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Colora Maryland Map

Explore Colora, 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 Colora, Maryland

How to Use This Colora, Maryland Map

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

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

Latitude	39.672054
Longitude	-76.098561
Population	680
Density	22.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	21917
Area Code	410, 443
County Seat	Elkton

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About Colora, Maryland

Colora is a locality in Cecil County, Maryland, United States. It is a small community with a population of 680. The population density is 22.0 people per km². Colora is located at 39.6721°N, 76.0986°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 21917.

Colora sits amidst a landscape of quiet, agrarian patience where the earth hums with the slow work of seasons. It lies 6.5 miles west-southwest of Calvert, MD (from Calvert, MD: bearing 252°T), and is situated 8.5 miles north of Havre de Grace. The terrain here rises and falls in long, muscular swells of soil and pasture, far removed from the press of the coast and defined instead by the steady pulse of inland life. To the west, the distant jagged line of Rock Ridge serves as a pale, permanent shadow against the horizon, anchoring a view dominated by dense tracts of timber and open fields. Basin Run carves a narrow, persistent path through the local topography, its cool waters offering a rhythmic counterpoint to the stillness of the nearby woods. A short distance away, the quiet waters of Rising Sun Community Pond hold the reflection of the sky, while the proximity of William Penn State Forest lends the air a sharp, clean scent of pine and damp earth that lingers long after the sun dips below the tree line.

Colora preserves the remnants of an older, agrarian order, where the economy remains tethered to the slow yield of the land and the endurance of local industry. The history of the place is etched in the architecture of stone and timber, standing as a silent witness to generations who have worked these fields and moved along the paths that eventually connect to the more distant Mason-Dixon Trail. Life here operates with a deliberate, unadorned gravity, far from the frantic pace of urban centers, favoring the steady maintenance of homesteads and the quiet commerce of the countryside. Residents often find their way toward the serenity of the Rising Sun Pond Fma Pfa, or catch the faint, rushing music of Amos Falls when the spring rains swell the creeks. Even in the height of summer, a profound stillness settles over the valley of Sleepy Hollow, marking Colora as a place that demands a slower, more attentive way of existing within the world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

West Nottingham Academy (Monument) — 1.2 mi, 097° E
Rising Sun Pond Fma Pfa (State Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 037° NE
Susquehanna Sp (State Park) — 2.6 mi, 253° W
Susquehanna State Park (State Park) — 2.6 mi, 253° W
The Art Den (Arts Centre) — 2.6 mi, 047° NE
Unknown Park (Local Conservation Area) — 2.7 mi, 021° N
Site of Chapel-of-Ease (Monument) — 2.9 mi, 157° SE
Goat Hill Serpentine Barrens (State Resource Management Area) — 3.4 mi, 360° N
Octoraro Creek Nature Preserve (Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 357° N
Octorara Creek Acquisition (Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 348° N
William Penn State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 3.8 mi, 014° N
Lp5014 (Local Park) — 4.0 mi, 201° S
Rock Run Mill (Monument) — 4.3 mi, 200° S
Nottingham County Park (Local Park) — 4.7 mi, 032° NE
Steppingstone Farm Museum (Museum) — 5.3 mi, 204° SW
Herrs Potato Chip Factory (Attraction) — 6.6 mi, 039° NE
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 6.9 mi, 175° S · 96k acres
Ice Storage (Historic Ruins) — 7.0 mi, 174° S
Timmons Lodge Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 8.0 mi, 274° W
Perryville Railroad Museum (Museum) — 8.0 mi, 170° S
Arts by the Bay Gallery (Gallery) — 8.4 mi, 177° S
Oest Campfire Amphitheater (Theatre) — 8.8 mi, 275° W
Big Fish, School of Fish (Public Artwork) — 9.1 mi, 175° S
Legends of the Fog (Theme Park) — 9.7 mi, 216° SW
Oxford Arts Alliance (Gallery) — 10.0 mi, 039° NE
Cal, Sr.'s Yard (Stadium) — 10.7 mi, 206° SW
Horizon Cinemas (Cinema) — 11.3 mi, 203° SW
Pete Bond Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 11.5 mi, 123° SE
Harford Community College - Joppa Hall (Gallery) — 12.5 mi, 233° SW
Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve - Maryland (Marine Protected Area) — 17.5 mi, 211° SW

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