New Salem Massachusetts Map
Explore New Salem, 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 New Salem, Massachusetts
How to Use This New Salem, Massachusetts Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for New Salem, 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 New Salem.
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 | New Salem |
| State | Massachusetts (MA) |
| County | Franklin County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 42.504255 |
| Longitude | -72.332029 |
| Population | 1,000 |
| Density | 18.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 01355 |
| Area Code | 339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978 |
| County Seat | Greenfield |
About New Salem, Massachusetts
New Salem is a locality in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,000. The population density is 18.0 people per km². New Salem is located at 42.5043°N, 72.3320°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 01355.New Salem emerges from the dense, tangled undergrowth where the persistent current of Giles Brook carves a path through the dark, damp earth. It lies 8.3 miles southwest of Athol, MA (from Athol, MA: bearing 220°T), and is situated 6.1 miles south of Orange. The silvered light of late afternoon catches the jagged spine of Prescott Ridge on the horizon, casting long, lean shadows across the expanse that slopes toward the Quabbin Reservoir Watershed. Within the quietude of the New Salem State Forest, the air holds a sharp, resinous chill, a lingering reminder of the inland elevation that keeps the summer heat at bay.
New Salem preserves the echoes of an agrarian past, a history defined by the deliberate, stubborn labor required to coax sustenance from this rocky, glacial soil. The local economy long ago drifted away from the intensive milling and farming that once occupied the settlers, shifting instead toward a stewardship of the land that surrounds the vast, still depths of the Quabbin Reservoir. Today, life in New Salem moves with a deliberate, sparse cadence, indifferent to the frantic pace of the wider world, favoring the slow reclamation of old orchards and the quiet maintenance of the woodlots. Beyond the reach of The Plains, the character of the place remains fixed in its isolation, a stubborn refusal to be anything other than the quiet, forested sentinel of the watershed.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Farm Hill Conservation Area (Conservation Area) — 0.2 mi, 255° W
- New Salem State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 0.9 mi, 301° NW
- Quabbin Reservoir Watershed (Waterfowl Production Area) — 1.0 mi, 089° E
- Wendell State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 1.6 mi, 282° W
- Wendell Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.6 mi, 287° W
- Whetstone Wood Wildlife Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 2.7 mi, 332° NW
- Old North Dana Depot (Attraction) — 3.7 mi, 132° SE
- South Athol WWI Honor Roll (Monument) — 4.0 mi, 063° NE
- South Athol WWII Honor Roll (Monument) — 4.0 mi, 063° NE
- Ledge view (Viewpoint) — 4.0 mi, 263° W
- Path Continues (Attraction) — 5.0 mi, 003° N
- Lake Wyola State Park (State Park) — 5.0 mi, 272° W
- Millers River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.1 mi, 035° NE
- Hazel's Park (Monument) — 6.1 mi, 010° N
- S. Skinner Estate (Historic Ruins) — 6.5 mi, 142° SE
- Dead Man's Curve (Attraction) — 6.6 mi, 142° SE
- Hearse House (Historic Ruins) — 6.7 mi, 141° SE
- Hidden Valley Memorial Forest (Nature Reserve) — 7.3 mi, 302° NW
- Fisher Museum (Museum) — 7.5 mi, 075° E
- Amherst Water Supply Land (Waterfowl Production Area) — 7.5 mi, 215° SW
- Old Schoolhouse (Attraction) — 7.8 mi, 136° SE
- Connecticut River Greenway State Park (State Park) — 9.8 mi, 270° W
- Sawmill River Arts (Gallery) — 10.7 mi, 283° W
- Silvio O. Conte National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.0 mi, 266° W · 74k acres
- Mill District Local Art Gallery (Gallery) — 11.9 mi, 238° SW
- Rausch Mineral Gallery (Museum) — 12.6 mi, 231° SW
- AISC Steel Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 12.6 mi, 233° SW
- Bowker Auditorium (Theatre) — 12.7 mi, 233° SW
- University Museum of Contemporary Art (Museum) — 12.7 mi, 231° SW
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About This New Salem Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of New Salem, Massachusetts. Coordinates: 42.504255, -72.332029. 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 New Salem includes the ZIP code (01355), telephone area code (339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978), county seat of Franklin County (Greenfield), 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. |
