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North Anson Maine Map

Explore North Anson, 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 North Anson, Maine

How to Use This North Anson, Maine Map

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

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	North Anson
State	Maine (ME)
County	Somerset County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	44.855059
Longitude	-69.899781
Population	459
Density	84.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	04958
Area Code	207
County Seat	Skowhegan
School District	School Administrative District 74

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About North Anson, Maine

North Anson is a locality in Somerset County, Maine, United States. It is a small community with a population of 459. The population density is 84.0 people per km². North Anson is located at 44.8551°N, 69.8998°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 04958.

North Anson occupies a quiet expanse of inland territory where the Mill Stream carves a steady, purposeful path through the earth. It lies 24.7 miles north-northwest of Waterville, ME (from Waterville, ME: bearing 328°T), and is situated 4.1 miles north-northwest of Madison. The landscape here is defined by a slow persistence, marked by the proximity of the distant Longfellow Mountains, which form a jagged, hazy silhouette against the northern horizon. The air carries the scent of damp soil and spruce, a reminder of the dense woods that press inward toward the clearings. Three miles away, the surface of Fahi Pond reflects the shifting gray of the sky, acting as a mirror for the changing seasons in a region defined by the weight of its own stillness. Seven miles distant, the rush of Caratunk Falls provides a persistent, low-frequency hum that seems to underscore the quietude of the surrounding fields.

North Anson maintains a character forged by the legacy of early timber mills and the labor of those who worked the interior landscape. The local economy remains tethered to the land and the modest commerce that supports the day-to-day needs of the residents. History is less a formal record than a presence felt in the weathered clapboard of older structures and the purposeful, unhurried pace of the people who traverse the local roads. Visitors seeking the Fahi Pond Wildlife Management Area find a sanctuary where the natural world asserts itself in the thickets and marshes, undisturbed by the urgency of more populated regions. Life in North Anson proceeds with a steady, quiet gravity, indifferent to the demands of the wider world, favoring instead the patterns established by the cycle of the sun over the inland hills.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Thompson/Dinsmore Islands (Nature Reserve) — 2.1 mi, 058° NE
Fahi Pond Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 357° N
Civil War Memorial (Public Artwork) — 4.1 mi, 166° S
Emden Boating (Conservation Area) — 4.4 mi, 334° NW
Robbins Hill Scenic Area (Viewpoint) — 5.1 mi, 059° NE
Rope Swing (Attraction) — 5.5 mi, 025° NE
Embden Petroglyphs (Indian Rock) (Attraction) — 5.8 mi, 018° N
Lakewood Theater (Theatre) — 6.3 mi, 105° E
Parsons School (Monument) — 9.7 mi, 291° W
Cedar Swamp Lot (Nature Reserve) — 9.9 mi, 108° E
Lexington Historical Society (Attraction) — 10.6 mi, 319° NW
Skowhegan Indian Sculpture (Monument) — 10.7 mi, 124° SE
Strand Cinema (Cinema) — 10.8 mi, 124° SE
Norridgewock Historical Society (Museum) — 11.0 mi, 153° SE
Veterans Monument (Monument) — 11.0 mi, 153° SE
Athens Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 12.2 mi, 066° NE
Lake George (State Park) — 15.8 mi, 110° E
Alphabet Trails (Attraction) — 16.5 mi, 112° E
North Hartland School (Historic Ruins) — 17.1 mi, 080° E
Emery Art Gallery (Gallery) — 17.7 mi, 224° SW
University of Maine at Farmington Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 17.8 mi, 223° SW
Mount Abraham (State Conservation Area) — 19.1 mi, 289° W
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 23.7 mi, 343° N · 110k acres
Mount Blue (State Park) — 25.9 mi, 243° SW
Appalachian Trail (State Recreation Area) — 29.7 mi, 279° W
Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 52.2 mi, 260° W · 66k acres
White Mountain Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 56.4 mi, 231° SW · 37k acres
White Mountain National Forest (National Forest) — 58.1 mi, 230° SW · 768k acres
Caribou-Speckled Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 61.3 mi, 232° SW · 11k acres
Wild River Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 67.2 mi, 239° SW · 24k acres

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