Explore Turners Falls, 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 Turners Falls, 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 Turners Falls.
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 | Turners Falls |
| State | Massachusetts (MA) |
| County | Franklin County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 42.604252 |
| Longitude | -72.556478 |
| Population | 4,512 |
| Density | 916.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 01376 |
| Area Code | 339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978 |
| County Seat | Greenfield |
| School District | Gill-Montague School District |
Turners Falls commands the landscape where the Power Canal cuts a direct, purposeful line through the earth, serving as the industrial artery that has long defined the pulse of the terrain. It lies 2.5 miles east-northeast of Greenfield, MA (from Greenfield, MA: bearing 62°T), and is situated 4.9 miles north-northwest of Montague. The Power Canal Reservoir mirrors the expansive sky, holding a quiet stillness that contrasts with the relentless, churning energy of Turners Falls, which crashes over its rocky descent just a mile away. To the north, the slopes of Rocky Mountain rise with a steady, somber presence, anchoring the horizon and casting long, cooling shadows over the Montague Plain as the afternoon light wanes. The air here carries the scent of damp soil and moving water, a heavy, grounded atmosphere that suggests the deep, geological patience of the regional basin.
Turners Falls bears the marks of an intense industrial heritage, where the legacy of water-powered mills persists in the brick facades and the rigid, grid-like geometry of the streets. Local life orbits the remnants of this manufacturing era, though the pace has softened, shifting toward a quiet resilience that finds expression in the public spaces like Peskeomskut Park. The economy, once dictated by the heavy machinery of the riverfront, now finds a more nuanced rhythm, drawing on the proximity of the Montague State Forest for a slower, more deliberate connection to the land. This is a place where the weight of history is not merely observed but felt in the vibration of the canal and the steady, unsentimental endurance of a landscape that has always been shaped by the labor of those who live upon it.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Turners Falls, Massachusetts. Coordinates: 42.604252, -72.556478. 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 Turners Falls includes the ZIP code (01376), telephone area code (339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978), county seat of Franklin County (Greenfield), and school district assignment (Gill-Montague 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. |