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Pocasset Massachusetts Map

Explore Pocasset, 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 Pocasset, Massachusetts

How to Use This Pocasset, Massachusetts Map

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

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

Latitude	41.687021
Longitude	-70.649637
Population	2,843
Density	296.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	02559
Area Code	339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978
County Seat	Barnstable
School District	Bourne School District

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About Pocasset, Massachusetts

Pocasset is a locality in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,843. The population density is 296.9 people per km². Pocasset is located at 41.6870°N, 70.6496°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 02559.

Pocasset holds the salt-heavy air of the Atlantic Ocean in its lungs, a geography defined by the slow, rhythmic push of tides against the jagged shoreline. It lies 3.9 miles south-southwest of Bourne, MA (from Bourne, MA: bearing 193°T), and is situated 9.3 miles north of Falmouth. The landscape is a low-slung expanse of scrub oak and glacial debris, where the horizon is kept vast by the absence of high peaks, save for the faint, distant suggestion of Ridge Hill far to the west. Within the immediate reach of the land, the Red Brook Pond Conservation Area offers a quiet sanctuary of brackish marshes and shadowed thickets, while the clear, cold waters of Red Brook wind their way toward the sea. Looking out from the coast, one can see the silhouette of Bassetts Island breaking the surface of the water, a silent sentinel that marks the boundary where the stillness of The Basin meets the restless, gray expanse of the open water.

Pocasset carries a history etched in the weathered shingles of its older houses, a legacy of maritime labor and the quiet, persistent industry of the coast. Once a place where the economy relied upon the harvest of the sea and the seasonal pulse of the water, the locality has evolved into a space where the pace of life is dictated by the turning seasons rather than the clamor of modern commerce. Residents find a familiar solitude in the nearby Shawme-Crowell State Forest, where the scent of pine needles dampens the sound of the wind, and the memory of the Old Briar Patch Trails keeps the local geography mapped in the soles of a traveler’s boots. Here, the light at dusk has a way of thinning, turning the shoreline into a charcoal sketch that feels both ancient and entirely present, a place that exists in the long, thoughtful shadow of the Atlantic Ocean.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cape and Islands Ocean Sanctuary (Marine Protected Area) — 0.2 mi, 327° NW
Old North Road Conservation Area (Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 051° NE
Shore Road Ballfield and Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 061° NE
Aquifer Protection Land (Waterfowl Production Area) — 2.4 mi, 068° E
Town Forest (State Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 059° NE
Conservation Area (Conservation Area) — 2.7 mi, 119° SE
Water District Land (Waterfowl Production Area) — 3.0 mi, 059° NE
Camp Edwards Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 091° E
Tree of Bike (Public Artwork) — 3.3 mi, 129° SE
Maritime Park (Monument) — 3.8 mi, 021° N
3 Mile Lookout (Viewpoint) — 4.8 mi, 031° NE
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 4.9 mi, 030° NE
Saconesset Homestead and Museum (Museum) — 5.6 mi, 171° S
Kendrick House Museum (Museum) — 6.4 mi, 324° NW
Herring Run (Attraction) — 7.4 mi, 037° NE
Butterflies of Cape Cod (Attraction) — 7.6 mi, 037° NE
Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.3 mi, 109° E · 623 acres
Delano Memorial (Monument) — 8.9 mi, 295° NW
Cape Cod Bay Ocean Sanctuary (Marine Protected Area) — 8.9 mi, 048° NE
Lowell Holly Reservation (Nature Reserve) — 9.2 mi, 101° E
Mashpee Regal 6 (Cinema) — 9.6 mi, 121° SE
Nasketucket Bay State Reservation (State Park) — 9.8 mi, 256° W
The Gallery (Gallery) — 9.8 mi, 258° W
The Liberté (Attraction) — 10.1 mi, 167° S
Green Briar Jam Kitchen (Attraction) — 10.2 mi, 067° NE
Civilian Conservation Corps Amphitheater (Theatre) — 10.8 mi, 348° N
Benjamin Nye Homestead and Museum (Museum) — 11.6 mi, 076° E
Massasoit National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.5 mi, 001° N · 412 acres
New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center (Museum) — 14.6 mi, 256° W
Mariner's Home (Museum) — 14.6 mi, 256° W

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