Explore West Dennis, 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 West Dennis, 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 West Dennis.
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 | West Dennis |
| State | Massachusetts (MA) |
| County | Barnstable County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 41.664556 |
| Longitude | -70.172797 |
| Population | 2,304 |
| Density | 272.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 02670 |
| Area Code | 339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978 |
| County Seat | Barnstable |
| School District | Dennis-Yarmouth School District |
West Dennis unfolds where the Bass River drains into the salt-heavy air, carving a tidal path through the low-lying terrain toward the Atlantic Ocean. It lies 4.4 miles east of Harwich, MA (from Harwich, MA: bearing 94°T), and is situated 7.2 miles southeast of Brewster. The landscape here is defined by a soft, aqueous horizon where the silver-gray waters of Kelleys Pond mirror the expansive sky, and the marsh grasses bow in rhythmic consensus with the shifting tides. At the edge of the shore, Stage Island rises as a sentinel against the currents, while the distant, hazy silhouette of the Monomoy Island Dunes anchors the southern view. The light in West Dennis possesses a singular, pearlescent quality, catching the salt spray and turning the afternoon into a sequence of muted, shimmering transitions that settle over the reeds and the quiet edges of Town Park.
West Dennis carries the weight of a maritime heritage, once a place where the economy was written in the logs of schooners and the hard labor of the sea. Today, the local character remains tethered to the water, though the industry has shifted toward the seasonal ebb and flow of visitors who traverse the nearby Cape Cod Rail Trail to experience the intersection of land and tide. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of the river, far removed from the inland bustle, favoring the steady, repetitive tasks of maintaining docks and navigating the channels. Even as the seasons turn, the spirit of West Dennis endures in the salt-seasoned architecture and the quiet, industrious resilience of those who watch the Atlantic Ocean dictate the rhythm of the day.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of West Dennis, Massachusetts. Coordinates: 41.664556, -70.172797. 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 West Dennis includes the ZIP code (02670), telephone area code (339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978), county seat of Barnstable County (Barnstable), and school district assignment (Dennis-Yarmouth 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. |