Explore Burnt Mills, 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 Burnt Mills, 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 Burnt Mills.
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 | Burnt Mills |
| State | Maryland (MD) |
| County | Montgomery County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 39.03372 |
| Longitude | -77.004421 |
| Population | 3,592 |
| Density | 1660.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 20901, 20903 |
| Area Code | 410, 443 |
| County Seat | Rockville |
| School District | Montgomery County Public Schools |
Burnt Mills emerges from the Piedmont landscape where the persistent waters of the Northwest Branch Anacostia River carve through the bedrock, shaping a terrain defined by intimate woodland ravines and sudden, rocky elevations. This inland corridor, situated far from the reach of any tidewater influence, maintains a quiet gravity as the ground slopes toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains that anchor the western horizon. Within the immediate footprint of Burnt Mills, the Northwest Recreation Center serves as a vital anchor for the local terrain, offering a patch of managed green space that grounds the surrounding suburban density. The quality of light here, particularly as the sun descends behind the canopy, turns the river’s path into a vein of hammered silver, casting long, deliberate shadows across the uneven earth.
Historical remnants of the area’s industrial past linger in the geography, marking a time when the water’s energy was harnessed to drive the mechanisms of early settlement, though the current economy has shifted toward the professional pulse of the broader metropolitan region. While the White Horse Trail provides a path for those seeking the solitude of the woods, and the expansive waters of Rocky Gorge Reservoir wait seven miles to the north, the daily life of Burnt Mills remains centered on the steady transit of modern commuters and the maintenance of its residential character. The region retains a grounded, pragmatic atmosphere, one that honors its colonial origins without being defined by them, allowing the persistent, rhythmic flow of the Northwest Branch Anacostia River to dictate the subtle, unforced pace of the passing seasons.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Burnt Mills, Maryland. Coordinates: 39.03372, -77.004421. 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 Burnt Mills includes the ZIP code (20901, 20903), telephone area code (410, 443), county seat of Montgomery County (Rockville), and school district assignment (Montgomery 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. |