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Ayer, Massachusetts Map Art
Building by building, with labeled streets and shaded relief.
12" x 18" Archival Matte Print
A Map of Home. A Work of Art.
Explore Ayer, Massachusetts from a whole new perspective. Created using aerial imagery and detailed geographic data, this map captures Ayer building by building, with labeled streets, familiar landmarks, and shaded topographical relief that highlights the natural contours of the landscape.
Combining modern data with the timeless character of a vintage atlas, this map is just as interesting up close as it is beautiful on the wall. Whether you grew up in Ayer, spent memorable years there, or call it home today, this unique map is a great way to celebrate a place that means something to you. Zoom in on the preview to look for your street, and then order a print to put your memories on the wall.
Three ways to hang it
Unframed archival matte, a black wood frame or a white wood frame.
Up close
Geography Worth Displaying
This map was created using accurate cartographic data and authoritative geographic sources, including the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and FEMA. The map brings together terrain, waterways, roads, and building detail. The majority of the streets are labeled, houses are accurately depicted, and the topography is derived from government sources. Combining local data with carefully composed color and shading leads to this beautifully detailed Ayer artwork for your wall.
Rather than simply showing street outlines, we’ve included as many of the street names as we could reasonably fit on the map while keeping their names legible. Zoom in on the high resolution preview to see exactly what’s on the map. We truly set out to create a statement piece for anyone who loves Ayer. So whether it’s for you, or a gift for someone you love, we hope this map of Ayer brings back fond memories.
Explore the full map of Ayer, Massachusetts and read about the local places it shows.
Find your street
Names on the Ayer map
Every name below is printed on this map. Look for your street, your school, the park where you played, or the pond down the road.
Places and landmarks13
- Downtown
- Willows
- Devenscrest
- Brown Hill
- Fletcher Hill
- Longs Hill
- Nonaicoicus Hill
- Balch Pond
- Black Pond
- Ayer Game Farm
- Ne Milling
- Willard Field
Show all 13 places
- Pingryville
Streets and roads106
- East Main Street
- Main Street
- Harvard Road
- Littleton Road
- Park Street
- Fitchburg Road
- Groton School Road
- West Main Street
- Mill Street
- Barnum Road
- Sculley Road
- Sandy Pond Road
- Buena Vista Street
- Groton Road
- Jackson Road
- Cambridge Street
- Bishops Road
- Loon Hill Road
- Pearl Street
- Bligh Street
- Snake Hill Road
- Washington Street
- Central Avenue
- Westford Road
- Groton-Harvard Road
- Groton-Shirley Road
- Oak Ridge Drive
- Brook Street
- Pleasant Street
- Antietam Street
Show all 106 streets
- Bishop Road
- Lindley Drive
- Mulberry Circle
- Willard Street
- Woodland Way
- Willow Road
- Nemco Way
- Old Farm Way
- Nashua Street
- Wright Road
- Cook Street
- Pingry Way
- New England Way
- Haymeadow Lane
- Hibiscus Lane
- Shaker Road
- Highland Avenue
- Grove Street
- Shirley Street
- Robbins Road
- Hemlock Drive
- Calvin Street
- Isaac Lane
- Third Street
- Gardner Lane
- Jonathan Drive
- Vernon Street
- Douglas Drive
- Copeland Drive
- Bryan Way
- Madigan Lane
- High Street
- Taft Street
- Fox Run Drive
- Victor Drive
- Easy Street
- Wagon Road
- Orchid Lane
- Sherman Avenue
- Mountain Laurel Road
- Longview Circle
- Macarthur Avenue
- Norwood Avenue
- Hickory Way
- Holly Ridge Road
- Fort Davens
- Coolidge Road
- James Brook Way
- Myrick Street
- Off Gorton School Road
- Maple Street
- Orion Park Drive
- Pierce Avenue
- Oakhurst Road
- Sallas Bluff Street
- Pine Knoll Road
- Patricia Drive
- Moore Drive
- Birch Street
- Forest Street
- Patriot Way
- West Street
- Independence Drive
- Jackson Street
- Doug Road
- Auman Street
- Old Sandy Pond Road
- Macpherson Road
- Amandrey Way
- East Street
- Bates Street
- Bennetts Crossing
- Juniper Ridge
- Lawton Street
- McDowell Street
- Oak Street
Names are listed as they appear on the printed map. Zoom into the product photos to find them.
