged by the resilience of those who live in close proximity to the soil and the river. The legacy of early settlement persists in the sturdy, unadorned architecture that lines the local thoroughfares, standing as a testament to the generations who carved a living from the interior Maine wilderness. Today, the pace of life remains measured and deliberate, defined by the changing colors of the canopy and the persistent, flowing presence of the West Branch Mattawamkeag River as it moves steadily toward the horizon.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Crystal Bog Preserve (Conservation Area) — 5.6 mi, 232° SW
Patten Academy Monument & Bell (Monument) — 8.4 mi, 266° W
Patten Lumbermans Museum (Museum) — 8.7 mi, 267° W
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument (National Monument) — 13.8 mi, 272° W · 90k acres
LT. Gordon Manuel Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.2 mi, 093° E
Wassataquoik Ecological Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 18.0 mi, 247° SW
Wassataquoik (State Resource Management Area) — 18.4 mi, 248° W
Seboeis River Gorge Transfer (Conservation Area) — 18.6 mi, 294° NW
Deasey Mountain Lookout Tower (Viewpoint) — 20.4 mi, 257° W
Aroostook County Historical & Art Museum of Houlton (Museum) — 22.3 mi, 069° E
A. J. “Allie” Cole Scenic Overlook (Monument) — 22.7 mi, 206° SW
Baxter State Park (State Park) — 24.4 mi, 256° W
Baxter Matrix Block - MDOC Acquisition (State Resource Management Area) — 24.7 mi, 264° W
Old Mill Dam (Historic Ruins) — 29.5 mi, 056° NE
The River Drivers Memorial (Monument) — 31.6 mi, 216° SW
Memories of Maine Gallery (Gallery) — 32.3 mi, 221° SW
Pockwockamus Rock (Attraction) — 33.3 mi, 244° SW
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 40.8 mi, 237° SW · 110k acres
Allagash Wilderness Waterway State Park (State Park) — 42.0 mi, 283° W
Callisto (Public Artwork) — 43.5 mi, 019° N
Northern Maine Museum of Science (Museum) — 47.4 mi, 015° N
The Common Gallery (Gallery) — 47.9 mi, 015° N
Someday Comes (Gallery) — 48.0 mi, 015° N
Wintergreen Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 49.4 mi, 015° N
Vanceboro Historical Society (Museum) — 50.5 mi, 127° SE
Frontier Heritage History Museum (Museum) — 56.7 mi, 021° N
Eagle Lake Tramway Drive Station (Historic Ruins) — 57.1 mi, 292° W
The Junction (Theatre) — 58.0 mi, 220° SW
Aroostook National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 62.2 mi, 013° N · 9,896 acres
Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 76.2 mi, 144° SE · 88k acres

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