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Princeton Massachusetts Map

Explore Princeton, 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 Princeton, Massachusetts

How to Use This Princeton, Massachusetts Map

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

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

Latitude	42.448702
Longitude	-71.877296
Population	3,400
Density	55.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	01541
Area Code	339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978
County Seat	Worcester

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About Princeton, Massachusetts

Princeton is a locality in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,400. The population density is 55.0 people per km². Princeton is located at 42.4487°N, 71.8773°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 01541.

Princeton rises across the high, uneven terrain of central Massachusetts, where the air grows thin and crisp against the granite-strewn soil. It lies 6.7 miles north of Holden, MA (from Holden, MA: bearing 354°T), and is situated 8.0 miles southwest of Leominster. The landscape is defined by a rugged, glacial architecture, where the quiet surface of Snow Pond reflects the shifting clouds and Cobb Brook carves a persistent path through the dense, shadowed thickets. Beyond the immediate canopy, the dark, tangled expanse of Leominster State Forest stretches toward the horizon, and on the clearest days, the distant silhouette of Demadale Ridge provides a jagged boundary to the west. Goodnow Park serves as a local threshold for the woods, offering a place where the light at dusk flattens into long, violet shadows that stretch across the frost-hardened ground.

Princeton maintains an identity forged in the stubborn, agrarian work of its early settlers, who cleared the rocky uplands to sustain a life of quiet industry. The economy has long since shifted from the seasonal demands of the harvest to a residential stillness, yet the rhythm of the place remains tethered to the cycles of the woods and the changing seasons. Stone walls, built by hand and left to settle into the moss, divide the acreage into a patchwork that remembers the labor of generations. The character of Princeton is found in the deliberate pace of its narrow roads and the way the winter light clarifies the architecture of the landscape, stripping away the ornamental to leave behind the raw, enduring geometry of the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Goodnow Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 325° NW
Metcalf-Prescott Conservation Area (Conservation Area) — 0.4 mi, 105° E
Wachusett Reservoir Watershed (Waterfowl Production Area) — 0.7 mi, 159° S
Susan B. Minns Sanctuary (State Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 328° NW
Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 317° NW
Wachusett Mountain State Reservation (State Park) — 1.3 mi, 341° N
Boylston Park (Local Park) — 1.5 mi, 240° SW
Ware River Watershed (Waterfowl Production Area) — 2.6 mi, 274° W
Savage Hill Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.7 mi, 246° SW
Leominster State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 3.2 mi, 021° N
1932 Rutland Train Crash Site (Monument) — 5.7 mi, 221° SW
Westminster Soldiers' Monument (Monument) — 6.9 mi, 346° N
Giant Shopping Cart (Attraction) — 7.0 mi, 345° N
Granite Water Trough (Viewpoint) — 7.5 mi, 045° NE
Cistern Base (Attraction) — 7.6 mi, 133° SE
Stratos Dukakis Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 7.8 mi, 007° N
Rutland State Park (State Park) — 7.9 mi, 227° SW
Trail Marker # 141 (Attraction) — 8.0 mi, 127° SE
Korean War Bell (Monument) — 8.0 mi, 048° NE
Gallery Luxama (Gallery) — 8.1 mi, 048° NE
St. Leo's Auditorium (Theatre) — 8.3 mi, 047° NE
Yellow Chair (Attraction) — 8.5 mi, 327° NW
Art on the Rocks (Gallery) — 8.8 mi, 035° NE
"johnny Ro" (Public Artwork) — 9.1 mi, 057° NE
Gardner Cinemas (Cinema) — 9.5 mi, 324° NW
The Strand Theatre (Cinema) — 10.0 mi, 103° E
Gallery Marquee (Gallery) — 10.1 mi, 022° N
The Icon Museum and Study Center (Museum) — 10.1 mi, 103° E
Harrington Performing Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 10.5 mi, 162° S
Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.0 mi, 073° E · 3,392 acres

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