Explore Avon, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Avon, 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 Avon.
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 | Avon |
| State | Massachusetts (MA) |
| County | Norfolk County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 42.130655 |
| Longitude | -71.041158 |
| Population | 4,600 |
| Density | 580.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 02322 |
| Area Code | 339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978 |
| County Seat | Dedham |
Avon holds a quiet, unassuming posture upon the land, defined largely by the persistent, rhythmic trickle of Mary Lee Brook as it navigates the local terrain. It lies 2.2 miles south of Randolph, MA (from Randolph, MA: bearing 180°T), and is situated 3.5 miles north-northwest of Brockton. The landscape here is characterized by a low, level basin that holds the memory of ancient glacial shifts, where the light at dusk settles heavy and amber against the paved surfaces of the Tennis Courts. Only six miles to the west, the faint, hazy silhouette of the Southeast Ridge marks the horizon, while the air carries a faint, salt-tinged humidity, a reminder that the Atlantic Ocean waits just seven miles away. A mile to the north, the waters of the Brockton Reservoir offer a still, reflective reprieve, grounding the immediate environment in a calm, aquatic permanence that seems to absorb the noise of the surrounding transit arteries.
Avon developed as a place of industry and enterprise, moving away from its early agrarian roots to embrace the steady hum of manufacturing and commercial distribution that defines its modern economy. The narrative of the place is etched not in grand monuments but in the functional, utilitarian architecture of its warehouses and the persistent industry of its residents, who have long balanced the local pace with the gravitational pull of larger urban centers nearby. While the Whitman Town Forest lies seven miles distant, providing a dense, wooded contrast to the developed corridors, the character of Avon remains firmly rooted in its working-class pragmatism and the steady, unadorned flow of daily commerce. It is a location of transition, a point on the map where the influence of the distant coastline meets the industrious, inland spirit of a community that continues to organize its future around the legacy of its labor.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Avon, Massachusetts. Coordinates: 42.130655, -71.041158. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Avon includes the ZIP code (02322), telephone area code (339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978), county seat of Norfolk County (Dedham), and school district assignment.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |