Map of Fitchburg, United States
Fitchburg is a city in Massachusetts, United States, with a population of about 40,545. It lies at 42.5834°N, 71.8023°W, about 142 m above sea level. Fitchburg is about 602 km (374 mi) northeast of Washington, D.C., the capital. The nearest city on our map is Leominster, 7 km to the southeast.
Fitchburg at a glance
Country
Region
Massachusetts
Population
40,545GeoNames
Coordinates
42.5834, -71.802342°35′00″N 71°48′08″W
Time zone
America/New_YorkUTC−05:00 / UTC−04:00 (daylight saving time)
Local time
–
Elevation
142 m (466 ft)
Distance to Washington, D.C.
602 km (374 mi)
Where is Fitchburg?
- Located in the Northern and Western hemispheres.
- Daylight ranges from about 9 h 03 min on the shortest day to 15 h 19 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).
Cities near Fitchburg
- Leominster — 7 km southeast
- Shrewsbury — 33 km south
- Marlborough — 33 km southeast
- Nashua — 34 km northeast
- Chelmsford — 36 km east
- Worcester — 36 km south
- Lowell — 40 km east
- Billerica — 44 km east
- Framingham — 46 km southeast
- Waltham — 52 km southeast
Largest cities in Massachusetts
- Boston — 653,833
- Worcester — 206,518
- Springfield — 154,341
- Lowell — 110,699
- Cambridge — 110,402
- New Bedford — 101,079
- Brockton — 95,314
- Fall River — 94,000
- Quincy — 93,618
- Lynn — 92,457
Largest cities in United States
- New York City — 8,804,190
- Los Angeles — 3,820,914
- Brooklyn — 2,736,074
- Chicago — 2,664,452
- Queens — 2,316,841
- Houston — 2,314,157
- Phoenix — 1,650,070
- Philadelphia — 1,573,916
- San Antonio — 1,526,656
- Manhattan — 1,487,536
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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.