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Hancock Massachusetts Map

Explore Hancock, 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 Hancock, Massachusetts

How to Use This Hancock, Massachusetts Map

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

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

Latitude	42.543138
Longitude	-73.323718
Population	700
Density	18.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	01237
Area Code	339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978
County Seat	Pittsfield

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About Hancock, Massachusetts

Hancock is a locality in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is a small community with a population of 700. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Hancock is located at 42.5431°N, 73.3237°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 01237.

Hancock holds the quiet, terrestrial gravity of a place defined by the steady persistence of running water and the slow incline of the earth. It lies 7.0 miles west-northwest of Berkshire, MA (from Berkshire, MA: bearing 288°T), and is situated 7.6 miles north-northwest of Pittsfield. Kinderhook Creek carves a vital, narrow artery through the landscape, its current defining the low-lying veins of the terrain as it pulls through the shadow of the nearby Berkshire Hills. To the east, the elevation climbs toward the dense, timbered reaches of Pittsfield State Forest, a vast expanse of woodland that marks the transition from the valley floor into the rugged, higher ground. Travelers often find that the light here, filtered through the thick canopy of the forest, takes on a cool, verdant clarity, especially when the day wanes and the shadows stretch long across the floor of Doty Hollow.

Hancock remains a landscape of deep-rooted agricultural patterns, where the economy has long favored the patient labor of the soil and the stewardship of the surrounding woods. History here is marked by the deliberate pace of those who built lives against the backdrop of the Berkshire Hills, relying on the land’s natural rhythms to sustain their livelihoods. Residents who traverse the nearby Turner Trail often encounter the remnants of this long-standing connection to the earth, whether in the quiet stillness of Griswold Pond or the seasonal rush of Lulu Cascade. Life in Hancock moves with a temperate, measured quality, reflecting a culture that values the functional beauty of a working valley and the enduring, unadorned character of its inland geography.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Pittsfield State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 0.9 mi, 158° S
Taconic Ridge State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 1.4 mi, 329° NW
Mountain Coaster (Attraction) — 1.8 mi, 064° NE
Misery Mountain Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 002° N
Hancock School (Recreation Easement) — 2.6 mi, 027° NE
Balance Rock State Park (State Park) — 3.1 mi, 134° SE
Barton's Ledge view (Viewpoint) — 4.6 mi, 065° NE
Mount Greylock State Reservation (State Park) — 4.7 mi, 079° E
Capital District Wma (State Resource Management Area) — 4.9 mi, 316° NW
Lanesborough Water Supply Land (Waterfowl Production Area) — 5.0 mi, 118° SE
Governor Samuel J. Tilden Monument (Monument) — 5.7 mi, 214° SW
St. Germain Stage (Theatre) — 7.0 mi, 149° SE
Mr. Finn’s Cabaret (Theatre) — 7.0 mi, 149° SE
Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 7.0 mi, 149° SE
Cheshire Water Company Land (Waterfowl Production Area) — 7.1 mi, 068° E
Nu Arts (Gallery) — 7.2 mi, 150° SE
Berkshire Art Center (Arts Centre) — 7.3 mi, 151° SE
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 8.3 mi, 119° SE · 110k acres
Daniel Petithory Memorial (Monument) — 8.6 mi, 081° E
Crane Museum of Papermaking (Museum) — 9.0 mi, 124° SE
Cowee State Forest (Nature Reserve) — 10.4 mi, 331° NW
Dragon (Historic Ruins) — 10.8 mi, 054° NE
Baby Dragon (Historic Ruins) — 11.0 mi, 055° NE
Concrete Bases (Attraction) — 11.4 mi, 173° S
Balanced Rock (Attraction) — 11.6 mi, 172° S
Susan B. Anthony (Public Artwork) — 11.6 mi, 063° NE
Stone Pillar (Attraction) — 12.0 mi, 170° S
Blacksmith Museum (Museum) — 12.9 mi, 170° S
Green Mountain National Forest (National Forest) — 15.7 mi, 026° NE · 412k acres
Silvio O. Conte National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.6 mi, 139° SE · 74k acres

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