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Lubec Maine Map

Explore Lubec, 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 Lubec, Maine

How to Use This Lubec, Maine Map

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

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

Latitude	44.860636
Longitude	-66.984145
Population	334
Density	247.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	04652
Area Code	207
County Seat	Machias
School District	School Administrative District 19

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About Lubec, Maine

Lubec is a locality in Washington County, Maine, United States. It is a small community with a population of 334. The population density is 247.0 people per km². Lubec is located at 44.8606°N, 66.9841°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 04652.

Lubec occupies a rugged, easternmost terminus where the granite teeth of the coast bite deep into the churning gray expanse of the Atlantic Ocean. It lies 88.0 miles east of Bangor, ME (from Bangor, ME: bearing 87°T), and is situated 26.9 miles south-southeast of Calais. The landscape around Lubec is defined by the sharp, salt-crusted edges of Stockford Park, where the spruce-fir canopy bows toward the tides and the air carries a permanent, bracing chill. Across the water, the small, lonely silhouette of Popes Folly sits suspended in the shifting currents, a silent witness to the daily rise and fall of the sea. Inland, the terrain softens slightly toward the quiet banks of Bassett Creek, while the distant, hazy shadow of French Ridge suggests a mountainous world far removed from the immediate, tidal pulse of the shore. Even in the height of summer, the light here holds a thin, crystalline quality that seems to sharpen the outlines of every rock and cedar, turning the horizon into a clean, monochromatic line.

History in Lubec is measured in the rhythmic persistence of the sea and the weathered skeletons of maritime structures that once anchored a bustling trade. The local economy has long shifted from the heavy industry of the past, evolving into a quiet, deliberate existence defined by the harvest of the cold Atlantic Ocean and a cautious, seasonal commerce. A few miles inland, the calm, dark waters of Lake Glensevern provide a reflective stillness that contrasts with the turbulent, open coast, offering a reprieve from the relentless wind. Life in Lubec operates on a scale dictated by the tides, where the labor of the day is often performed in silence, amidst the scent of pine needles and brine. It is a place of enduring, unadorned character, where the residents move with a steady, earned patience, attuned to the subtle shifts in the weather and the long, slow turn of the seasons.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lubec Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 0.0 mi, 331° NW
McCurdy's Smokehouse Museum (Museum) — 0.1 mi, 069° E
Lost Fishermen's Memorial (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 015° N
Stockford Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 155° SE
Beyond the Horizon (Public Artwork) — 0.2 mi, 152° SE
Bog View (Viewpoint) — 2.6 mi, 106° E
Cobscook Bay Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.6 mi, 185° S
Ramp of Ferry to Deer Island (Monument) — 2.6 mi, 029° NE
Shackford Head (State Park) — 2.9 mi, 331° NW
Long Island - Cobscook Bay (Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 261° W
Eastport Gallery and Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 3.0 mi, 000° N
Eastport Historic District (Attraction) — 3.0 mi, 360° N
Boynton Street Historic District (Attraction) — 3.1 mi, 358° N
Sutherland Amphitheater (Theatre) — 3.1 mi, 360° N
Quoddy Head State Park (State Park) — 3.1 mi, 170° S
Barracks Museum (Museum) — 3.2 mi, 354° N
Mustard Mill Museum (Museum) — 3.2 mi, 350° N
Smith Trail Easement (Conservation Area) — 3.8 mi, 191° S
Old Sow whirlpool (Attraction) — 4.4 mi, 358° N
Morong Cove (State Conservation Area) — 4.7 mi, 256° W
Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 4.8 mi, 327° NW · 21k acres
Waponahki Museum (Museum) — 7.1 mi, 335° NW
Shipwreck (Attraction) — 7.8 mi, 291° W
Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 7.9 mi, 266° W · 88k acres
Edmunds Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 9.9 mi, 261° W · 2,710 acres
Edmunds Red Spruce Rna (Research Natural Area) — 10.0 mi, 269° W
Baring Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 20.8 mi, 315° NW · 4,738 acres
Gates House Museum (Museum) — 23.0 mi, 241° SW
Littlefield Art Gallery (Gallery) — 62.7 mi, 240° SW
Whopaints Gallery & Art Studio (Gallery) — 63.1 mi, 240° SW

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