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Winter Harbor Maine Map

Explore Winter Harbor, 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 Winter Harbor, Maine

How to Use This Winter Harbor, Maine Map

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

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	Winter Harbor
State	Maine (ME)
County	Hancock County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	44.395358
Longitude	-68.083062
Population	385
Density	68.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	04693
Area Code	207
County Seat	Ellsworth
School District	Regional School Unit 24

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About Winter Harbor, Maine

Winter Harbor is a locality in Hancock County, Maine, United States. It is a small community with a population of 385. The population density is 68.5 people per km². Winter Harbor is located at 44.3954°N, 68.0831°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 04693.

Winter Harbor defines the ragged edge where the dark, coniferous forest meets the salt-scrubbed granite of the Atlantic Ocean. It lies 44.2 miles southeast of Bangor, ME (from Bangor, ME: bearing 129°T), and is situated 6.0 miles east of Bar Harbor. Mill Stream carves a cooling path toward the tide, its waters moving with a quiet urgency through the spruce-fir thickets that dominate the shoreline. To the north, the faint, jagged silhouette of The Bubbles rises against the sky, a distant reminder of the geologic upheaval that shaped this coast. Beneath the heavy, slate-colored clouds, the air carries the sharp scent of brine and damp needles, settling over the stillness of Birch Harbor Pond. Here, the landscape is defined by the relentless push of the sea against the crags, carving out a terrain that feels both ancient and perpetually raw, where the light at dusk bleeds into a pale, bruised violet across the water.

Winter Harbor exists as an enclave within the protected boundaries of Acadia National Park, a place where the economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the tides and the seasonal harvest of the sea. The legacy of the lobster pot and the weathered wharf persists, grounding the daily life of the residents in a labor that demands both grit and patience. Beyond the harbor’s mouth, the silhouette of Sargents Island breaks the horizon, a solitary sentinel watching over the local fleet. Hikers often seek the elevated vantage of the Schoodic Head Trail, tracing the spine of the land to gaze out over the vast, cold expanses of the open water. Life in Winter Harbor moves with the slow, deliberate pace of the seasons, dictated by the shifting weight of the catch and the long, quiet endurance of the northern winter.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Littlefield Art Gallery (Gallery) — 0.1 mi, 086° E
Winter Harbor Historical Society (Museum) — 0.2 mi, 261° W
Whopaints Gallery & Art Studio (Gallery) — 0.3 mi, 232° SW
Acadia National Park (National Park) — 0.4 mi, 101° E · 77k acres
Schoodic Forest (Conservation Area) — 0.4 mi, 067° NE
Frazer Point (Viewpoint) — 1.4 mi, 164° S
Turtle Island Preserve (Conservation Area) — 2.3 mi, 202° S
Winter Harbor Lighthouse (Attraction) — 2.3 mi, 186° S
Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 3.7 mi, 224° SW · 21k acres
Egg Rock Light Station (Attraction) — 3.9 mi, 224° SW
Schoodic Point (Attraction) — 4.5 mi, 166° S
Alan E. Hutchinson Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.1 mi, 245° SW
Old Farm Estate (Historic Ruins) — 5.6 mi, 255° W
The Doctor John B. Ells Pier (Monument) — 6.0 mi, 268° W
Bar Harbor Whale Watch (Attraction) — 6.0 mi, 268° W
Baxter The Lobster (Public Artwork) — 6.0 mi, 266° W
D'Alessio Gallery (Gallery) — 6.0 mi, 265° W
Eden's Civil War Monument (Monument) — 6.1 mi, 265° W
Morris K And Maria De Witt Jesup (Monument) — 6.6 mi, 248° W
Joy Bay Water Access-Joy Bay (State Recreation Area) — 7.8 mi, 037° NE
Sunrise Trail (State Recreation Area) — 10.4 mi, 354° N
Lamoine Beach (State Park) — 10.5 mi, 293° NW
Bois Bubert Island Proposed Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 10.7 mi, 073° E · 1,035 acres
Donnel Pond (State Resource Management Area) — 10.7 mi, 352° N
Lamoine State Park (State Park) — 11.2 mi, 290° W
Islesford Historical Museum (Museum) — 12.1 mi, 220° SW
Donnell Pond Ecological Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 12.4 mi, 353° N
La petite Plaisance (Museum) — 12.5 mi, 234° SW
Preble-Marr Historical Museum (Museum) — 13.5 mi, 223° SW
Colonel Black Mansion Museum (Museum) — 19.8 mi, 299° NW

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