Enter your search query in the box below.

Chance Maryland Map

Explore Chance, 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 Chance, Maryland

How to Use This Chance, Maryland Map

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

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

Latitude	38.172067
Longitude	-75.941044
Population	330
Density	76.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	21821
Area Code	410, 443
County Seat	Princess Anne
School District	Somerset County Public Schools

🌦 Goto Chance Weather Page: Chance, Maryland — Weather Warnings, Forecast, Radar, Satellite & Current Conditions

About Chance, Maryland

Chance is a locality in Somerset County, Maryland, United States. It is a small community with a population of 330. The population density is 76.3 people per km². Chance is located at 38.1721°N, 75.9410°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 21821.

Chance spreads across a low-lying peninsula where the land surrenders to the encroaching tide, defined by the winding passage of Cow Creek as it carves through the salt-marsh floor. It lies 22.7 miles southwest of Salisbury, MD (from Salisbury, MD: bearing 235°T), and is situated 13.7 miles west of Princess Anne. The horizon remains flat and expansive, broken only by the distant silhouette of Fin Creek Ridge that anchors the western sky in a haze of muted violet. At the water’s edge, the stillness of Scotts Cove mirrors the sky, trapping the gray light of dawn before it can reach the tall, swaying grasses of the Deal Island Wma. Nearby, the solitary shape of Rock Island stands as a sentinel against the currents, while the shallow waters of Haines Pond provide a quiet, freshwater contrast to the brackish veins of the marsh. Here, the air carries a sharp, briny weight, clinging to the weathered cedar shingles of the houses that stand resilient against the damp, salt-heavy winds.

Chance maintains a pulse dictated by the turning of the tides and the long, ancestral memory of the watermen who have worked these reaches for generations. The economy remains tethered to the harvest of the sound, where the labor of the oyster boats defines the rhythm of the day, a pursuit that demands both patience and a deep, intuitive knowledge of the shifting mudflats. History lingers in the architecture of the older landings and the weathered pilings that rot slowly into the silt, serving as silent markers of a trade that has diminished in scale but not in significance. Life in Chance moves with a deliberate, unhurried gravity, focused on the maintenance of nets and the quiet vigil kept over the harbor. It is a place where the modern world feels thin, replaced by the persistent, rhythmic slap of water against the hulls and the vast, unblinking expanse of the horizon.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Deal Island Wma (State Conservation Area) — 0.4 mi, 231° SW
Fishing Bay Wma (State Conservation Area) — 4.4 mi, 347° N
Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve - Maryland (Marine Protected Area) — 4.9 mi, 067° NE
Chesapeake Forest Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 5.6 mi, 022° N
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 5.9 mi, 302° NW · 96k acres
Raccoon Point Regional Park (Local Park) — 8.5 mi, 102° E
Martin National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 9.9 mi, 201° S · 8,559 acres
Glenn Martin National Wildlife Refuge (Marine Protected Area) — 9.9 mi, 201° S
Janes Island Sp (State Park) — 10.5 mi, 159° S
Lp5014 (Local Park) — 11.4 mi, 020° N
Nature Center (Museum) — 12.2 mi, 156° SE
Eagle Nest (Attraction) — 19.8 mi, 337° NW
Eagle Nesting Site (Viewpoint) — 20.1 mi, 336° NW
Pocomoke Fair Grounds (Theme Park) — 21.5 mi, 110° E
Theatre and Web Development House (Theatre) — 21.8 mi, 056° NE
Salisbury University Richard A. Henson School of Science & Technology Planetarium (Museum) — 21.8 mi, 057° NE
Sammy the Seagull (Public Artwork) — 21.8 mi, 057° NE
Chesapeake Fire Museum (Museum) — 22.1 mi, 041° NE
Point Lookout Sp (State Park) — 22.3 mi, 248° W
Lockheed T-33 (Attraction) — 22.6 mi, 109° E
Makemie Monument (Monument) — 23.5 mi, 135° SE
Confederate Monument (Monument) — 23.8 mi, 257° W
Naylor Mill Forest Trail (Attraction) — 25.3 mi, 049° NE
Historic St. Mary's City Visitors Center (Museum) — 26.5 mi, 271° W
Margaret Brent Pilgrimage (Monument) — 26.7 mi, 272° W
The Maryland Dove (Museum) — 26.9 mi, 272° W
Dorchester Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 28.6 mi, 345° N
Spocott Windmill (Attraction) — 31.6 mi, 336° NW
Military Exhib Site (Registered Battlefield) — 33.6 mi, 036° NE
Assateague Island National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 35.3 mi, 127° SE · 96k acres

Latest News: Chance

Loading news…

World News

Loading news-world…

More World News