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Amherst New Hampshire Map

Explore Amherst, New Hampshire, 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 Amherst, New Hampshire

How to Use This Amherst, New Hampshire Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Amherst, New Hampshire. 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 New Hampshire 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 Amherst.

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	Amherst
State	New Hampshire (NH)
County	Hillsborough County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	42.861475
Longitude	-71.625349
Population	697
Density	370.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	03031
Area Code	603
County Seat	Nashua
School District	Amherst School District

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About Amherst, New Hampshire

Amherst is a locality in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. It is a small community with a population of 697. The population density is 370.7 people per km². Amherst is located at 42.8615°N, 71.6253°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 03031.

Amherst anchors a landscape of quiet, inland permanence defined by the steady, winding passage of Beaver Brook. It lies 10.4 miles northwest of Nashua, NH (from Nashua, NH: bearing 310°T), and is situated 2.2 miles north-northeast of Milford. The terrain rises toward the rugged shoulders of Eagle Rock, where the light at dusk catches the gray stone of old pasture walls, casting long shadows across the fields. Beyond the immediate center, the woods of Hodgman State Forest offer a dense canopy of pine and hardwood, while the calm surface of Lincoln Pond reflects the shifting colors of the New England sky. At School St Park, the air holds a stillness that suggests the slow, deliberate pace of the interior landscape, far removed from the turbulent restlessness of the distant coast.

Amherst carries the weight of a colonial heritage in its white-steepled architecture and the sturdy, unadorned frames of its early dwellings. The local economy, once tethered to the rhythm of agrarian labor and small-scale manufacturing, now balances its historical identity with the quiet pursuit of professional life. Residents often navigate the regional geography by way of Mitchell Hill Road, a path that links the modern pulse of the area to the deeper, silent history of the surrounding hills. Even as the seasons turn and the frost hardens the earth, the character of Amherst persists in a stubborn, independent grace, marked by the same granite foundations that have supported its people for generations.

Nearby Outdoor Places

School St Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 342° N
Village Common Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 353° N
Amherst Civil War Monument (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 346° N
Village Tennis Courts (Local Recreation) — 0.3 mi, 294° NW
Spalding Field (Local Recreation) — 0.3 mi, 291° W
Amherst Village District Land (Waterfowl Production Area) — 0.6 mi, 139° SE
Founder's Village (Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 237° SW
Worcester Land (Conservation Area) — 0.9 mi, 179° S
Pinefields (Local Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 150° SE
Jasper Valley Common Lands (Local Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 113° SE
Dacquino Forest (Local Resource Management Area) — 1.3 mi, 019° N
Curtis Well (Waterfowl Production Area) — 1.7 mi, 188° S
The Cabinet Press Printing Museum (Museum) — 2.1 mi, 213° SW
Police Memorial (Monument) — 2.3 mi, 216° SW
The Gallery at LaBelle Winery (Gallery) — 3.7 mi, 042° NE
Historic Monson Village (Historic Ruins) — 4.9 mi, 177° S
Bayley House (Historic Ruins) — 5.2 mi, 173° S
Joppa Hill Farm (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 5.5 mi, 027° NE
Wilton Town Hall Theatre (Cinema) — 5.8 mi, 258° W
Gage's Mill Site (Viewpoint) — 5.9 mi, 012° N
Soldier and Sailers Monument (Public Artwork) — 6.6 mi, 087° E
Silver Lake State Park (State Park) — 6.7 mi, 164° S
Big Moose (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 111° E
Frog Rock (Attraction) — 7.0 mi, 315° NW
Nashua Center for the Arts (Theatre) — 10.7 mi, 131° SE
Labyrinth (Attraction) — 11.2 mi, 132° SE
Chunky's Cinema Pub (Cinema) — 11.6 mi, 057° NE
Yudicky Farm - Conservation Area (Attraction) — 11.9 mi, 152° SE
Diane Crespo Fine Art Gallery (Gallery) — 12.2 mi, 043° NE
Muse Paintbar (Gallery) — 12.2 mi, 043° NE

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