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Green Harbor Massachusetts Map

Explore Green Harbor, 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 Green Harbor, Massachusetts

How to Use This Green Harbor, Massachusetts Map

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

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	Green Harbor
State	Massachusetts (MA)
County	Plymouth County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	42.065998
Longitude	-70.648727
Population	394
Density	456.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	02050, 02041
Area Code	339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978
County Seat	Plymouth
School District	Duxbury School District

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About Green Harbor, Massachusetts

Green Harbor is a locality in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. It is a small community with a population of 394. The population density is 456.8 people per km². Green Harbor is located at 42.0660°N, 70.6487°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 02050, 02041.

Green Harbor defines the edge of the land where the Green Harbor River spills its brackish cargo into the Atlantic Ocean. It lies 2.8 miles north-northeast of Duxbury, MA (from Duxbury, MA: bearing 25°T), and is situated 8.3 miles north of Plymouth. The landscape here is a low, fluid mosaic of salt-marsh grasses and tidal flats that pulse with the rhythm of the rising and falling tides, grounding the horizon in a perpetual state of flux. To the west, the subtle rise of Cedar Crest breaks the flatness of the coastal plain, while the dark, jagged silhouette of Blue Fish Rock keeps a lonely vigil just offshore. The air holds a sharp, brine-heavy clarity, and when the light catches the water at dusk, the entire expanse of the Cape Cod Bay Ocean Sanctuary glows with a bruised, metallic violet that seems to swallow the boundary between earth and sky.

Green Harbor has long been a place of quiet industry, where the labor of the sea—once defined by the seasonal harvest of fish and the maintenance of wooden hulls—has slowly shifted toward the rhythms of a modern coastal life. The memory of early maritime commerce remains etched into the weathered pilings of the docks and the sturdy, unadorned architecture that faces the wind. Inland, the landscape is punctuated by the quiet stillness of the Bluefish River Reservoir, a stark contrast to the restless Atlantic Ocean that dictates the life of the shore. Whether one is watching the gulls wheel over the river mouth or walking the perimeter of the Duxbury Town Forest, there is a sense that the character of Green Harbor is forged not by grand gestures, but by the persistent, salt-worn endurance of a people who have learned to live in the narrow space between the rising tide and the rising sun.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cape Cod Bay Ocean Sanctuary (Marine Protected Area) — 0.1 mi, 086° E
Duxbury Beach Reservation (Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 189° S
Gov Winslow School Fields And Playgrounds (Recreation Easement) — 1.0 mi, 284° W
Donald E. Shute Nature Preserve (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 326° NW
Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 313° NW
Daniel Webster Law Office Museum (Museum) — 1.3 mi, 288° W
Peter Igo Park (Local Park) — 1.4 mi, 355° N
Webster Street Well Site (Waterfowl Production Area) — 1.5 mi, 291° W
Duxbury Jr Sr High School (Recreation Easement) — 1.7 mi, 235° SW
South Shore Conservatory (Arts Centre) — 1.8 mi, 228° SW
Fox Hill (Viewpoint) — 1.9 mi, 327° NW
Windsor House Museum (Museum) — 2.4 mi, 211° SW
Unknown Park (Local Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 271° W
Myles Standish Monument State Reservation (State Park) — 3.9 mi, 208° SW
Water Department Land (Waterfowl Production Area) — 4.2 mi, 307° NW
Coast Guard Hill Recreation Area (Monument) — 4.7 mi, 331° NW
Plymouth Cordage Company Museum (Museum) — 6.3 mi, 199° S
Hedge House Museum (Museum) — 7.4 mi, 188° S
Edward Winslow House Museum (Museum) — 7.4 mi, 187° S
National Monument to the Forefathers (Monument) — 7.4 mi, 191° S
Pilgrim Mother Statue (Public Artwork) — 7.5 mi, 186° S
Plymouth Rock (Monument) — 7.5 mi, 185° S
Kusmin Art Gallery (Gallery) — 7.8 mi, 185° S
Pembroke Herring Run (Attraction) — 7.8 mi, 275° W
Mill Wharf Cinemas (Cinema) — 9.7 mi, 337° NW
Gerry E. Studds/Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary (Marine Protected Area) — 10.1 mi, 064° NE
Showcase Cinema De Lux (Cinema) — 11.3 mi, 300° NW
Plymouth County Hospital (Historic Ruins) — 11.7 mi, 263° W
The Makery Sewing Studio (Arts Centre) — 12.7 mi, 327° NW
Indian Grinding Stone (Historic Ruins) — 12.9 mi, 259° W

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