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Pelham Massachusetts Map

Explore Pelham, 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 Pelham, Massachusetts

How to Use This Pelham, Massachusetts Map

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

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

Latitude	42.393146
Longitude	-72.403696
Population	1,500
Density	28.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	01002
Area Code	339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978
County Seat	Northampton

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About Pelham, Massachusetts

Pelham is a locality in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,500. The population density is 28.0 people per km². Pelham is located at 42.3931°N, 72.4037°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 01002.

Pelham occupies a landscape defined by the quiet persistence of granite and the slow, deliberate growth of temperate woodlands. It lies 6.2 miles east of Amherst, MA (from Amherst, MA: bearing 82°T), and is situated 8.0 miles north of Belchertown. The terrain rises in firm, uneven elevations, where the dense canopy of the Cadwell Memorial Forest filters the afternoon light into long, amber shafts that settle upon the uneven forest floor. Beyond the immediate thickets, the land opens toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Prescott Ridge, which anchors the horizon against a pale, expansive sky. Purgee Brook traces a narrow, cooling path through the low-lying sections of the woods, its presence marked only by the gentle sound of water moving over weathered stone and the deeper green of moss-slicked banks.

Pelham maintains a character shaped by the vast, stillness of the Quabbin Reservoir Watershed, a protected expanse that dictates the rhythm of life for all who dwell nearby. While the Quabbin Reservoir itself exerts a heavy, silent gravity upon the local geography, the economy remains tethered to the slow cycles of the land and the intellectual currents flowing from nearby academic centers. The history of the region is written in the stone walls that demarcate old boundaries near Smiths Pasture, remnants of an agrarian past that has long since yielded to a more contemplative, rural stillness. Residents move through their days with a measured, deliberate pace, acknowledging the way the seasons color the high ground and the deep, shaded hollows with equal intensity.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Quabbin Reservoir Watershed (Waterfowl Production Area) — 0.0 mi, 076° E
Quabbin Reservoir Pelham Lookout (Viewpoint) — 0.5 mi, 358° N
Amherst Water Supply Land (Waterfowl Production Area) — 1.0 mi, 280° W
Jackson Farm Conservation Area (Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 202° S
Scarborough Brook Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 210° SW
Amherst College Land (Local Park) — 3.6 mi, 224° SW
Unknown Park (Local Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 226° SW
Classic Car Junkyard (Historic Ruins) — 3.8 mi, 262° W
Amethyst Brook Labryinth (Monument) — 3.9 mi, 256° W
Brushy Mountain Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 334° NW
Shutesbury State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 4.7 mi, 007° N
Dugmar Clubhouse (Historic Ruins) — 5.4 mi, 093° E
Wildwood Cemetery Memorial Chapel (Monument) — 5.6 mi, 268° W
Beneski Museum of Natural History (Museum) — 5.8 mi, 256° W
Mead Art Museum (Museum) — 5.9 mi, 255° W
Stirn Auditorium (Theatre) — 5.9 mi, 255° W
Robert Frost (Public Artwork) — 6.0 mi, 255° W
Buckley Recital Hall (Arts Centre) — 6.0 mi, 256° W
Guy Levy-Despas Monument (Monument) — 6.0 mi, 257° W
Amherst Cinema (Cinema) — 6.1 mi, 258° W
Rausch Mineral Gallery (Museum) — 6.2 mi, 268° W
University Museum of Contemporary Art (Museum) — 6.2 mi, 267° W
Rand Theater (Theatre) — 6.3 mi, 267° W
Mount Holyoke Range State Park (State Park) — 6.4 mi, 208° SW
Mill District Local Art Gallery (Gallery) — 6.6 mi, 283° W
Mt. Toby Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.5 mi, 317° NW
Belchertown Firefighter's Museum (Museum) — 7.7 mi, 180° S
Silvio O. Conte National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.0 mi, 244° SW · 74k acres
Art Gallery (Gallery) — 8.1 mi, 235° SW
Connecticut River Greenway State Park (State Park) — 9.0 mi, 272° W

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