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Dayton Maryland Map

Explore Dayton, 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 Dayton, Maryland

How to Use This Dayton, Maryland Map

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

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

Latitude	39.239272
Longitude	-76.986644
Population	1,800
Density	55.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	21036
Area Code	240, 301
County Seat	Ellicott City

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About Dayton, Maryland

Dayton is a locality in Howard County, Maryland, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,800. The population density is 55.0 people per km². Dayton is located at 39.2393°N, 76.9866°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 21036.

Dayton defines a quiet expanse of the Maryland Piedmont, where the land rises and falls in long, muscular swells of earth that seem to breathe under the shifting light of the afternoon. It lies 3.3 miles northwest of Clarksville, MD (from Clarksville, MD: bearing 314°T), and is situated 3.5 miles south-southwest of Howard. The horizon toward the west remains tethered to the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains, while closer to home, the terrain leans toward the modest, wooded depression of Sylvan Dell Valley. Water defines the local geography in hushed, persistent ways, with the cool, narrow flow of Benson Branch carving through the soil just a mile away. The air here holds a particular clarity, especially at dusk when the shadows stretch long across the open fields and the nearby surface of Triadelphia Reservoir reflects the deepening violet of the sky, turning the landscape into a study of stillness and muted color.

Dayton maintains a character shaped by its evolution from agrarian roots into a place of quiet residential purpose, retaining a sense of space that feels increasingly rare. The local economy has shifted away from the heavy labor of early harvests, yet the rhythm of the day remains dictated by the sun and the changing seasons rather than the frantic pace of the urban centers to the east. At the center of this social life, Dayton Park serves as a gathering point, a green anchor where the community observes the slow, cyclical turning of the year. The architecture and the unhurried movement of residents suggest a life lived with intentionality, where the weight of history is felt not in monuments, but in the enduring lines of the fences and the mature trees that have stood through generations of quiet, steady growth.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Dayton Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 028° NE
Patuxent River Sp (State Park) — 3.1 mi, 194° S
Commons Tower (Public Artwork) — 3.2 mi, 127° SE
Clarksville Environmental Area (Viewpoint) — 3.8 mi, 106° E
Lp5014 (Local Park) — 4.8 mi, 014° N
T. Howard Duckett Watershed (Local Conservation Area) — 5.0 mi, 182° S
Mill Race (Historic Ruins) — 5.9 mi, 125° SE
Cooksville (Monument) — 5.9 mi, 343° N
Howard County Center of African American Culture (Museum) — 7.1 mi, 099° E
The Beachkraft Studio\gallery (Gallery) — 7.3 mi, 217° SW
Hugg-Thomas Wma (State Conservation Area) — 7.9 mi, 007° N
Lafayette's Tour (Monument) — 8.0 mi, 326° NW
Patapsco Valley Sp (State Park) — 8.3 mi, 010° N
St. John’s Episcopal Church (Monument) — 8.7 mi, 075° E
Scott’s Cove at Rocky Gorge Reservoir (Attraction) — 8.8 mi, 145° SE
Columbia Art Center (Gallery) — 9.4 mi, 104° E
Main Street Ballroom (Attraction) — 10.2 mi, 079° E
Old Quarry Works (Historic Ruins) — 10.7 mi, 130° SE
Patuxent Research Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 14.2 mi, 142° SE · 26k acres
George Washington Memorial Parkway (National Park) — 20.8 mi, 204° SW · 2,795 acres

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