Skowhegan Maine Map

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: 4976.

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.

About This Skowhegan Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Skowhegan, Maine — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 44.765062, -69.719218. 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.

Detailed location data for Skowhegan includes the ZIP code (04976), telephone area code (207), county seat of Somerset County (Skowhegan), and school district assignment (School Administrative District 54). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Skowhegan is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.