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Cearfoss Maryland Map

Explore Cearfoss, 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.

Interactive Map of Cearfoss, Maryland

How to Use This Cearfoss, Maryland Map

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

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	Cearfoss
State	Maryland (MD)
County	Washington County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	39.700928
Longitude	-77.77555
Population	176
Density	338.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	21740
Area Code	410, 443
County Seat	Hagerstown
School District	Washington County Public Schools

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About Cearfoss, Maryland

Cearfoss is a locality in Washington County, Maryland, United States. It is a small community with a population of 176. The population density is 338.1 people per km². Cearfoss is located at 39.7009°N, 77.7755°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 21740.

Cearfoss stretches across the limestone-rich expanse of Maryland, where the horizon is defined by the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It lies 5.0 miles northwest of Hagerstown, MD (from Hagerstown, MD: bearing 324°T), and is situated 7.3 miles north-northwest of Washington. The landscape is defined by a persistent, undulating topography that gives way to the modest, meandering path of Toms Run, a waterway that cuts through the local clay with quiet determination. Sunlight here possesses a particular, heavy clarity, turning the fields a dusty gold as the afternoon wanes and the air cools against the skin. While the dense, shadowed canopy of Mont Alto State Forest remains a sixteen-mile journey away, the immediate surroundings remain dominated by an open, agrarian stillness that hums with the cyclical labor of the seasons.

Cearfoss maintains a character forged by the steady, unpretentious machinery of regional commerce and the slow accumulation of generations who have worked this soil. The local economy finds its footing in the rhythms of agriculture and the logistics of the road, moving at a pace that favors deliberate action over the frantic pulse of the city. Residents often look toward Terrapin Park for a quiet reprieve, finding in its boundaries a preserved slice of the landscape that remains untouched by the persistent expansion of asphalt. Even as the modern world encroaches, the area retains a deep-seated connection to the land, where the memory of earlier, simpler industry lingers in the architecture of the older structures and the enduring patterns of daily life.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lp5014 (Local Park) — 3.3 mi, 137° SE
Saint Maria Goretti (Public Artwork) — 3.4 mi, 125° SE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 3.9 mi, 106° E
Jonathan Hager House and Museum (Museum) — 4.9 mi, 150° SE
Weverton-Roxbury Rail Trail (State Park) — 6.2 mi, 156° SE
Hagerstown Community College (Recreation Easement) — 6.9 mi, 131° SE
Indian Springs Wma (State Conservation Area) — 8.2 mi, 280° W
Sunset Movie Theater (Cinema) — 8.8 mi, 188° S
Prathers Neck Wma (State Conservation Area) — 10.9 mi, 235° SW
South Mountain State Park (State Park) — 11.6 mi, 118° SE
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 12.4 mi, 124° SE · 110k acres
Black Rock (Viewpoint) — 13.0 mi, 133° SE
Stumpy's Hollow Historical Monument (Monument) — 13.0 mi, 216° SW
Junior Officer's Quarters (Attraction) — 13.6 mi, 243° SW
Captain's Quarters (Attraction) — 13.6 mi, 243° SW
March 17 1936 High Water Mark (Monument) — 13.9 mi, 242° SW
Michaux State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 13.9 mi, 059° NE
Mason Dixon Line monument (Monument) — 14.3 mi, 085° E
Civil War Medical Museum (Museum) — 15.9 mi, 168° S
Sleepy Creek Post Office (Historic Ruins) — 16.5 mi, 262° W
Capitol Theatre (Theatre) — 17.2 mi, 020° N
Voila! Children's Art & Creativity Center (Arts Centre) — 17.3 mi, 021° N
Berkeley Plaza Theatre (Cinema) — 17.6 mi, 212° SW
Little House (Attraction) — 18.7 mi, 185° S
For the Kids by George Children's Museum (Museum) — 19.4 mi, 211° SW
Queen Street Gallery (Gallery) — 19.5 mi, 211° SW
Drum Orpheum Rehearsal Hall (Arts Centre) — 19.5 mi, 211° SW

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