About Ayer, Massachusetts
Ayer is a town of 8,479 people in Middlesex County, carved from the south end of Groton. As late as 1843 this corner of Groton held only roughly a dozen farms. The Fitchburg Railroad arrived in 1844, and by 1848 a Union Station served several lines, so the village of South Groton was renamed Groton Junction.
A local debating society voted in 1855 for a separate town, and in 1871 a petition signed by 270 citizens went to the legislature. Writing in the Public Spirit, one resident suggested naming the town for Dr. James C. Ayer of Lowell, the medicine maker who later paid for its Town Hall. Shirley handed over its land east of the Nashua River in return for $500 toward its debt. Ayer became a town on February 14, 1871, and held its first town meeting on March 6.
“Ayer, as easy to spell and speak ; not likely to be confounded with that of any other town in the state, associated in the mind of every one with the sweet strains of Robert Burns”
- The great fire of 1872The new town's first library was the Literary Club's collection, which sat in Levi Sherwin's store. A fire tore through the village center in April 1872, destroying the White Church and all the books except roughly seventy-five then on loan. Between 1872 and 1898 Ayer rebuilt Main Street in brick and stone.
- An earthen pot by the brookBefore the railroads came, the Nashaway had a settlement here called Nonacoicus, on the brook that still carries that name. In 1698 Judge Samuel Sewall heard that the word meant an earthen pot. Major Willard built a house on this ground about 1671. It burned during King Philip's War, and people said it was the first house Groton lost in the attack. His old farm still marks the western half of Ayer's southern border.
- Two schoolhousesGroton built the Sandy Pond School in 1868 for its district 11, and the school closed in 1906 after streetcars arrived on Sandy Pond Road. Since then a local nonprofit has kept it as a museum and meeting place, and it was added to the National Register in 2017. The Pleasant Street School opened in 1893 to plans by the Boston architect Charles E. Parks. An addition in 1906 made it twice as large, and children studied there until 1984.
- Camp Devens in 1917In 1917 the federal government bought ground in Ayer, Harvard, Lancaster and Shirley and opened Camp Devens there. The camp honored Charles Devens, a jurist who had served as a general in the Civil War. During World War I more than 100,000 soldiers trained there or passed through. The fort shut down in 1996, and the next day it reopened as a much smaller reserve training area.
- A ski jump for one winterDuring the Great Depression, in 1935, a wooden ski jump was built on Pingry Hill near the Willows. Skiers used it for just one winter. Wind brought down part of the jump during the summer of 1936, and no one ever rebuilt it, so in the years that followed local residents hauled away some of its lumber.
Keep exploring Massachusetts
Ayer is one of 466 Massachusetts towns we've mapped. Every dot on the map is a print of its own.
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Near Ayer
Order 2 or more town maps and save 10%. Shown in the size and finish you picked above, so they hang as a set.
- Devens 12" x 18" / Archival Matte Print $39.99
- Groton 12" x 18" / Archival Matte Print $39.99
- Shirley 12" x 18" / Archival Matte Print $39.99
More maps nearby: Harvard, Littleton, Littleton Common, Boxborough and East Pepperell.
The art of mapping a place
How This Map Was Made
Real places. Remarkable detail. Discover the layers that turn geographic data into a map of home.
The view from above
Aerial imagery reveals the character of the land: woodland, open fields, and the patterns of a place.
The shape of the land
Elevation data brings hills, valleys, and subtle changes in the landscape into view.
The details of home
Roads, waterways, and building footprints come together to make the map feel unmistakably local.
Geography becomes art
Considered color, shading, and typography bring the layers together in a map made for your wall.
Process illustrated with Mendon, Massachusetts. Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP. Terrain: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Map details and finished artwork: KNOWOL.
The Details
About This Print
Choose an archival matte print, or a black or white Ayous wood frame. The archival matte print is unframed.
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Materials & Craftsmanship
A contemporary map with the character of a classic atlas, printed on archival matte paper. Optional frames are made from Ayous wood.
Your printed map does not include the watermark shown in the full-map preview.
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