Explore Dorset, Ohio, 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 Dorset, Ohio. 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 Ohio 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 Dorset.
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 | Dorset |
| State | Ohio (OH) |
| County | Ashtabula County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 41.680333 |
| Longitude | -80.667301 |
| Population | 480 |
| Density | 12.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 44032 |
| Area Code | 216 |
| County Seat | Jefferson |
Dorset exists as a quiet accumulation of rural textures where the horizon is defined by the expansive, shimmering presence of Holiday Camplands Lake. It lies 14.2 miles south-southeast of Ashtabula, OH (from Ashtabula, OH: bearing 154°T), and is situated 6.6 miles southeast of Jefferson. The landscape surrounding Dorset unfolds in vast, hushed stretches of farmland and dense woodland, interrupted only by the narrow, persistent ribbon of Mill Creek as it carves its way through the soil. During the golden hour, the light catches the moisture rising from the earth, casting a pale, bruised violet hue over the fields that renders the distant silhouette of South Ridge a mere smudge of charcoal against the sky. Here, the air holds a singular, clean weight, smelling of damp loam and the slow decay of autumn leaves, grounding the spirit in the persistent gravity of the interior plains.
Dorset carries the quiet inheritance of the Western Reserve, a place where the economy still leans into the rhythms of agriculture and the patient, mechanical maintenance of a life lived far from the frenzy of the coast. The local character is shaped by the proximity of Grand Lakes, which serves as a sanctuary for those who find meaning in the stillness of untamed thickets and the migration of birds. Daily life in Dorset moves with the deliberate pace of a pendulum, marked by the rattling of trucks on gravel roads and the seasonal transition of crops that have sustained this soil for generations. It is a place where time is measured not by clocks, but by the gradual drying of creek beds and the way the shadows lengthen across the barns, holding fast to a legacy of industry and land that remains largely indifferent to the shifting trends of the world beyond its borders.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Dorset, Ohio. Coordinates: 41.680333, -80.667301. 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 Dorset includes the ZIP code (44032), telephone area code (216), county seat of Ashtabula County (Jefferson), 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. |