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Ashby Massachusetts Map

Explore Ashby, 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 Ashby, Massachusetts

How to Use This Ashby, Massachusetts Map

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

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

Latitude	42.677866
Longitude	-71.820352
Population	3,200
Density	75.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	01431
Area Code	339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978
County Seat	Cambridge

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About Ashby, Massachusetts

Ashby is a locality in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,200. The population density is 75.0 people per km². Ashby is located at 42.6779°N, 71.8204°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 01431.

Ashby defines itself through a landscape of persistent, quiet elevation, where the earth rises into long, wooded ridges that hold the chill of the interior. It lies 6.6 miles north of Fitchburg, MA (from Fitchburg, MA: bearing 352°T), and is situated 7.5 miles northwest of Lunenburg. The horizon is dominated by the distant, jagged silhouette of the Wapack Range, a constant reminder of the rugged terrain that separates this land from the more populated plains to the east. Water moves through the terrain with a deliberate, singular focus, as Trapfall Brook cuts a narrow, shadowed path through the dense undergrowth, eventually finding its way toward the still, dark surface of Ashby Reservoir. Two miles away, the dense, hemlock-shadowed canopy of Willard Brook State Forest anchors the local ecology, providing a wild interior that buffers the quietude of the surroundings. Even in the middle of the day, the light here has a way of filtering through the heavy timber, casting long, thin fingers of amber across the damp, moss-covered ground.

Ashby remains a place where the colonial footprint of the Town Common serves as the anchor for a modern, modest existence, maintaining a character shaped by its long history of agrarian and timber-based labor. The local economy has evolved away from the early sawmills and tanneries that once relied on the local waterways, shifting instead toward a quiet, residential independence that values the preservation of its rural density. Time here seems to be measured not by the clock, but by the slow, seasonal transitions of the forest and the maintenance of the old, winding roads like Mitchell Hill Road that trace the contours of the high ground. Residents move with a sense of purpose that respects the silence of the woods, finding a certain satisfaction in the distance from the frantic pace of the modern world. Life in Ashby is quiet, marked by the smell of woodsmoke in the autumn air and the stubborn, enduring utility of the land that has supported generations of inhabitants.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Ashby Elementary School Playground (Recreation Easement) — 0.1 mi, 306° NW
4-H Camp Middlesex (State Conservation Area) — 0.6 mi, 176° S
Willard Brook State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 167° S
Fitchburg Water Supply Land (Waterfowl Production Area) — 1.7 mi, 218° SW
Ashby Boy Scouts (Conservation Area) — 2.2 mi, 311° NW
Ashburnham State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 3.4 mi, 268° W
Mount Watatic Reservation (State Resource Management Area) — 3.5 mi, 293° NW
Nutting Ledges (Attraction) — 4.4 mi, 295° NW
Fitchburg Creamery (Monument) — 5.3 mi, 169° S
The Painted Goat (Gallery) — 5.4 mi, 237° SW
New Dawn Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 5.5 mi, 239° SW
Schoolboy of 1850 (Public Artwork) — 5.6 mi, 239° SW
Water Department Land (Waterfowl Production Area) — 5.8 mi, 177° S
The Alumni Center for the Performing Arts (Theatre) — 6.0 mi, 174° S
Pratt Mountain Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 6.1 mi, 306° NW
Rollstone Hill Rock Walk (Monument) — 6.4 mi, 173° S
World War 2 Memorial (Monument) — 6.4 mi, 161° S
Gallery Marquee (Gallery) — 6.5 mi, 172° S
Painted Rock (Attraction) — 6.6 mi, 176° S
Coggshall Rock Ledges & Cliffs (Attraction) — 8.1 mi, 173° S
Whale Rock (Attraction) — 8.2 mi, 172° S
Stratos Dukakis Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 8.4 mi, 194° S
Art on the Rocks (Gallery) — 8.9 mi, 166° S
Sharon Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 10.5 mi, 333° NW
Old Winchendon Pump House Site (Historic Ruins) — 10.6 mi, 270° W
Gardner Cinemas (Cinema) — 11.8 mi, 226° SW
Wachusett Mountain State Reservation (State Park) — 12.2 mi, 197° S
Silver Lake State Park (State Park) — 12.6 mi, 063° NE
Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.0 mi, 133° SE · 3,392 acres
Wapack National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.6 mi, 353° N · 3,288 acres

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