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Claiborne Maryland Map

Explore Claiborne, 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 Claiborne, Maryland

How to Use This Claiborne, Maryland Map

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

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

Latitude	38.837616
Longitude	-76.277728
Population	480
Density	18.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	21624
Area Code	410, 443
County Seat	Easton

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About Claiborne, Maryland

Claiborne is a locality in Talbot County, Maryland, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Claiborne is located at 38.8376°N, 76.2777°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 21624.

Claiborne stands as a quiet sentinel upon the low, marshy fingers of the Eastern Shore, where the land dissolves into the brackish embrace of the tide. It lies 8.8 miles west-northwest of Talbot, MD (from Talbot, MD: bearing 297°T), and is situated 9.5 miles south of Chester. The horizon here is vast and unencumbered, defined by the shifting silver of the Miles River and the soft, rhythmic intrusion of Tilghman Creek into the sodden earth. To the west, the air carries a salt-heavy moisture that clings to the marsh grasses, turning the evening light into a bruised violet that settles over the water. Beyond the immediate flatlands, the distant silhouette of Bacon Ridge remains a mere suggestion, a faint wrinkle against the sky, while the nearby expanse of Bodkin Island breaks the surface of the sound like a dark, submerged spine. It is a landscape of profound horizontal lines, where the sky claims more territory than the soil, and the wind dictates the daily temperament of the reeds and the tides.

History in Claiborne is measured in the slow accumulation of silt and the fading echoes of maritime commerce that once defined the local economy. Long ago, the reach of the ferry terminal drew travelers and freight into this narrow neck of land, but today the pace has ebbed, leaving behind a weathered stillness that favors the patient observer. The industry of the water—the harvest of oysters and the patient tending of crab pots—persists as a quiet pulse, far removed from the frantic pace of the modern interior. Residents find a familiar sanctuary at Witttman Park, a modest stretch of green that offers a vantage point over the stillness, while the deeper woods of Seth State Forest wait fourteen miles away, a dark contrast to the open, shimmering exposures of the shore. To the south, the quiet waters of Chews Creek offer a secluded respite, completing a geography that values the solitude of the estuary over the clamor of the mainland.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Witttman Park (Local Park) — 3.2 mi, 196° S
Bodkin Island (State Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 357° N
Lp5014 (Local Park) — 4.1 mi, 313° NW
South Island Trail (Local Recreation) — 4.3 mi, 315° NW
Frederick Douglass (Monument) — 4.5 mi, 141° SE
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (Museum) — 4.5 mi, 138° SE
Saint Marys Square Museum (Museum) — 4.8 mi, 141° SE
Ranck Woods Preserve (Conservation Area) — 4.9 mi, 106° E
Wye Island Nrma (State Park) — 5.7 mi, 058° NE
Wye Research and Education Center (Recreation Easement) — 8.0 mi, 049° NE
Viewing Platform (Viewpoint) — 8.1 mi, 080° E
Barred Owl Circle (Theatre) — 8.6 mi, 079° E
Cardinal Circle (Theatre) — 8.8 mi, 079° E
Waterman's Monument (Monument) — 9.2 mi, 012° N
Aspen Wye River Conference Center (Conservation Area) — 9.2 mi, 058° NE
Historical Society of Talbot County Museum (Museum) — 11.7 mi, 112° E
Franklin Point State Park (State Park) — 12.0 mi, 265° W
Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.4 mi, 016° N · 6,282 acres
Otwell Woodland Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 12.5 mi, 138° SE
Wickes Memorial Historical Marker (Monument) — 12.9 mi, 013° N
Rufus M and Loraine Hall Todd Performing Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 13.2 mi, 053° NE
Wild Kid Acres (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 14.6 mi, 289° W
Victualling Warehouse Maritime Museum (Museum) — 14.7 mi, 311° NW
Naval Academy Museum (Museum) — 15.1 mi, 312° NW
Beach On My Mind (Public Artwork) — 16.5 mi, 236° SW
Landmark Theatres (Cinema) — 17.1 mi, 304° NW
Nancy Hammond Editions (Gallery) — 17.2 mi, 305° NW
AMC Annapolis Mall 11 (Cinema) — 17.8 mi, 306° NW
Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve - Maryland (Marine Protected Area) — 22.2 mi, 260° W
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.2 mi, 175° S · 96k acres

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