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Deal Island Maryland Map

Explore Deal Island, 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 Deal Island, Maryland

How to Use This Deal Island, Maryland Map

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

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

Latitude	38.159012
Longitude	-75.947989
Population	375
Density	47.8 /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 Deal Island, Maryland

Deal Island is a locality in Somerset County, Maryland, United States. It is a small community with a population of 375. The population density is 47.8 people per km². Deal Island is located at 38.1590°N, 75.9480°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 21821.

Deal Island emerges from the flat, salt-scrubbed horizon as a low-slung expanse where the line between solid ground and shifting tide is perpetually blurred. It lies 22.9 miles east of Saint Marys, MD (from Saint Marys, MD: bearing 81°T), and is situated 14.2 miles west-southwest of Princess Anne. The landscape is defined by the expansive marshes of Deal Island WMA, which stretch out in muted shades of amber and gray, interrupted only by the slow, meandering pulse of Cow Creek as it drains toward the distant, brackish reaches of Horse Hammock Gut. To the west, the silhouettes of Fin Creek Ridge rise faintly like a jagged charcoal sketch against the sky, while the still, dark surface of Haines Pond reflects the vast, unobstructed vault of the heavens. Here, the air carries a persistent salinity that seems to weigh upon the lungs, and the light at dusk possesses a singular, bruised clarity that turns the marsh grasses into filaments of burnished copper.

Deal Island maintains a rhythm dictated by the harvest of the Chesapeake, a tradition that has anchored the local economy to the water for generations. The legacy of the skipjack fleet remains etched into the character of the docks, where the industry of the watermen continues to define the pace of life despite the encroachment of modern seasons. Beyond the weathered pilings and the quiet lanes, the social fabric remains tightly bound to the seasonal migration of the oyster and the crab, keeping the community tethered to the ancient, damp logic of the tides. Even as the modern world turns its gaze elsewhere, the residents continue their work with a stoic, unhurried precision, finding purpose in the persistent, rhythmic labor that has sustained the island since its earliest days of settlement.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Deal Island Wma (State Conservation Area) — 0.4 mi, 135° SE
South Marsh Island Wma (State Conservation Area) — 3.9 mi, 242° SW
Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve - Maryland (Marine Protected Area) — 5.7 mi, 060° NE
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 6.1 mi, 311° NW · 96k acres
Chesapeake Forest Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 6.5 mi, 022° N
Raccoon Point Regional Park (Local Park) — 8.7 mi, 096° E
Martin National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 9.0 mi, 201° S · 8,559 acres
Glenn Martin National Wildlife Refuge (Marine Protected Area) — 9.0 mi, 201° S
Janes Island Sp (State Park) — 9.8 mi, 155° SE
Lp5014 (Local Park) — 11.4 mi, 146° SE
Nature Center (Museum) — 11.6 mi, 152° SE
Eagle Nest (Attraction) — 20.5 mi, 339° N
Eagle Nesting Site (Viewpoint) — 20.8 mi, 338° N
Pocomoke Fair Grounds (Theme Park) — 21.5 mi, 107° E
Point Lookout Sp (State Park) — 21.6 mi, 250° W
Theatre and Web Development House (Theatre) — 22.6 mi, 055° NE
Salisbury University Richard A. Henson School of Science & Technology Planetarium (Museum) — 22.6 mi, 055° NE
Sammy the Seagull (Public Artwork) — 22.6 mi, 055° NE
Lockheed T-33 (Attraction) — 22.7 mi, 106° E
Chesapeake Fire Museum (Museum) — 23.0 mi, 040° NE
Makemie Monument (Monument) — 23.1 mi, 132° SE
Confederate Monument (Monument) — 23.2 mi, 259° W
Naylor Mill Forest Trail (Attraction) — 26.1 mi, 048° NE
Historic St. Mary's City Visitors Center (Museum) — 26.2 mi, 273° W
Margaret Brent Pilgrimage (Monument) — 26.3 mi, 274° W
The Maryland Dove (Museum) — 26.5 mi, 274° W
Dorchester Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 29.4 mi, 346° N
Spocott Windmill (Attraction) — 32.3 mi, 337° NW
Smith's St. Leonard Site (Historic Ruins) — 34.4 mi, 298° NW
Assateague Island National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 35.1 mi, 125° SE · 96k acres

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