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Cheshire Massachusetts Map

Explore Cheshire, 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 Cheshire, Massachusetts

How to Use This Cheshire, Massachusetts Map

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

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

Latitude	42.562028
Longitude	-73.162881
Population	545
Density	548.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	01225
Area Code	339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978
County Seat	Pittsfield
School District	Hoosac Valley School District

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About Cheshire, Massachusetts

Cheshire is a locality in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is a small community with a population of 545. The population density is 548.0 people per km². Cheshire is located at 42.5620°N, 73.1629°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 01225.

Cheshire occupies a narrow, elongated corridor where the landscape tilts toward the sky, defined by the persistent, cold rush of Kitchen Brook as it carves through the earth. It lies 3.7 miles north-northeast of Berkshire, MA (from Berkshire, MA: bearing 24°T), and is situated 8.8 miles north-northeast of Pittsfield. The water flows toward the Cheshire Reservoir, a vast, still basin that acts as a mirror for the changing sky, holding the light of the sun long after it has dipped below the jagged silhouettes of the Berkshire Hills. Beyond the immediate banks, the terrain rises into dense, tangled woods that reach toward the distant, shadowed reaches of Savoy Mountain State Forest, where the air grows thin and sharp with the scent of pine needles and damp loam. The light here at dusk possesses a singular, bruised quality, casting long, violet shadows across the fields that seem to hold the quiet weight of the coming winter.

Cheshire maintains a rhythm dictated by the land, a legacy carved out by those who once sought prosperity in the lime kilns and agricultural toil that defined its early industry. The echoes of that labor linger in the weathered stone foundations that remain, though modern life now centers on the modest, functional geometry of the Cheshire Elementary School Playground, where the shouts of children interrupt the stillness of the valley. Those inclined toward the rugged elevation of the horizon often turn toward the Cheshire Harbor Trail, a path that invites the determined to ascend toward the heights, while others seek the singular, crashing energy of Wahconah Falls tucked six miles away in the quietude of the woods. Life in Cheshire remains tethered to these physical realities, a steady and unpretentious existence played out in the shadow of Goodell Hollow, where the seasons dictate the pace of movement more surely than any clock.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cheshire Elementary School Playground (Recreation Easement) — 0.2 mi, 048° NE
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 0.3 mi, 037° NE · 110k acres
Daniel Petithory Memorial (Monument) — 0.3 mi, 084° E
Cheshire Water Company Land (Waterfowl Production Area) — 0.8 mi, 301° NW
Chalet Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 120° SE
Mount Greylock State Reservation (State Park) — 0.9 mi, 350° N
Stafford Hill Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.0 mi, 056° NE
Fire District Land (Waterfowl Production Area) — 2.5 mi, 003° N
Fletcher Farm Conservation Area (Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 213° SW
Brodie mountain view (Viewpoint) — 3.9 mi, 303° NW
Windsor State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 4.4 mi, 109° E
Susan B. Anthony (Public Artwork) — 4.5 mi, 029° NE
Baby Dragon (Historic Ruins) — 5.1 mi, 009° N
Dragon (Historic Ruins) — 5.1 mi, 006° N
Crane Museum of Papermaking (Museum) — 6.4 mi, 187° S
Mountain Coaster (Attraction) — 6.6 mi, 266° W
Taconic Trail State Park (State Park) — 7.4 mi, 306° NW
Mr. Finn’s Cabaret (Theatre) — 8.7 mi, 212° SW
St. Germain Stage (Theatre) — 8.7 mi, 212° SW
Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 8.7 mi, 212° SW
Nu Arts (Gallery) — 8.8 mi, 211° SW
Lichtenstein Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 8.9 mi, 211° SW
Berkshire Museum (Museum) — 9.2 mi, 210° SW
MCLA Gallery 51 (Gallery) — 9.8 mi, 015° N
Gary Lichetenstein Editions (Gallery) — 9.9 mi, 014° N
North Adams Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 9.9 mi, 016° N
West Street Cemetary (Monument) — 10.3 mi, 111° E
Images Cinema (Cinema) — 10.5 mi, 348° N
Green Mountain National Forest (National Forest) — 12.6 mi, 002° N · 412k acres
Silvio O. Conte National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 16.8 mi, 164° S · 74k acres

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