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Monomoscoy Island Massachusetts Map

Explore Monomoscoy Island, 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 Monomoscoy Island, Massachusetts

How to Use This Monomoscoy Island, Massachusetts Map

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

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

Latitude	41.569832
Longitude	-70.505028
Population	139
Density	231.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	02649
Area Code	339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978
County Seat	Barnstable
School District	Mashpee School District

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About Monomoscoy Island, Massachusetts

Monomoscoy Island is a locality in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. It is a small community with a population of 139. The population density is 231.3 people per km². Monomoscoy Island is located at 41.5698°N, 70.5050°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 02649.

Monomoscoy Island emerges from the brackish intersection of tidal currents, defined by the steady, dark pulse of the Great River that feeds into the surrounding marshlands. It lies 5.6 miles south-southwest of Mashpee, MA (from Mashpee, MA: bearing 193°T), and is situated 5.8 miles east-northeast of Falmouth. The landscape possesses a low, saline gravity, where the air tastes of brine and the light at dusk flattens against the water, turning the reeds into jagged silhouettes of charcoal and verdigris. Beyond the immediate banks of Moromoesoy Island, the terrain remains soft and yielding, a fragile boundary between the terrestrial and the fluid. While the horizon remains unobstructed, one might imagine the distant, hazy rise of the Monomoy Island Dunes far to the south, though here, the world is dominated by the intricate, shifting channels of the Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. The soil is thin and sandy, holding the scent of damp earth and salt, anchoring the island against the restless, rhythmic push of the Atlantic Ocean just a mile away.

Monomoscoy Island serves as a quiet witness to the enduring tension between human habitation and the encroaching tide, its economy historically tethered to the harvest of the shallows and the seasonal rhythm of the coastal climate. The legacy of the land is measured in the persistence of its maritime character, where the industry of the water—once centered on small-scale shellfishing and the navigation of local inlets—has transitioned into a more contemplative, residential stillness. Nearby, the presence of Washburn Island offers a rugged counterpoint to the more settled domesticity of the mainland, reinforcing the isolation that defines life in this corner of the coast. Residents navigate a pace dictated by the tide tables rather than the clock, living in a geography that demands constant attention to the permeability of the shore. It is a place where the history of the region is etched not in monuments, but in the slow, persistent reclamation of the land by the brackish waters that define its boundaries.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 0.0 mi, 160° S
Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 0.3 mi, 290° W · 623 acres
Jehu Pond Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.4 mi, 093° E
Cape and Islands Ocean Sanctuary (Marine Protected Area) — 0.5 mi, 243° SW
South Cape Beach State Park (State Park) — 0.9 mi, 175° S
Dutchmans Creek Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 1.0 mi, 034° NE
Washburn Island (State Resource Management Area) — 1.1 mi, 281° W
Mashpee Pine Barrens Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 027° NE
Viewing Deck (Viewpoint) — 1.2 mi, 168° S
Water Department Land (Waterfowl Production Area) — 1.5 mi, 073° E
Town of Mashpee (Waterfowl Production Area) — 2.0 mi, 344° N
Quashnet Woods State Reservation (State Park) — 2.4 mi, 355° N
Mashpee Regal 6 (Cinema) — 3.3 mi, 013° N
Falmouth Road Race Finish Line (Attraction) — 5.1 mi, 250° W
Falmouth Police Memorial (Monument) — 5.2 mi, 258° W
Location of Hotel Attaquin (Monument) — 5.6 mi, 011° N
Mashpee Veterans' War Monument (Monument) — 5.6 mi, 012° N
The Liberté (Attraction) — 5.6 mi, 251° W
Lowell Holly Reservation (Nature Reserve) — 6.5 mi, 014° N
Saconesset Homestead and Museum (Museum) — 7.1 mi, 291° W
Marstons Mills Herring Run (Attraction) — 7.3 mi, 040° NE
Tree of Bike (Public Artwork) — 7.7 mi, 321° NW
Flying Horses Carousel (Attraction) — 8.2 mi, 199° S
Mariposa Museum (Museum) — 8.4 mi, 199° S
Cottage Museum (Museum) — 8.5 mi, 200° S
Old Schoolhouse Museum and Liberty Pole (Museum) — 9.3 mi, 213° SW
Martha's Vineyard Playhouse (Theatre) — 9.4 mi, 213° SW
Martha's Vineyard Film Center (Cinema) — 9.5 mi, 211° SW
Katherine Cornell Theater (Theatre) — 9.5 mi, 213° SW
Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.5 mi, 093° E · 24k acres

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