Skowhegan Maine Map
Skowhegan, Maine — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Skowhegan, Somerset County.
Interactive Map of Skowhegan, Maine
| City | Skowhegan |
| State | Maine (ME) |
| County | Somerset |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 44.765062 |
| Longitude | -69.719218 |
| Population | 6,404 |
| Density | N/A /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About Skowhegan, Maine
Skowhegan is a locality in Somerset County, Maine, United States. It has a population of approximately 6,404. Skowhegan is located at 44.7651°N, 69.7192°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 04976.
Skowhegan rests on the banks of the Kennebec River, a wide, muscular artery that has shaped its very being. It lies 46.2 miles west of Bangor, ME (from Bangor, ME: bearing 267°T), and is situated 8.2 miles east-south-east of Madison. The terrain here is a gentle rise and fall, not dramatic, but holding the deep, dark soil of central Maine, a place where the air smells of pine needles and the distant promise of rain. The houses, many of them clapboard and weathered shingles, huddle together as if for warmth, their porches offering quiet observation posts for the slow turning of the days. The light, especially in late afternoon, casts long, slanted shadows that stretch across lawns and pool in the hollows of the tree-lined streets, lending a certain gravitas to the ordinary. Even the wind here seems to carry a particular weight, a murmur of the vast, wild country that presses in from all sides. This is a place built on the enduring strength of the river and the land, its history inextricably linked to the industries that once thrived along its shores. For generations, logging and paper mills were the lifeblood of Skowhegan, their rhythmic hum a constant soundtrack to the lives of its people. Though those days have largely passed, the ghost of that industrial past still lingers, a tangible presence in the sturdy brick buildings that line the downtown and the memory of the workers who powered them. Today, agriculture reasserts its claim, with farms spreading out into the surrounding countryside, their fields a patchwork of greens and golds under the broad Maine sky, a reminder of the earth's persistent bounty and the quiet resilience of those who tend it.
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About This Skowhegan Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Skowhegan, Maine with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Skowhegan and Somerset County. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Skowhegan is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Skowhegan is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |
