Cardiff Maryland Map

About Cardiff, Maryland

Cardiff is a locality in Harford County, Maryland, United States. Cardiff is located at 39.7173°N, 76.3377°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 21160.

Cardiff emerges from the quiet, verdant expanse of the northern Maryland landscape where the earth rises and falls in long, deliberate swells of pasture and woodland. It lies 9.3 miles north of Harford, MD (from Harford, MD: bearing 9°T), and is situated 9.5 miles north-northeast of Forest Hill. Scott Creek carves a narrow, persistent path through this terrain, its waters reflecting the shifting canopy of sycamores and oaks that line its banks. To the west, the distant elevation of Rock Ridge breaks the horizon, anchoring the view while the sunlight filters through the trees to illuminate the deep, mineral-rich soil. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and turning leaves, a stillness that gathers in the low spots and lingers until the heat of the afternoon burns it away.

Cardiff retains the marks of its industrial heritage, having once been defined by the hard, gray slate quarried from the ground beneath its feet. While the heavy machinery of the past has long since fallen silent, the rhythm of the place remains tethered to the land and the quiet industry of those who live between the reaches of the Mason-Dixon Trail and the open fields. Residents often find their way to the Peach Bottom Township Recreation Area for a moment of respite, or venture out toward the tumbling waters of Kilgores Rocks, where the sound of the falls provides a constant, rhythmic backdrop to the day. Life in Cardiff moves with the steady, unpretentious pace of a clockwork mechanism, grounded by the legacy of the stone that once built cities and the enduring, quiet persistence of the rural landscape.

About This Cardiff Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cardiff, Maryland. Coordinates: 39.717327, -76.337737. 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 Cardiff includes the ZIP code (21160), telephone area code (240, 301), county seat of Harford County (Bel Air), and school district assignment.

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.