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Childs Maryland Map

Explore Childs, 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 Childs, Maryland

How to Use This Childs, Maryland Map

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

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

Latitude	39.646223
Longitude	-75.871607
Population	480
Density	18.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	21921, 21916
Area Code	410, 443
County Seat	Elkton

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About Childs, Maryland

Childs is a locality in Cecil County, Maryland, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Childs is located at 39.6462°N, 75.8716°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 21921, 21916.

Childs anchors itself firmly upon a landscape defined by the persistent, rhythmic movement of Little Elk Creek as it carves through the modest topography of the Maryland interior. It lies 3.4 miles northwest of Elkton, MD (from Elkton, MD: bearing 323°T), and is situated 6.4 miles northeast of Cecil. The land here rises in gentle, verdant swells, a quiet expanse of pastoral terrain where the light at dusk often catches the damp earth in a muted, silver-gray glow. Just a few miles distant, the dense, quiet expanse of Elk Neck State Forest offers a contrast to the open fields, while the nearby Pleasant Hill Ft provides a preserved space for the local wildlife to navigate. Though the distant silhouette of Mine Ridge remains a faint suggestion against the western horizon, the immediate character of Childs is shaped by this intimate, inland intimacy, far removed from the wide, salt-heavy expanses of the coast.

History in Childs persists through the quiet endurance of its rural roots, where the economy has long been tethered to the rhythms of the soil and the legacy of regional industry. The legacy of the area is marked by a deliberate, measured pace, observable in the way the morning mist clings to the banks of the creek long after the sun has climbed the sky. While the rush of modern transit often bypasses the local lanes, the proximity of Gilpins Falls serves as a reminder of the water’s latent power, a natural feature that punctuates the otherwise calm, steady progression of the seasons. Life in Childs moves with an unadorned clarity, sustained by a heritage that values the weight of a day’s work and the stillness found in the transition from the heat of the afternoon to the long, cooling shadows of the evening.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Pleasant Hill Ft (State Resource Management Area) — 1.6 mi, 302° NW
Art Space on Main (Gallery) — 3.4 mi, 142° SE
Hammering Heart (Public Artwork) — 3.5 mi, 139° SE
West & East Meadow Parks/ederpark/hatchery Park (Local Park) — 3.5 mi, 142° SE
Marina Park (Local Park) — 3.5 mi, 144° SE
Fair Hill Natural Resource Management Area (State Resource Management Area) — 3.7 mi, 049° NE
Mason Dixon Line Marker Arc Stone 2 (Monument) — 4.5 mi, 078° E
Gilpin's Falls Covered Bridge (Monument) — 4.5 mi, 272° W
Mason Dixon Line Marker Arc Stone 3 (Monument) — 4.5 mi, 078° E
Pete Bond Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 5.0 mi, 209° SW
White Clay Creek Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 5.2 mi, 004° N
Big Elk Creek State Park (State Park) — 5.2 mi, 004° N
White Clay Creek State Park (State Park) — 5.2 mi, 004° N
JaneKav Gallery (Gallery) — 6.1 mi, 068° E
Unknown (Historic Ruins) — 6.7 mi, 003° N
University of Delaware Old College Gallery (Gallery) — 6.8 mi, 067° NE
Chapel Street Players (Theatre) — 7.2 mi, 068° E
Board & Brush (Arts Centre) — 7.4 mi, 115° SE
Newark Arts Alliance (Arts Centre) — 7.4 mi, 069° E
C&D Canal Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.8 mi, 146° SE
C&D Canal Wildlife Area (State Wilderness) — 8.8 mi, 146° SE
Middle Run Natural Area (Nature Reserve) — 9.3 mi, 059° NE
Herrs Potato Chip Factory (Attraction) — 10.5 mi, 311° NW
Big Doctor's Bag (Attraction) — 12.2 mi, 073° E
Perryville Railroad Museum (Museum) — 12.4 mi, 241° SW
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.4 mi, 245° SW · 96k acres
Ice Storage (Historic Ruins) — 12.5 mi, 246° SW
Wilmington & Western Railroad (Attraction) — 14.2 mi, 063° NE
Augustine Beach (State Wilderness) — 16.2 mi, 121° SE
Supawna Meadows National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 16.9 mi, 097° E · 9,745 acres

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