Edgemont Maryland Map

About Edgemont, Maryland

Edgemont is a locality in Frederick County, Maryland, United States. It is a small community with a population of 218. The population density is 158.8 people per km². Edgemont is located at 39.6766°N, 77.5469°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 21702, 21783.

Edgemont emerges from the landscape as a quiet confluence of earth and water where the land begins to rise in earnest toward the Blue Ridge Mountains. It lies 4.5 miles west of Frederick, MD (from Frederick, MD: bearing 278°T), and is situated 4.7 miles northwest of Ballenger Creek. Ballenger Creek traces a wandering, silver-threaded path through the low-lying terrain, its currents carving a subtle depression into the soil that defines the local topography. To the west, the Middletown Valley stretches out in a wide, verdant expanse, catching the slanted afternoon light that turns the fields into a patchwork of ochre and deep emerald. The proximity of Braddock Heights Park offers a mantle of woodland that softens the edges of the horizon, providing a sanctuary where the air carries the scent of damp loam and cooling stone.

Agriculture and the steady, rhythmic pulse of rural commerce have long anchored the spirit of Edgemont, grounding its people in the cycles of the harvest and the changing seasons. History lingers here in the heavy stone foundations of older structures, remnants of a time when the economy relied on the fertility of the soil and the industriousness of those who worked it. Residents often find their way toward the Middletown Reservoir when the heat of late summer settles over the plains, seeking the stillness of the water as a relief from the day’s labor. Life in Edgemont maintains a deliberate, measured pace, indifferent to the clamor of the wider world, favoring instead the quiet dignity of a place that understands its own geography and the long, slow shadow of the peaks that stand watch over the valley.

About This Edgemont Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Edgemont, Maryland. Coordinates: 39.676611, -77.546948. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Edgemont includes the ZIP code (21702, 21783), telephone area code (410, 443), county seat of Frederick County (Frederick), and school district assignment (Washington County Public Schools).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.