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Dames Quarter Maryland Map

Explore Dames Quarter, 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 Dames Quarter, Maryland

How to Use This Dames Quarter, Maryland Map

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

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

Latitude	38.17292
Longitude	-75.890024
Population	142
Density	4.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	21821
Area Code	410, 443
County Seat	Princess Anne
School District	Somerset County Public Schools

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About Dames Quarter, Maryland

Dames Quarter is a locality in Somerset County, Maryland, United States. It is a small community with a population of 142. The population density is 4.6 people per km². Dames Quarter is located at 38.1729°N, 75.8900°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 21821.

Dames Quarter emerges from the low, salt-stung flatness of the Eastern Shore, defined by the winding presence of the Long Gut as it carves through the marshy terrain. It lies 20.1 miles southwest of Salisbury, MD (from Salisbury, MD: bearing 234°T), and is situated 17.7 miles west-southwest of Fruitland. The horizon remains stubbornly level, broken only by the distant, hazy suggestion of Fin Creek Ridge to the west, while the immediate landscape is dominated by the encroaching tide and the brackish veins of Dames Quarter Creek. Near the mudflats, the light at dusk takes on a bruised, metallic quality, turning the grasses into a sea of copper that ripples under the heavy, humid air. Franks Island sits like a quiet sentinel in the nearby water, and the vast, protected wetlands of Deal Island Wma ensure that the land feels less like solid ground and more like a porous border between the earth and the rising sound.

History in Dames Quarter is written in the slow decay of wooden pilings and the enduring resilience of those who draw their livelihood from the water. Generations have observed the seasonal migration of the tides, organizing their days around the harvest of the flats and the quiet, persistent labor of the crabbers. While Haines Pond offers a freshwater contrast to the salt-heavy air, the economic pulse remains tethered to the rhythmic cycles of the coast, where the grit of the trade has carved a sturdy, independent character into the local population. There is a singular beauty in the way the morning mist clings to the reeds, a fleeting gray veil that hides the machinery of the docks and leaves only the sharp, clean scent of brine and damp earth to mark the passage of time.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Deal Island Wma (State Conservation Area) — locality lies within
Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve - Maryland (Marine Protected Area) — 2.5 mi, 047° NE
Chesapeake Forest Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 2.8 mi, 080° E
Ellis Bay Wma (State Conservation Area) — 3.8 mi, 359° N
Raccoon Point Regional Park (Local Park) — 5.9 mi, 109° E
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.3 mi, 292° W · 96k acres
Janes Island Sp (State Park) — 9.9 mi, 174° S
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 10.3 mi, 077° E
Lp5014 (Local Park) — 10.7 mi, 006° N
Nature Center (Museum) — 11.4 mi, 168° S
Martin National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.6 mi, 204° SW · 8,559 acres
Glenn Martin National Wildlife Refuge (Marine Protected Area) — 11.6 mi, 204° SW
Pocomoke Fair Grounds (Theme Park) — 18.9 mi, 113° SE
Salisbury University Richard A. Henson School of Science & Technology Planetarium (Museum) — 19.5 mi, 052° NE
Sammy the Seagull (Public Artwork) — 19.5 mi, 052° NE
Theatre and Web Development House (Theatre) — 19.5 mi, 051° NE
Lockheed T-33 (Attraction) — 20.0 mi, 111° E
Chesapeake Fire Museum (Museum) — 20.3 mi, 035° NE
Eagle Nest (Attraction) — 21.0 mi, 330° NW
Eagle Nesting Site (Viewpoint) — 21.3 mi, 329° NW
Makemie Monument (Monument) — 21.6 mi, 140° SE
Naylor Mill Forest Trail (Attraction) — 23.2 mi, 044° NE
Confederate Monument (Monument) — 26.5 mi, 258° W
Neild Museum (Museum) — 28.8 mi, 341° N
Harriet Tubman Museum (Museum) — 29.2 mi, 340° N
John F. Kennedy (Monument) — 29.3 mi, 340° N
Dorchester Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 29.4 mi, 340° N
Military Exhib Site (Registered Battlefield) — 31.9 mi, 033° NE
Spocott Windmill (Attraction) — 32.8 mi, 331° NW
Assateague Island National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 33.1 mi, 129° SE · 96k acres

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