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Seconsett Island Massachusetts Map

Explore Seconsett Island, 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 Seconsett Island, Massachusetts

How to Use This Seconsett Island, Massachusetts Map

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

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

Latitude	41.566221
Longitude	-70.511695
Population	98
Density	367.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	02649
Area Code	339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978
County Seat	Barnstable
School District	Mashpee School District

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About Seconsett Island, Massachusetts

Seconsett Island is a locality in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. It is a small community with a population of 98. The population density is 367.4 people per km². Seconsett Island is located at 41.5662°N, 70.5117°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 02649.

Seconsett Island emerges from the brackish margins where the Little River spills its quiet, silt-heavy burden into the salt-scrubbed expanse of the Atlantic Ocean. It lies 5.4 miles east of Falmouth, MA (from Falmouth, MA: bearing 79°T), and is situated 5.9 miles south-southwest of Mashpee. The land here is a low-slung geography of tidal mud and resilient grasses, defined by the constant, rhythmic negotiation between the encroaching tide and the solid earth. Across the water, the silhouette of Washburn Island sits like a jagged, dark tooth against the horizon, while twenty-seven miles to the west, the Monomoy Island Dunes rise in a faint, shimmering haze that suggests a more rugged, ancient world. The air at Seconsett Island carries a permanent, sharp salinity, a cold clarity that seems to bleach the color from the sky and leave the shoreline in shades of slate and pale, sun-bleached bone.

Human presence on this terrain is measured by the slow, seasonal pulse of the Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, an institution that preserves the wild, unkempt character of the coastline against the slow creep of modern development. While the nearby East Chop Flats provide a distant, flatter relief, the local economy remains tethered to the water, echoing a history of maritime survival that predates the more manicured settlements of the mainland. The proximity of Moromoesoy Island, a singular, quiet basin of water, anchors the inland view, offering a stillness that contrasts with the restless, churning energy of the nearby Atlantic Ocean. Life here moves in accordance with the shifting light, a literate, solitary existence where the residents observe the turning of the seasons with the same stoic attention once paid by those who first charted these treacherous, shifting shoals.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 0.1 mi, 127° SE
Cape and Islands Ocean Sanctuary (Marine Protected Area) — 0.1 mi, 256° W
Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 0.3 mi, 359° N · 623 acres
South Cape Beach State Park (State Park) — 0.8 mi, 151° SE
Jehu Pond Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 073° E
Washburn Island (State Resource Management Area) — 0.8 mi, 258° W
Viewing Deck (Viewpoint) — 1.1 mi, 148° SE
Mashpee Pine Barrens Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.6 mi, 033° NE
Water Department Land (Waterfowl Production Area) — 1.9 mi, 070° E
Town of Mashpee (Waterfowl Production Area) — 2.2 mi, 354° N
Quashnet Woods State Reservation (State Park) — 2.6 mi, 003° N
Mashpee Regal 6 (Cinema) — 3.6 mi, 018° N
Falmouth Road Race Finish Line (Attraction) — 4.6 mi, 252° W
Falmouth Police Memorial (Monument) — 4.8 mi, 260° W
The Liberté (Attraction) — 5.2 mi, 253° W
Katharine Lee Bates (Monument) — 5.4 mi, 260° W
Location of Hotel Attaquin (Monument) — 5.9 mi, 014° N
Lowell Holly Reservation (Nature Reserve) — 6.8 mi, 016° N
Saconesset Homestead and Museum (Museum) — 6.9 mi, 294° NW
Marstons Mills Herring Run (Attraction) — 7.7 mi, 040° NE
Tree of Bike (Public Artwork) — 7.7 mi, 324° NW
Flying Horses Carousel (Attraction) — 7.9 mi, 197° S
Mariposa Museum (Museum) — 8.1 mi, 198° S
Cottage Museum (Museum) — 8.1 mi, 199° S
Old Schoolhouse Museum and Liberty Pole (Museum) — 8.9 mi, 212° SW
Martha's Vineyard Playhouse (Theatre) — 9.0 mi, 212° SW
Martha's Vineyard Film Center (Cinema) — 9.1 mi, 210° SW
Katherine Cornell Theater (Theatre) — 9.1 mi, 212° SW
Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.8 mi, 092° E · 24k acres
Cape Cod National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 31.5 mi, 047° NE · 69k acres

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