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Foster Center Rhode Island Map

Explore Foster Center, Rhode Island, 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 Foster Center, Rhode Island

How to Use This Foster Center, Rhode Island Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Foster Center, Rhode Island. 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 Rhode Island 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 Foster Center.

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	Foster Center
State	Rhode Island (RI)
County	Providence County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	41.789961
Longitude	-71.731589
Population	333
Density	59.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	02825
Area Code	401
County Seat	Providence
School District	Foster Elementary School District

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About Foster Center, Rhode Island

Foster Center is a locality in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. It is a small community with a population of 333. The population density is 59.3 people per km². Foster Center is located at 41.7900°N, 71.7316°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 02825.

Foster Center persists as a quiet intersection of earth and sky, defined by the steady, unpretentious weight of the Rhode Island interior. It lies 14.5 miles west of Cranston, RI (from Cranston, RI: bearing 272°T), and is situated 8.7 miles east of Danielson. The landscape here is characterized by a dense, deliberate stillness, where the low-hanging sun at dusk casts long, amber shadows across the open expanse of Town House Field. A mile to the north, the waters of Spear Pond hold the gray light of a cooling sky, while the persistent, rhythmic flow of Hemlock Brook carves a path through the quiet woodlands. Far to the west, the faint, jagged silhouette of Barrett Ridge breaks the horizon, anchoring a terrain that feels ancient and undisturbed, far removed from the clamor of the more populated eastern reaches of the state.

Foster Center maintains a character forged by the slow, agrarian persistence of early settlers who found value in the rugged, inland soil. The local economy has evolved from its foundational roots in small-scale cultivation to a quiet preservation of its rural identity, where the legacy of the past is measured in the sturdy, weathered architecture that lines the roads. Residents often look toward the expansive greenery of the George Washington Memorial State Forest for solace, finding in its deep timber a sense of continuity that defies the frantic pace of modernity. Even the deepest recesses of Scott Hollow, six miles away, seem to echo with the same measured, deliberate rhythm that dictates the morning routines of those who live here, favoring a life defined by the subtle shifts of the seasons rather than the fleeting trends of the outside world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Town Pond (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 167° S
Town House Field (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 127° SE
Thoman Land and Nature Preserve (Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 282° W
South Killingly Road (Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 233° SW
North Road (Local Conservation Area) — 1.5 mi, 248° W
Ramtail Road (Waterfowl Production Area) — 1.5 mi, 048° NE
Barden Reservoir (Waterfowl Production Area) — 1.8 mi, 074° E
Ponagansett River (Carpenter) (State Conservation Area) — 2.4 mi, 006° N
Ponaganset River/HMP (State Resource Management Area) — 2.8 mi, 350° N
Mill site (Historic Ruins) — 3.0 mi, 003° N
Ross Marsh Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 265° W
Ponagansett River Corridor (State Park) — 3.3 mi, 342° N
Grover C. Walker Memorial (Monument) — 3.8 mi, 085° E
Crazy Corners (Attraction) — 3.8 mi, 085° E
Farm Site (Historic Ruins) — 4.6 mi, 147° SE
Killingly Pond State Park Scenic Reserve (State Park) — 5.6 mi, 323° NW
Killingly Historical and Genealogical Society (Museum) — 7.8 mi, 278° W
Fallen Workers Memorial (Monument) — 7.9 mi, 252° W
Whale Rock and Lighthouse (Monument) — 7.9 mi, 166° S
Gloucester Light Infantry Militia Armory (Museum) — 9.1 mi, 021° N
Scary Acres (Theme Park) — 9.8 mi, 100° E
March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Plainfield Pike (Attraction) — 10.1 mi, 222° SW
Plainfield Historical Society (Museum) — 11.7 mi, 233° SW
McCarthy Field (Stadium) — 12.2 mi, 114° SE
Jo's (Gallery) — 12.2 mi, 119° SE
Gott's Pond (Viewpoint) — 12.3 mi, 070° E
Wolf Hill Forest Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 12.4 mi, 053° NE
Bradley Playhouse (Theatre) — 12.6 mi, 314° NW
The Complex Performing and Creative Arts Centre (Arts Centre) — 12.6 mi, 314° NW
Aspinock Historical Society (Museum) — 12.7 mi, 316° NW

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