Beaver Creek Maryland Map

About Beaver Creek, Maryland

Beaver Creek is a locality in Washington County, Maryland, United States. It is a small community with a population of 461. The population density is 154.9 people per km². Beaver Creek is located at 39.5840°N, 77.6419°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 21740.

Beaver Creek emerges from the limestone-heavy soil of the Cumberland Valley, where the namesake Beaver Creek carves a persistent, cold-water path through the landscape. It lies 3.7 miles east-southeast of Washington, MD (from Washington, MD: bearing 123°T), and is situated 5.8 miles southeast of Hagerstown. The horizon is dominated by the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains, providing a jagged backdrop to the low-lying fields that stretch toward the horizon. At the heart of this terrain, the A.M. Powell Hatchery Fma maintains a quiet, industrial presence, its concrete raceways and flowing water systems defining the local intersection of nature and human utility. As the sun begins to retreat behind the western ridges, the air grows dense with the cooling vapor of the stream, casting a silver, metallic sheen over the grasses that border the water’s edge.

Beaver Creek functions as an enduring fragment of a regional agrarian history, its identity tethered to the meticulous management of the land and its freshwater resources. The local economy remains deeply informed by these historical patterns of cultivation and conservation, keeping the pace of life measured and deliberate, far removed from the frantic pulse of distant urban centers. While the proximity to the larger, more rugged terrain of the Mont Alto State Forest invites occasional exploration, the residents of Beaver Creek remain focused on the immediate rhythm of the seasons and the maintenance of their traditional industries. There is a perceptible gravity to the place, a sense that the inhabitants are continuously negotiating their survival with the same limestone springs that have sustained the valley for generations.

About This Beaver Creek Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Beaver Creek, Maryland. Coordinates: 39.583987, -77.641936. 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 Beaver Creek includes the ZIP code (21740), telephone area code (410, 443), county seat of Washington County (Hagerstown), and school district assignment (Washington County Public Schools).

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.