Explore Hinsdale, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Hinsdale, 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 Hinsdale.
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 | Hinsdale |
| State | New Hampshire (NH) |
| County | Cheshire County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 42.786194 |
| Longitude | -72.486477 |
| Population | 1,485 |
| Density | 246.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 03451 |
| Area Code | 603 |
| County Seat | Keene |
| School District | Hinsdale School District |
Hinsdale commands a landscape defined by the persistent, winding energy of the Ashuelot River, which carves a path through the valley floor with a steady, deliberate grace. It lies 14.7 miles southwest of Keene, NH (from Keene, NH: bearing 226°T), and is situated 5.8 miles southeast of Brattleboro. The earth here is firm and ancient, marked by the presence of dense, shadowed woods that thicken as the terrain rises toward the distant, rugged silhouette of the Pisgah Mountain Range. Travelers seeking the quietude of the backcountry often find their way to the nearby Pisgah State Park - Critria 1 lands, where the dense canopy of the Bear Mountain State Forest offers a sanctuary of pine and maple. A mile away, the landscape shifts into the quiet depressions of The Basin, while the stillness of Tufts Pond provides a clear, reflective mirror to the passing seasons. The light at dusk here possesses a particular, honeyed thickness, catching the edges of granite outcroppings and turning the river’s surface into a ribbon of hammered pewter.
Hinsdale carries a legacy forged in the grit of early manufacturing, where the power of the water was harnessed to drive the mills that once defined the regional economy. This industrial lineage lingers in the sturdy architecture of the center, where the buildings hold a quiet, utilitarian dignity that speaks to a history of Yankee independence and self-reliance. Life moves with an unpretentious cadence, dictated by the turning of the seasons rather than the frantic pace of the outside world. Those who wander further afield may traverse the Sunrise Trail, finding a perspective that encompasses the interplay between human industry and the encroaching wild. Even now, Hinsdale maintains a character defined by its inland isolation, a place where the air remains sharp and clean, carrying the scent of damp earth and cooling stone as the evening shadows stretch across the valley.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hinsdale, New Hampshire. Coordinates: 42.786194, -72.486477. 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 Hinsdale includes the ZIP code (03451), telephone area code (603), county seat of Cheshire County (Keene), and school district assignment (Hinsdale 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. |