Explore Sagamore, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Sagamore, 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 Sagamore.
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 | Sagamore |
| State | Massachusetts (MA) |
| County | Barnstable County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 41.782818 |
| Longitude | -70.532103 |
| Population | 3,851 |
| Density | 446.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 02561 |
| Area Code | 339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978 |
| County Seat | Barnstable |
| School District | Bourne School District |
Sagamore defines the threshold where the mainland yields to the maritime reach of the Atlantic Ocean, anchored by the industrial grace of the Cape Cod Canal. It lies 1.9 miles west-northwest of Sandwich, MA (from Sandwich, MA: bearing 293°T), and is situated 10.0 miles east of Wareham. The landscape here is defined by the sharp, purposeful geometry of the canal, which cuts through the earth to marry the tides, while the South Sagamore Water District provides a quiet, protected stillness against the heavy flow of seasonal transit. To the north, the pines of Shawme-Crowell State Forest rise in a dense, dark verdure that breathes salt-heavy air across the roads, a reminder of the wilder, sandy scrub that once dominated this narrow neck of land. The light in Sagamore often takes on a thin, silvery quality at dusk, reflecting off the water with a clarity that renders the horizon both immediate and unreachable.
History in Sagamore persists in the quiet endurance of its infrastructure, moving from the early transit of goods to the modern pulse of a regional crossing point. While the economy once leaned into the labor of the waterways and the cultivation of the surrounding soil, the current rhythm of Sagamore is dictated by the steady, unceasing movement of travelers passing toward the coast. Life here is lived in the tension between the stillness of the nearby Shawme Lake and the mechanical hum of the canal, a place where the local character is forged by the constant arrival and departure of strangers. Though the towering heights of Ridge Hill remain a distant memory on the far horizon, the inhabitants of Sagamore find their own orientation in the shifting sands and the deep, resonant pull of the Atlantic Ocean just a mile away.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sagamore, Massachusetts. Coordinates: 41.782818, -70.532103. 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 Sagamore includes the ZIP code (02561), telephone area code (339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978), county seat of Barnstable County (Barnstable), and school district assignment (Bourne School District).
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. |