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Ardentown Delaware Map

Explore Ardentown, Delaware, 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 Ardentown, Delaware

How to Use This Ardentown, Delaware Map

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

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	Ardentown
State	Delaware (DE)
County	New Castle County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	39.808446
Longitude	-75.482975
Population	255
Density	420.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	19810
Area Code	302
County Seat	Wilmington
School District	Brandywine School District

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About Ardentown, Delaware

Ardentown is a locality in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. It is a small community with a population of 255. The population density is 420.8 people per km². Ardentown is located at 39.8084°N, 75.4830°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Ardentown is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 19810.

Ardentown holds a distinct quietude within the shade of mature hardwoods, where the land slopes gently toward the steady, rhythmic persistence of Perkins Run. It lies 5.5 miles northeast of Wilmington, DE (from Wilmington, DE: bearing 38°T), and is situated 7.3 miles west-southwest of Chester. This waterway carves a modest path through the earth, its presence grounding the landscape in a damp, shaded stillness that persists even as the afternoon light shifts to a bruised purple over the horizon. The terrain here is defined by a deep, wooded intimacy, where the Ardentown Playground serves as the literal and social heart of the geography, preserving a patch of wild, unmanicured green that feels entirely removed from the paved expansion elsewhere in the region. Beyond the immediate canopy, one might catch the faint, hazy suggestion of the South Valley Hills rising in the distance, a reminder of the broader, undulating topography that characterizes this inland expanse.

Ardentown emerged from a vision of social reform, established on principles of land value taxation that continue to shape the way its residents occupy and perceive their private spaces. Unlike the industrial centers that once thrived on the labor of the nearby river valleys, Ardentown maintains a character defined by its commitment to communal space and a deliberate, low-density pace of life. The economy here is less a matter of commerce and more a preservation of a specific, intentional lifestyle, where the open, shared grounds foster a rare continuity between individual dwellings and the public wild. Residents move through their days with an awareness of this legacy, often gathering near the open spaces that serve as the village’s anchor, while the memory of its unique founding remains etched into the very way the property lines are drawn and maintained.

Nearby Outdoor Places

The Candlelight Theater (Theatre) — 0.0 mi, 148° SE
Sherwood Forest (Conservation Area) — 0.2 mi, 349° N
Ron Olin Fields (Recreation Easement) — 0.4 mi, 149° SE
Lesher Memorial Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 174° S
Bechtel Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 022° N
Greentree (State Resource Management Area) — 0.9 mi, 070° E
Brandywine Community Center (Recreation Easement) — 1.1 mi, 078° E
Ballymeade (Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 339° N
Bellevue State Park (State Park) — 1.6 mi, 205° SW
Fox Point State Park (State Park) — 1.7 mi, 149° SE
Figure 8 Barn (Monument) — 2.2 mi, 193° S
Cauffiel House, Bellevue State Park (Monument) — 2.3 mi, 185° S
Bellevue Hall (Monument) — 2.3 mi, 196° S
Darlington Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 3.7 mi, 322° NW
Old Farm House (Historic Ruins) — 3.8 mi, 237° SW
Board & Brush (Arts Centre) — 4.5 mi, 318° NW
James A. Garfield Memorial (Public Artwork) — 4.7 mi, 221° SW
Toni and Stuart B. Young Gallery (Gallery) — 5.8 mi, 218° SW
Angelus House Art Gallery (Gallery) — 5.9 mi, 220° SW
Sycamore with Cement Core (Attraction) — 6.0 mi, 269° W
Sundial (Attraction) — 6.1 mi, 269° W
Wilmington Riverwalk (Attraction) — 6.2 mi, 217° SW
The Delaware Contemporary (Gallery) — 6.3 mi, 220° SW
Frawley Stadium (Stadium) — 6.8 mi, 220° SW
Chester Fine Arts Center East (Theatre) — 7.1 mi, 066° NE
Delaware County Historical Society Museum & Research Library (Museum) — 7.1 mi, 067° NE
The Rose Valley Museum at Thunderbird Lodge (Museum) — 8.0 mi, 039° NE
John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge At Tinicum (National Wildlife Refuge) — 9.9 mi, 065° NE · 2,022 acres

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