Explore Arden on the Severn, Maryland, 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 Arden on the Severn, Maryland. 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 Maryland 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 Arden on the Severn.
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 | Arden on the Severn |
| State | Maryland (MD) |
| County | Anne Arundel County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 39.06771 |
| Longitude | -76.596488 |
| Population | 1,881 |
| Density | 508.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 21032 |
| Area Code | 240, 301 |
| County Seat | Annapolis |
| School District | Anne Arundel County Public Schools |
Arden on the Severn occupies a landscape defined by the quiet persistence of water, where the currents of Plum Creek carve a path through the earth toward the distant, brackish horizon. It lies 1.8 miles west of Severna Park, MD (from Severna Park, MD: bearing 260°T), and is situated 8.0 miles north-northwest of Anne Arundel. The ground here holds a damp, fertile weight, sloping gently away from the stillness of Arden Pond, which mirrors the shifting gray and amber of the Maryland sky. Three miles to the east, the brackish breath of Seclude Cove influences the air, carrying the faint, saline signature of the tide into the wooded interior. To the west, the silhouettes of Bacon Ridge provide a muted, permanent boundary against the clouds, while the presence of Arden Park offers a mile of managed wilderness where the undergrowth remains thick and undisturbed. Beyond the immediate tree line, the geography remains low and patient, shaped by the slow accumulation of silt and the persistent reach of the watershed.
Historical echoes reside in the intentional layout of Arden on the Severn, a place that grew from a vision of communal connection to the natural world rather than the frantic pace of industrial expansion. The local economy persists as a quiet reflection of its surroundings, favoring the stewardship of land and timber over the noise of commerce, allowing residents to maintain a rhythm dictated by the seasons rather than the clock. Life here remains tethered to the water, where the proximity to Saint Helena Island serves as a constant reminder of the wider, tidal world that lies just beyond the reach of the creek. Those who inhabit these lanes recognize the subtle shift in light as it moves across the foliage, a daily transition that reinforces a sense of permanence in a locale that has long avoided the encroaching sprawl of the modern corridor.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Arden on the Severn, Maryland. Coordinates: 39.06771, -76.596488. 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 Arden on the Severn includes the ZIP code (21032), telephone area code (240, 301), county seat of Anne Arundel County (Annapolis), and school district assignment (Anne Arundel County Public Schools).
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. |