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Whately Massachusetts Map

Explore Whately, 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 Whately, Massachusetts

How to Use This Whately, Massachusetts Map

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

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

Latitude	42.43981
Longitude	-72.634812
Population	1,600
Density	45.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	01093
Area Code	339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978
County Seat	Greenfield

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About Whately, Massachusetts

Whately is a locality in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,600. The population density is 45.0 people per km². Whately is located at 42.4398°N, 72.6348°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 01093.

Whately occupies a verdant expanse where the Mill River carves a deliberate path through the fertile soil of the Connecticut River Valley. It lies 6.6 miles north-northeast of Hampshire, MA (from Hampshire, MA: bearing 12°T), and is situated 7.0 miles northwest of Amherst. The landscape reveals itself as a sequence of quiet transitions, moving from the dense, shadowing canopy of Worthington State Forest to the sprawling, damp stillness of the Great Swamp Wildlife Management Area. To the west, the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Berkshire Hills anchor the horizon, while the terrain closer at hand is defined by the deep, cool shadows of Whately Glen. The air here holds a particular, heavy clarity, especially at dusk, when the light flattens against the fields and the Northampton Reservoir reflects the darkening sky with a glassy, unmoving intensity.

Whately maintains an economy rooted in the stubborn vitality of its agricultural heritage, where traditional tobacco barns still stand as weathered monuments to a labor-intensive past. The pulse of daily life remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons, favoring a slow, deliberate stewardship of the land over the frantic pace of modern commerce. Beyond the reach of the distant cities, the character of Whately is defined by a lingering, intellectual isolation that respects the silence of the woods and the persistence of the river. It is a place where history is not merely preserved in books, but is felt in the weight of the soil and the quiet, unending work of maintaining a life in the shadow of the hills.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Great Swamp Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.0 mi, 112° E
Mt. Esther Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.4 mi, 271° W
Whately Water Supply Land (Waterfowl Production Area) — 1.4 mi, 164° S
Connecticut River Greenway State Park (State Park) — 2.2 mi, 048° NE
Deerfield Water Supply Land (Waterfowl Production Area) — 2.5 mi, 308° NW
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 3.1 mi, 026° NE
Silvio O. Conte National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 3.1 mi, 151° SE · 74k acres
University Of Massachusetts Farm (Recreation Easement) — 3.4 mi, 045° NE
White Rock (Viewpoint) — 3.5 mi, 206° SW
Conway State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 3.6 mi, 291° W
Graves Farm Wildlife Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 237° SW
Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 4.7 mi, 108° E
Site of the Williamsburg Reservoir Dam (Monument) — 5.0 mi, 266° W
Hatfield Historical Museum (Museum) — 5.2 mi, 158° S
Mill District Local Art Gallery (Gallery) — 5.6 mi, 108° E
Williamsburg Historical Society (Museum) — 5.9 mi, 236° SW
Jack Leaman (Public Artwork) — 6.2 mi, 123° SE
Bowker Auditorium (Theatre) — 6.3 mi, 121° SE
Rand Theater (Theatre) — 6.6 mi, 123° SE
Rausch Mineral Gallery (Museum) — 6.6 mi, 121° SE
University Museum of Contemporary Art (Museum) — 6.6 mi, 122° SE
Wildwood Cemetery Memorial Chapel (Monument) — 7.1 mi, 119° SE
Amherst Cinema (Cinema) — 7.3 mi, 127° SE
Memorial Hall Museum (Museum) — 7.4 mi, 013° N
Guy Levy-Despas Monument (Monument) — 7.5 mi, 128° SE
Historic Deerfield Walking Tour (Attraction) — 7.6 mi, 012° N
Buckley Recital Hall (Arts Centre) — 7.6 mi, 128° SE
Northampton Center For The Arts (Arts Centre) — 8.3 mi, 177° S
Sawmill River Arts (Gallery) — 8.4 mi, 036° NE
Mount Holyoke Range State Park (State Park) — 9.2 mi, 161° S

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