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Buzzards Bay Massachusetts Map

Explore Buzzards Bay, 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 Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts

How to Use This Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts Map

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

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	Buzzards Bay
State	Massachusetts (MA)
County	Barnstable County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	41.745383
Longitude	-70.618087
Population	4,279
Density	862.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	02532, 02542
Area Code	339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978
County Seat	Barnstable
School District	Bourne School District

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About Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts

Buzzards Bay is a locality in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,279. The population density is 862.3 people per km². Buzzards Bay is located at 41.7454°N, 70.6181°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 02532, 02542.

Buzzards Bay claims the edge of the continent where the salt air meets the currents of the Atlantic Ocean in a constant, rhythmic exchange. It lies 1.0 miles west-northwest of Bourne, MA (from Bourne, MA: bearing 286°T), and is situated 5.5 miles east-southeast of Wareham. The landscape is defined by the heavy, engineered path of the Cape Cod Canal, which slices through the earth to grant passage to vessels navigating between the northern and southern waters. At Taylors Point Park, the ground levels into a low, grassy vantage where the horizon stretches wide and gray, punctuated only by the distant, hazy silhouette of Ridge Hill far to the west. A mile inland, the still, dark water of Bourne Pond offers a quiet contrast to the turbulence of the nearby coast, while the distant, dense greenery of Shawme-Crowell State Forest breaks the horizon line with a wall of pine and oak. The light here has a sharp, clarifying quality, turning the late afternoon tide into a field of hammered silver that catches every shift in the wind.

Maritime industry and the movement of goods have long anchored the life of Buzzards Bay, shaping a culture that looks outward toward the shifting Atlantic Ocean. Local commerce moves in sync with the heavy shipping traffic that passes through the canal, a reminder of the engineering labor that redefined this geography decades ago. Beyond the industrial rhythms, the proximity of Onset Island and the quietude of The Basin provide a reprieve from the transit of the larger vessels. Residents often traverse the local landscape with a pragmatic, unadorned sensibility, perhaps finding time to walk the Old Briar Patch Trails when the autumn air turns cold and crisp. There is a persistent, grounded endurance in the people who live here, a reflection of a place that remains perpetually exposed to the elements, where the sea and the land reach a permanent, working accord.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cape and Islands Ocean Sanctuary (Marine Protected Area) — 0.2 mi, 287° W
Merchant Marine Memorial (Public Artwork) — 0.5 mi, 212° SW
Maritime Park (Monument) — 0.6 mi, 211° SW
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 0.8 mi, 075° E
3 Mile Lookout (Viewpoint) — 0.9 mi, 087° E
Buzzards Bay Water District (Waterfowl Production Area) — 0.9 mi, 062° NE
Red Brook Conservation Area (Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 328° NW
Brookside Golf Club (State Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 136° SE
Wareham Water Supply Land (Waterfowl Production Area) — 1.4 mi, 320° NW
Camp Edwards Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.4 mi, 106° E
Herring Run (Attraction) — 3.4 mi, 057° NE
Butterflies of Cape Cod (Attraction) — 3.6 mi, 055° NE
Scusset Beach State Reservation (State Park) — 5.2 mi, 064° NE
Cape Cod Bay Ocean Sanctuary (Marine Protected Area) — 5.4 mi, 069° E
Kendrick House Museum (Museum) — 5.5 mi, 282° W
Sagamore Hill Trail (Monument) — 5.6 mi, 068° E
Civilian Conservation Corps Amphitheater (Theatre) — 7.6 mi, 330° NW
Green Briar Jam Kitchen (Attraction) — 7.7 mi, 090° E
The Green Briar Nature Center (Attraction) — 7.7 mi, 090° E
Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 9.2 mi, 137° SE · 623 acres
Lowell Holly Reservation (Nature Reserve) — 9.4 mi, 128° SE
Saconesset Homestead and Museum (Museum) — 9.6 mi, 185° S
Massasoit National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 9.6 mi, 352° N · 412 acres
Benjamin Nye Homestead and Museum (Museum) — 9.7 mi, 097° E
Mashpee Regal 6 (Cinema) — 11.1 mi, 144° SE
Kusmin Art Gallery (Gallery) — 14.6 mi, 351° N
The Plimoth Grist Mill (Museum) — 14.6 mi, 350° N
Jabez Howland House (Museum) — 14.6 mi, 351° N

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