Kittery Maine Map

About Kittery, Maine

Kittery is a locality in York County, Maine, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,973. The population density is 686.0 people per km². Kittery is located at 43.0881°N, 70.7362°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 03904.

Kittery defines the edge where the land yields to the encroaching tides, marked by the steady, salt-heavy presence of the Atlantic Ocean just three miles to the east. It lies 24.3 miles south of Sanford, ME (from Sanford, ME: bearing 175°T), and is situated 1.7 miles northeast of Portsmouth. The landscape rises in modest, granite-strewn elevations, most notably the modest rise of Boatswain Hill, which watches over the salt marshes and the dark, swirling currents of the Piscataqua River. Here, the air carries a sharp, metallic clarity, often cooling the low-lying thickets and the sheltered inlets near Wattlebury Island. Visitors seeking a moment of quiet reflection often find it in the verdant, unassuming stretches of Rogers Park, where the terrestrial world seems to hold its breath against the rhythmic, insistent pull of the distant tides.

Kittery maintains a character forged by centuries of maritime labor and the enduring influence of the nearby naval shipyard, an economic anchor that has dictated the pace of life since the earliest days of settlement. The local economy persists in a delicate balance, shifting between the industrious hum of modern engineering and a lingering, quiet reverence for the nautical trades that defined its founding. Unlike the manicured destinations further afield, Kittery preserves a functional, unadorned beauty, where the wooden skeletons of old wharves and the weathered gray of coastal siding speak to a lineage of resilience. Life here moves with the tide, a steady, cyclic momentum that honors the gravity of the Atlantic Ocean while remaining firmly rooted in the rugged, pragmatic soil of the northern coast.

About This Kittery Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Kittery, Maine. Coordinates: 43.088144, -70.736164. 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 Kittery includes the ZIP code (03904), telephone area code (207), county seat of York County (Alfred), and school district assignment (Kittery).

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.