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Plainfield New Hampshire Map

Explore Plainfield, 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 Plainfield, New Hampshire

How to Use This Plainfield, New Hampshire Map

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

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

Latitude	43.534238
Longitude	-72.356202
Population	178
Density	118.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	03781
Area Code	603
County Seat	Newport
School District	Plainfield School District

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About Plainfield, New Hampshire

Plainfield is a locality in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States. It is a small community with a population of 178. The population density is 118.9 people per km². Plainfield is located at 43.5342°N, 72.3562°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 03781.

Plainfield reveals its character through the steady, insistent movement of Clay Brook as it carves a path through the valley floor. It lies 9.1 miles southwest of Lebanon, NH (from Lebanon, NH: bearing 215°T), and is situated 8.1 miles south-southwest of White River Junction. The landscape rises in long, deliberate swells toward the horizon, where the dark silhouette of Black Hill anchors the sky. To the west, the cooling depths of Moses Pond hold the reflection of the clouds, while the nearby expanse of Cooney Hollow gathers the morning mist like a shallow, earthen bowl. Beyond the immediate fields, the dense stands of the Windsor Municipal Forest stand in quiet watch, their timbered ridges muffling the sound of the wind. A traveler might find the air here carries a sharp, clean clarity, particularly as the light fails and the shadows stretch across the grass, turning the landscape into a study of deep greens and slate grays.

Plainfield preserves a legacy of self-reliance that remains visible in the sturdy, weathered granite of foundations laid long ago. The economy has shifted from the labor of early agriculture to a quiet persistence, where the rhythm of daily life is dictated more by the turning seasons than the frantic pace of distant urban centers. Visitors drawn to the region might find their way toward the rushing water of Sumner Falls, a place where the geology of the region asserts itself with sudden, kinetic force. While the history of the region is punctuated by the quiet industry of those who worked the land, the modern identity of Plainfield is defined by an understated independence. Even those seeking the memory of old routes, such as the distant path of Old Kings Highway, or the preserved quiet of the Goodwin (B) / Goodwin D. area, encounter a landscape that remains stubbornly, beautifully itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Goodwin (B) / Goodwin D. (Conservation Area) — 0.6 mi, 024° NE
Plainfield Village District Land (Waterfowl Production Area) — 0.6 mi, 180° S
Sherover Tract (Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 308° NW
Martin's Mill Covered Bridge (Viewpoint) — 2.0 mi, 266° W
Abraham Lincoln: The Man (Monument) — 2.4 mi, 194° S
Robert Gould Shaw and Fifty-fourth Regiment Memorial (Monument) — 2.4 mi, 195° S
Cornish Wildlife Management Area - Connecticut River Access (State Conservation Area) — 2.8 mi, 201° S
Windsor Prison Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 228° SW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 4.0 mi, 203° SW
North Hartland Lake (Recreation Area) — 4.2 mi, 352° N
Ascutney State Park (State Park) — 6.1 mi, 206° SW
King's Highway (Monument) — 7.0 mi, 026° NE
Vermont Toy Museum (Museum) — 7.5 mi, 344° N
Quechee State Park (State Park) — 7.5 mi, 339° N
Stone Hut Site (Historic Ruins) — 7.7 mi, 218° SW
Kishka Gallery and Library (Gallery) — 8.1 mi, 013° N
Long River Gallery (Gallery) — 8.1 mi, 013° N
Scavenger Gallery (Gallery) — 8.1 mi, 013° N
Briggs Opera House (Theatre) — 8.1 mi, 013° N
Lyman Point (Attraction) — 8.2 mi, 014° N
CraftStudies Studio & School (Arts Centre) — 8.3 mi, 014° N
Hartford Historical Society (Museum) — 8.8 mi, 005° N
Lebanon Opera House (Theatre) — 9.2 mi, 035° NE
Tipping Rock (Attraction) — 9.2 mi, 028° NE
The Wrecker (Public Artwork) — 10.0 mi, 030° NE
Daughters of the American Revolution Historic House and Museum (Museum) — 10.3 mi, 307° NW
Town Hall Theater (Cinema) — 10.3 mi, 307° NW
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 11.9 mi, 006° N · 110k acres
Green Mountain National Forest (National Forest) — 11.9 mi, 007° N · 412k acres
White Mountain National Forest (National Forest) — 11.9 mi, 019° N · 768k acres

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