Explore West Stockbridge, 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 Stockbridge, 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 Stockbridge.
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 Stockbridge |
| State | Massachusetts (MA) |
| County | Berkshire County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 42.345919 |
| Longitude | -73.36622 |
| Population | 1,400 |
| Density | 28.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 01266 |
| Area Code | 339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978 |
| County Seat | Pittsfield |
West Stockbridge occupies a narrow, verdant basin where the cool currents of Cone Brook carve a persistent path through the limestone-rich earth. It lies 9.5 miles southwest of Pittsfield, MA (from Pittsfield, MA: bearing 221°T), and is situated 9.7 miles west-northwest of Berkshires. Shaker Mill Pond mirrors the shifting moods of the sky at the center of the village, its surface frequently broken by the rising of trout or the reflection of maples turning copper in the autumn air. To the west, the distant silhouettes of the Berkshire Hills frame the horizon, providing a permanent, shadowed boundary to the valley floor. The light here tends to linger, casting long, amber shadows across the fields that stretch toward the Flat Brook Wildlife Management Area, where the silence is broken only by the rhythmic rustle of wind through high meadow grass.
West Stockbridge transitioned long ago from its origins as an industrial outpost of iron forges and marble quarries into a quiet enclave of artisans and thinkers. The remnants of those early extraction industries remain etched into the architecture of the village, where heavy stone foundations speak to a period of intense labor and rugged enterprise. While travelers might venture toward the Taconic Skyline Trail for a wider perspective of the region, the local economy now relies upon the steady, deliberate pace of galleries, small-scale agriculture, and the preservation of a distinct cultural identity. Residents find a singular peace in the proximity of Beebe Hill State Forest, where the dense timber buffers the village from the encroaching clamor of the modern world, maintaining a landscape that feels as though it has been refined rather than merely inhabited over the centuries.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of West Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Coordinates: 42.345919, -73.36622. 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 Stockbridge includes the ZIP code (01266), telephone area code (339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978), county seat of Berkshire County (Pittsfield), and school district assignment.
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. |