Kingfield Maine Map

About Kingfield, Maine

Kingfield is a locality in Franklin County, Maine, United States. It is a small community with a population of 640. The population density is 67.9 people per km². Kingfield is located at 44.9592°N, 70.1540°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 04947.

Kingfield occupies a low, narrow basin where the persistent, muscular pulse of the Carrabassett River dictates the rhythm of the valley floor. It lies 38.1 miles northwest of Waterville, ME (from Waterville, ME: bearing 318°T), and is situated 19.9 miles north of Farmington. The land rises in stubborn, forested tiers toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Longfellow Mountains, while the stillness of Pinnacle Pond lingers only a mile from the center of activity. Here, the air carries a crisp, wood-smoke sharpness that clings to the spruce and fir, and the light at dusk descends with a heavy, bruised violet hue, settling deep into the crannies of the granite-strewn earth. Five miles to the east, the openness of Lexington Flats provides a stark, quiet counterpoint to the dense, vertical ambition of the surrounding woods, offering a momentary reprieve from the claustrophobic beauty of the high timber.

Kingfield maintains a quiet, industrious character, its history etched in the legacy of timber and the ingenuity of the Stanley brothers, whose early experiments in steam power once hummed against the backdrop of these hills. The local economy persists through a blend of seasonal enterprise and the steady, unyielding work of those who manage the northern timberlands, their lives marked by the changing temper of the seasons rather than the fleeting demands of the clock. Mount Abraham, a SRMA, looms over the landscape as a constant, rugged presence, drawing those who seek the solitude of the high ridges and the hidden, rushing descent of Poplar Stream Falls further afield. Life in Kingfield moves with the deliberate pace of the river, where the primary concerns remain the maintenance of the homestead and the seasonal preparation for the long, white silence that inevitably descends upon the valley.

About This Kingfield Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Kingfield, Maine. Coordinates: 44.959223, -70.153954. 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 Kingfield includes the ZIP code (04947), telephone area code (207), county seat of Franklin County (Farmington), and school district assignment (School Administrative District 58).

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.