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Washburn Maine Map

Explore Washburn, 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 Washburn, Maine

How to Use This Washburn, Maine Map

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

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

Latitude	46.788399
Longitude	-68.139604
Population	937
Density	81.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	04786
Area Code	207
County Seat	Houlton
School District	School Administrative District 45

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About Washburn, Maine

Washburn is a locality in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. It is a small community with a population of 937. The population density is 81.0 people per km². Washburn is located at 46.7884°N, 68.1396°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 04786.

Washburn emerges from the northern landscape as a quiet confluence of open fields and disciplined rows, defined by the persistent, rhythmic flow of Salmon Brook. It lies 140.6 miles north-northeast of Bangor, ME (from Bangor, ME: bearing 12°T), and is situated 8.4 miles southwest of Caribou. The horizon is anchored by the distant, muted silhouette of Griffin Ridge, which watches over the flat, sprawling agricultural geometry that characterizes the territory. Mill Pond provides a still, reflective center to the geography, its surface often mirroring the heavy, slate-colored skies of the late afternoon. Here, the air carries a crisp, thin quality, cooling quickly as the sun dips behind the treeline, leaving the earth to settle into a deep, resonant silence that feels as old as the soil itself.

Washburn maintains a character forged by the seasonal cycles of the potato harvest, an industry that dictates the pace of life and the color of the landscape from spring planting to the autumn gathering. The economy remains rooted in this tradition, with equipment sheds and storage barns serving as the primary architectural markers of the local industry. Further afield, the Woodland Bog Preserve acts as a sanctuary of peat and tangled growth, a stark contrast to the manicured, productive furrows that define the surrounding acreage. Life in Washburn moves with the pragmatic efficiency of those who understand the brevity of the growing season, a cycle that has shaped the community into a place of steady, deliberate endurance where the labor of the day is measured by the light fading across the fields.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Woodland Bog Preserve (Conservation Area) — 5.7 mi, 359° N
Nylander Museum (Museum) — 7.8 mi, 052° NE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 8.0 mi, 051° NE
Wintergreen Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 8.8 mi, 134° SE
Veterans Memorial Park (Local Park) — 9.0 mi, 138° SE
Someday Comes (Gallery) — 9.4 mi, 141° SE
The Common Gallery (Gallery) — 9.5 mi, 142° SE
Northern Maine Museum of Science (Museum) — 9.9 mi, 144° SE
Perham Bog Preserve (Conservation Area) — 10.2 mi, 325° NW
Aroostook National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 10.5 mi, 049° NE · 9,896 acres
Arnold Brook Lake Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 10.5 mi, 153° SE
Aroostook State Park (State Park) — 12.9 mi, 156° SE
Frontier Heritage History Museum (Museum) — 14.4 mi, 094° E
Ganymede (Public Artwork) — 15.0 mi, 148° SE
AGM-28 Hound Dog (Monument) — 15.3 mi, 046° NE
Nadeau Lake Access-Parcel B (State Conservation Area) — 16.8 mi, 075° E
Bangor Aroostook Rail Trail (State Recreation Area) — 16.9 mi, 002° N
Stockholm Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 17.3 mi, 360° N
Pollard Flat Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 20.5 mi, 212° SW
Deboullie Mountain Tower (Viewpoint) — 36.8 mi, 290° W
Fort Kent Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 38.7 mi, 327° NW
Centre des arts d'Edmundston (Arts Centre) — 40.8 mi, 347° N
Salle Léo-Poulin (Theatre) — 41.1 mi, 349° N
Old Mill Dam (Historic Ruins) — 41.6 mi, 154° SE
Baxter State Park (State Park) — 51.2 mi, 220° SW
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument (National Monument) — 52.8 mi, 203° SW · 90k acres
Patten Academy Monument & Bell (Monument) — 56.4 mi, 195° S
Eagle Lake Tramway Drive Station (Historic Ruins) — 67.3 mi, 241° SW
A. J. “Allie” Cole Scenic Overlook (Monument) — 76.0 mi, 192° S
Pockwockamus Rock (Attraction) — 77.3 mi, 208° SW

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