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Wales Massachusetts Map

Explore Wales, 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 Wales, Massachusetts

How to Use This Wales, Massachusetts Map

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

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

Latitude	42.069539
Longitude	-72.222301
Population	1,900
Density	55.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	01081
Area Code	339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978
County Seat	Springfield

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About Wales, Massachusetts

Wales is a locality in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,900. The population density is 55.0 people per km². Wales is located at 42.0695°N, 72.2223°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 01081.

Wales maintains a quiet, terrestrial gravity, defined by the persistent, cold-water pulse of Wales Brook as it threads through the landscape. It lies 8.2 miles southeast of Palmer, MA (from Palmer, MA: bearing 138°T), and is situated 9.7 miles west of Southbridge. The topography here is characterized by a dense, uneven terrain where the slopes of Mount Pisgah rise abruptly, casting long, bruised shadows across the valley floor as the afternoon light wanes. To the north and east, the landscape thickens into the deep, shaded timber of Brimfield State Forest, where the air smells perpetually of damp moss and decomposing hemlock needles. Near the center of the residential grid, the Wales Elementary School Playground serves as a modest, open clearing, a place where the stillness of the woods is periodically broken by the sharp, metallic ring of children at play.

History in Wales lingers in the heavy, unadorned architecture and the remnants of a legacy rooted in early agrarian struggles and the slow, grinding labor of small-scale mills. The local economy has long since shifted away from its original industrial ambitions, leaving behind a pace of life that feels deliberate, dictated by the turning seasons rather than the demands of a distant, frantic commerce. Residents often look toward the distant, shimmering surface of Holland Pond, three miles away, as a primary point of recreation, though the true character of the locality is found in the way the frost settles on the fields long before it reaches the more temperate basins like Tray Hollow. It is a place of spare, utilitarian beauty, where the weight of the landscape demands a certain patience from those who dwell within its borders.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Wales Elementary School Playground (Recreation Easement) — 0.1 mi, 326° NW
Brimfield State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 0.7 mi, 041° NE
Wales Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 277° W
Norcross Wildlife Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 214° SW
Needham Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 193° S
Path Continues (Attraction) — 1.9 mi, 334° NW
Norcross (Conservation Area) — 2.7 mi, 185° S
East Brimfield Lake (Recreation Area) — 2.9 mi, 022° N
Conant Brook Reservoir (Recreation Area) — 2.9 mi, 273° W
Nipmuck State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 3.2 mi, 149° SE
Leadmine Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 088° E
Mashapaug Pond (State Recreation Area) — 5.5 mi, 129° SE
View East (Viewpoint) — 6.2 mi, 256° W
Eli's Rock (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 073° E
Sturbridge Honor Roll Memorial (Monument) — 7.7 mi, 070° E
Little Free Art Gallery (Gallery) — 7.7 mi, 070° E
Soldier's Monument (Monument) — 7.8 mi, 070° E
Old Firetower Foundations (Historic Ruins) — 8.2 mi, 148° SE
Wells State Park (State Park) — 8.5 mi, 058° NE
Artisans at Middle River (Gallery) — 9.1 mi, 208° SW
Stafford Historical Society (Museum) — 9.1 mi, 208° SW
Sturbridge Luxury Cinemas (Cinema) — 9.1 mi, 065° NE
Félix Gatineau Memorial (Public Artwork) — 9.4 mi, 087° E
Path Continues? (Attraction) — 10.7 mi, 027° NE
Goat Rock (Attraction) — 10.8 mi, 267° W
Childrens Museum (Museum) — 11.3 mi, 284° W
Bigelow Brook Farm (Attraction) — 11.5 mi, 156° SE
Scripture Bridge Abutments (Historic Ruins) — 12.0 mi, 197° S
ArtWorks Gallery (Gallery) — 13.2 mi, 356° N
Sonny's XD Dark Ride (Theme Park) — 13.9 mi, 246° SW

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