Explore Hamilton, 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 Hamilton, 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 Hamilton.
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 | Hamilton |
| State | Massachusetts (MA) |
| County | Worcester County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 42.256205 |
| Longitude | -71.76757 |
| Density | N/A /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 01982, 01936, 01604 |
| Area Code | 339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978 |
| County Seat | Worcester |
Hamilton occupies a landscape defined by the quiet persistence of inland geography, where the earth rises in subtle swells and falls into shaded basins. It lies 1.8 miles east-southeast of Worcester, MA (from Worcester, MA: bearing 104°T), and is situated 3.9 miles southwest of Shrewsbury. The terrain here is characterized by heavy, stubborn soil and dense woodlands that hold the morning light in long, amber slats. Within the immediate vicinity, Lake Park offers a green reprieve from the encroaching thickets, providing a space where the air remains cool and still under the shade of ancient oaks. To the distant horizon, the silhouette of High Rocks breaks the skyline, a jagged reminder of the rugged, unyielding nature of the terrain that sits far beyond the reach of any maritime influence. Broad Meadow Brook snakes through the lower elevation, its waters moving with a deliberate, sluggish grace that carves through the earth toward a destination known only to the land itself.
Hamilton maintains a character shaped by the steady, industrious work of those who have long recognized the value of the surrounding soil. The economy has transitioned from the labor of the early agrarian settlers to a modern rhythm that respects the quiet permanence of the countryside. Residents often gather near the edge of Lake Quinsigamond, watching as the seasons shift the color of the canopy from a vibrant, aching green to the brittle, rusted hues of late autumn. Life in Hamilton feels measured and deliberate, tethered to the slow passage of time that governs the growth of the forest and the steady, quiet flow of the local brooks. This is a place where the history of the region is not merely remembered but felt in the heavy silence of the woods and the persistent, grounded reality of the inland plains.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hamilton, Massachusetts. Coordinates: 42.256205, -71.76757. 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 Hamilton includes the ZIP code (01982, 01936, 01604), telephone area code (339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978), county seat of Worcester County (Worcester), 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. |