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Steep Falls Maine Map

Explore Steep Falls, 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 Steep Falls, Maine

How to Use This Steep Falls, Maine Map

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

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	Steep Falls
State	Maine (ME)
County	Cumberland County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	43.791219
Longitude	-70.613863
Population	1,223
Density	47.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	04085
Area Code	207
County Seat	Portland
School District	School Administrative District 06

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About Steep Falls, Maine

Steep Falls is a locality in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,223. The population density is 47.1 people per km². Steep Falls is located at 43.7912°N, 70.6139°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 04085.

Steep Falls anchors itself to the earth where the rush of Tucker Brook cuts a persistent, silver seam through the dense, dark timber of the inland woods. It lies 16.2 miles west-northwest of Westbrook, ME (from Westbrook, ME: bearing 300°T), and is situated 9.9 miles north-northeast of Lake Arrowhead. The landscape here leans toward the rugged, defined by a granite-strewn topography that keeps the soil thin and the vegetation hardy. Far to the west, the jagged, pale silhouette of the White Mountains rises against the horizon like an unfinished thought, while closer to home, the elevation of the Sawyer Mountain Highlands provides a rugged spine for the region. The air carries a sharp, resinous chill, a lingering reminder of the spruce-fir north that defines the character of the woods, though the atmosphere is tempered by a quiet humidity that gathers near the surface of Adams Pond. Even as the sun dips low, the light does not fade so much as it thickens, turning the shadows into heavy, cool pools that settle between the trees.

Economic life in Steep Falls has long been tethered to the pulse of the timber and the slow, deliberate work of the land, drawing sustenance from the timbered ridges and the fertile pockets tucked into the basin of Shad Gully. While the salt-heavy influence of the distant coastline lies twenty-three miles away, the character of the people remains rooted in the interior, shaped by an awareness of the tides at Lower Bay without being defined by them. History here is marked by the steady, unpretentious accumulation of generations who navigated the passage to Goulds Island or worked the mills that once utilized the local water currents. Life moves with the deliberate pace of a season, indifferent to the reach of modern noise, finding its own rhythm in the maintenance of local woodlots and the quiet preservation of the landscape. Though the roar of Glen Ellis Falls remains a distant legend for many, the smaller, constant murmur of the brook remains the true, reliable soundtrack for those who call Steep Falls their own.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Schoolhouse Arts Center (Theatre) — 4.8 mi, 116° SE
Daniel Marrett House Museum (Museum) — 5.0 mi, 140° SE
Killick Pond Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.4 mi, 209° SW
Randall Orchard (Conservation Area) — 6.0 mi, 145° SE
Sawyer Mountain Highlands (Conservation Area) — 6.6 mi, 246° SW
Sawyer Mountian Highlands (State Conservation Area) — 6.6 mi, 246° SW
Douglas Mountain Summit (Viewpoint) — 6.9 mi, 323° NW
Ebenezer Walker Homestead (Historic Ruins) — 7.0 mi, 246° SW
Possible cabin foundation of D. Walleer 1870 (Historic Ruins) — 7.2 mi, 247° SW
Maine Army National Guard Hollis Site (State Resource Management Area) — 8.0 mi, 196° S
Sebago Lake State Park (State Park) — 8.6 mi, 004° N
Amphitheatre (Attraction) — 9.2 mi, 021° N
Smitty's Cinema Windham (Cinema) — 9.3 mi, 069° E
PRIVATE sign (Attraction) — 9.5 mi, 013° N
Jayden's Journey Memorial Park (Monument) — 10.2 mi, 212° SW
Athlete Sculptures (Public Artwork) — 11.2 mi, 132° SE
Great Ossipee Museum (Museum) — 11.2 mi, 304° NW
Gorham Civil War Monument (Monument) — 11.3 mi, 133° SE
Phinney Park (Monument) — 11.6 mi, 132° SE
Salmon Falls (State Park) — 13.8 mi, 167° S
Camp Cedar (Attraction) — 14.1 mi, 023° NE
Naramissic Farm Bridgton Historical Society (Museum) — 14.3 mi, 338° N
Public Soccer Field (Attraction) — 14.9 mi, 028° NE
Denmark Arts Center (Theatre) — 15.7 mi, 322° NW
Westbrook Performing Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 15.9 mi, 124° SE
Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.6 mi, 153° SE · 17k acres
White Mountain National Forest (National Forest) — 28.3 mi, 315° NW · 768k acres
Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 28.6 mi, 099° E · 21k acres
White Mountain Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 34.5 mi, 339° N · 37k acres
Sandwich Range Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 35.6 mi, 285° W · 35k acres

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