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Dickerson Maryland Map

Explore Dickerson, 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 Dickerson, Maryland

How to Use This Dickerson, Maryland Map

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

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

Latitude	39.220104
Longitude	-77.424153
Population	1,200
Density	35.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	20842
Area Code	301, 240
County Seat	Rockville

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About Dickerson, Maryland

Dickerson is a locality in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,200. The population density is 35.0 people per km². Dickerson is located at 39.2201°N, 77.4242°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 20842.

Dickerson occupies a quiet expanse of the Piedmont where the earth swells into long, rhythmic rises of clay and loam. It lies 7.9 miles west of Clarksburg, MD (from Clarksburg, MD: bearing 261°T), and is situated 8.8 miles west-northwest of Germantown. The Little Monocacy River carves a deliberate path through the landscape, its dark water moving with a steady, unhurried weight toward the south. To the north, the solitary bulk of Sugarloaf Mountain rises as a silent sentinel, its presence defining the horizon and casting long, cool shadows across the fields as the afternoon light begins to thin. On clear days, the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains marks the western edge of the world, a pale blue serration against the sky that reinforces the inland stillness of the valley.

Agriculture remains the pulse of Dickerson, where the soil has been worked for generations to sustain the modest, enduring rhythms of farm life. The land holds the memory of early settlement, visible in the weathered stone foundations and the deep, quiet groves that have stood since the first fences were drawn. While the proximity to Lily Pons Fish Ponds brings a unique stillness to the water-dappled edges of the nearby acreage, the local economy is anchored to the slow cultivation of the earth and the maintenance of the rural character that persists despite the encroaching reach of the wider world. Life in Dickerson is marked by the shifting colors of the harvest and the persistent, low-frequency hum of a place that prefers the company of its own fields to the clamor of the city.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hallowood Worship Center (Theatre) — 2.1 mi, 019° N
Our Lady of Fatima (Public Artwork) — 2.3 mi, 089° E
Sugarloaf Mountain (Conservation Area) — 2.8 mi, 021° N
Mattawoman Natural Environment Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.9 mi, 352° N
Potomac Overlook (Viewpoint) — 3.0 mi, 028° NE
White's Ford Regional Park (Local Park) — 3.4 mi, 246° SW
ISLANDS OF THE POTOMAC Wildlife Management Area - Islands of the Potomac Wildland (State Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 231° SW
Lp5014 (Local Park) — 4.2 mi, 170° S
Hoyles Mill Cp (Local Conservation Area) — 6.0 mi, 133° SE
Lost City Art (Gallery) — 7.5 mi, 086° E
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 7.7 mi, 071° E
Earl's Picnic Spot (Monument) — 7.8 mi, 061° NE
Edwards Landing Lights (Attraction) — 8.9 mi, 218° SW
We Art Fun (Arts Centre) — 8.9 mi, 107° E
Beall Homestead (Monument) — 9.1 mi, 062° NE
Winmill Carriage Museum (Museum) — 9.6 mi, 236° SW
Gov. Westmoreland Davis Home (Museum) — 9.7 mi, 236° SW
10th Vermont Monument (Monument) — 9.9 mi, 011° N
Clopper Mill Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 10.2 mi, 117° SE
Craft Leesburg (Arts Centre) — 10.4 mi, 226° SW
Tally Ho Theater (Cinema) — 10.5 mi, 226° SW
Mighty Midget Kitchen (Attraction) — 10.5 mi, 225° SW
Cobb 12 Cinemas (Cinema) — 10.5 mi, 212° SW
Loudoun Museum (Museum) — 10.5 mi, 226° SW
South Mountain State Park (State Park) — 15.2 mi, 300° NW
South Mountain Sp (State Park) — 15.2 mi, 300° NW
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 15.5 mi, 303° NW · 110k acres
George Washington Memorial Parkway (National Park) — 20.5 mi, 147° SE · 2,795 acres
Patuxent Research Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 33.5 mi, 108° E · 26k acres
Shenandoah National Park (National Park) — 46.7 mi, 237° SW · 197k acres

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