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Monroe Massachusetts Map

Explore Monroe, 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 Monroe, Massachusetts

How to Use This Monroe, Massachusetts Map

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

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

Latitude	42.714393
Longitude	-73.005105
Population	120
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	01350
Area Code	339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978
County Seat	Greenfield

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About Monroe, Massachusetts

Monroe is a locality in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. It is a small community with a population of 120. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Monroe is located at 42.7144°N, 73.0051°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 01350.

Monroe sustains a rugged, upland solitude where the Paint Brook carves a persistent path through the dense, verdant canopy of the Monroe State Forest. It lies 5.3 miles east of North Adams, MA (from North Adams, MA: bearing 80°T), and is situated 8.5 miles northeast of Adams. The landscape is defined by the intimate, vertical shifts of the terrain, where the air holds a persistent, cool clarity that sharpens the edges of every hemlock and maple. Sunlight filters in long, slanted bars through the deep woods, illuminating the moss-covered stones that line the water’s edge near the Dunbar Brook Trail. Only a mile away, the quiet waters of New Tanks offer a stillness that contrasts with the constant, low-frequency tumble of the Paint Brook, grounding Monroe in a geography that values the slow, deliberate work of water upon earth.

Monroe retains a quiet, industrious character, forged by the same stubborn spirit that once harnessed the local waterways for early mills. Though the distant silhouettes of the Berkshire Hills frame the horizon to the west, Monroe remains defined by its own immediate, shadowed hollows and the expansive, protected woodlands of the Monroe State Forest. Life here moves in accordance with the turning seasons, far removed from the clamor of industrialized centers, finding its rhythm instead in the maintenance of the land and the preservation of the quiet trails. Travelers seeking a more dramatic display of nature might venture toward the Twin Cascade or look toward the distant, rugged expanse of The Basin, yet the true quality of Monroe persists in the daily, unobserved growth of its timber and the enduring, solitary presence of its forest floor.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Monroe State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — locality lies within
Florida State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 1.7 mi, 291° W
Green Mountain National Forest (National Forest) — 2.0 mi, 340° N · 412k acres
Raycroft Outlook (Viewpoint) — 2.1 mi, 146° SE
Hoosac Tunnel East Test Portal (Historic Ruins) — 2.8 mi, 172° S
Hoosac Tunnel - Whitcomb Hill Alignment Tower (Historic Ruins) — 2.8 mi, 197° S
Reed Brook Preserve (Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 176° S
Tunnel Road Conservation Area (Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 157° SE
Clarksburg State Park (State Park) — 3.7 mi, 292° W
Natural Bridge State Park (State Park) — 4.1 mi, 265° W
Atherton Meadows Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.3 mi, 051° NE
North Adams Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 5.4 mi, 260° W
Mohawk Theater (Theatre) — 5.5 mi, 259° W
MCLA Gallery 51 (Gallery) — 5.6 mi, 259° W
Mr. Bling (Public Artwork) — 5.6 mi, 260° W
Gary Lichetenstein Editions (Gallery) — 5.6 mi, 261° W
Antique Truck (Attraction) — 6.1 mi, 144° SE
Notch Watershed (Waterfowl Production Area) — 6.6 mi, 242° SW
Hail to the Sunrise (Monument) — 7.0 mi, 138° SE
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 7.5 mi, 265° W · 110k acres
Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum (Museum) — 8.4 mi, 216° SW
George D. Aiken Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 8.5 mi, 356° N · 4,800 acres
Thunderbolt Mountain Coaster (Attraction) — 9.2 mi, 134° SE
Lt. Herbert Allan Field Memorial (Monument) — 9.8 mi, 277° W
Mehlin Museum of Astronomy (Museum) — 10.0 mi, 269° W
Hopkins Observatory Planetarium (Museum) — 10.0 mi, 269° W
Images Cinema (Cinema) — 10.1 mi, 269° W
Adams Memorial Theatre (Theatre) — 10.3 mi, 270° W
Williamstown House of Local History (Museum) — 10.5 mi, 270° W
Glastenbury Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 13.1 mi, 346° N · 22k acres

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