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Aquinnah Massachusetts Map

Explore Aquinnah, Massachusetts, 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 Aquinnah, Massachusetts

How to Use This Aquinnah, Massachusetts Map

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

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	Aquinnah
State	Massachusetts (MA)
County	Dukes County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	41.335237
Longitude	-70.800786
Population	300
Density	18.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	02535
Area Code	339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978
County Seat	Edgartown

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About Aquinnah, Massachusetts

Aquinnah is a locality in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States. It is a small community with a population of 300. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Aquinnah is located at 41.3352°N, 70.8008°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 02535.

Aquinnah holds the western reach of the headland, where the earth gives way to the relentless salt-spray of the Atlantic Ocean. It lies 8.3 miles southwest of Dukes, MA (from Dukes, MA: bearing 235°T), and is situated 8.6 miles west-southwest of Marthas Vineyard. Black Brook carves a dark, quiet vein through the clay-rich soil, feeding into the damp earth before the land spills out toward the tides. To the north, the waters of Black Pond hold the sky in a still, silver mirror, while the low profile of Edys Island sits anchored in the distance like a heavy stone cast into the surf. The air here tastes of brine and cold iron, a sharp clarity that defines the horizon, especially when the light shifts toward the jagged silhouette of Squibnocket Ridge against the darkening evening.

Aquinnah remains deeply tethered to the Wampanoag people, whose presence is etched into the very clay and spirit of these cliffs. The economy is quiet, favoring the slow pull of seasonal fishing and the stewardship of the land within the Nuovo Preserve, where the natural scrub and grasses are left to the wind. Life here does not rush; it moves with the tide, dictated by the turning of the seasons and the maintenance of a heritage that predates the arrival of distant settlers. On a clear day, the pace of life feels suspended in the amber of the afternoon, marked only by the passage of gulls over the marsh and the steady, rhythmic pulse of the Atlantic Ocean against the shore.

Nearby Outdoor Places

State Road Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 0.3 mi, 010° N
Gay Head Moraine (Local Conservation Area) — 0.5 mi, 005° N
Moshups Trail Conservation Area (Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 210° SW
Cape and Islands Ocean Sanctuary (Marine Protected Area) — 1.1 mi, 213° SW
Squibnocket Farm Conservation Area (Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 178° S
Town Forest (Local Resource Management Area) — 2.7 mi, 090° E
Great Sand Bank (Viewpoint) — 3.8 mi, 045° NE
Brickyard Site (Historic Ruins) — 4.1 mi, 045° NE
Nomans Land Island National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 4.9 mi, 187° S · 1,236 acres
Field Gallery (Gallery) — 7.3 mi, 064° NE
Manuel F. Correllus State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 8.0 mi, 064° NE
Bartholomew Gosnold Memorial Tower (Monument) — 9.4 mi, 306° NW
Water Department Land (Waterfowl Production Area) — 11.0 mi, 061° NE
Katherine Cornell Theater (Theatre) — 13.1 mi, 051° NE
Martha's Vineyard Museum (Museum) — 13.1 mi, 053° NE
Old Schoolhouse Museum and Liberty Pole (Museum) — 13.2 mi, 051° NE
Nobska Lighthouse (Monument) — 14.6 mi, 031° NE
Rachel Carson (Public Artwork) — 14.7 mi, 027° NE
Woods Holl (Monument) — 14.7 mi, 027° NE
Falmouth Road Race Starting Line (Attraction) — 14.7 mi, 027° NE
Cottage Museum (Museum) — 14.9 mi, 056° NE
Mariposa Museum (Museum) — 15.0 mi, 057° NE
Flying Horses Carousel (Attraction) — 15.2 mi, 056° NE
Doctor Daniel Fisher House Museum (Museum) — 15.3 mi, 075° E
Edgartown Cinema (Cinema) — 15.3 mi, 076° E
Horseneck Beach State Reservation (State Park) — 15.8 mi, 310° NW
Demarest Lloyd State Park (State Park) — 16.0 mi, 324° NW
Ocean View Farm Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 17.3 mi, 322° NW
The Liberté (Attraction) — 17.6 mi, 035° NE
Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.1 mi, 043° NE · 623 acres

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