Edgewood Maryland Map

About Edgewood, Maryland

Edgewood is a locality in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. It has a population of 25,713. The population density is 580.5 people per km². Edgewood is located at 39.4203°N, 76.2968°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 20817, 21702, 20740.

Edgewood occupies a stretch of land defined by its quiet, inland character, where the horizon remains flat and expansive under a sky that often holds the heavy, humid light of the mid-Atlantic afternoons. It lies 1.4 miles south-southwest of Beltsville, MD (from Beltsville, MD: bearing 199°T), and is situated 6.1 miles east-northeast of Silver Spring. The earth here is firm, supporting a landscape of modest woodlands and open fields that have long settled into a steady, unadorned rhythm. A mile to the west, the waters of Indian Creek trace a slow path through the terrain, cutting a narrow, shadowed furrow into the soil before moving onward. Beyond the immediate reach of the local landscape, the distant silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains serves as a faint, gray suggestion of depth, reminding the eye that the land eventually rises far to the west.

Hollywood Park serves as a quiet center for the neighborhood, providing a common space where the pace of the day slows to match the movement of the wind through the trees. The economic life of Edgewood has been tethered for generations to the influence of nearby federal installations, which have shaped the way the community organizes its work and its time. Residents move between these professional duties and the simpler pleasures of the surrounding geography, such as the quiet circuit of the White Horse Trail seven miles away or the reflective surface of Greenbelt Lake. There is a particular stillness in the late autumn, when the foliage turns a muted, dusty brown and the air carries the scent of damp leaves and distant, cooling earth.

About This Edgewood Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Edgewood, Maryland. Coordinates: 39.42029, -76.296846. 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 Edgewood includes the ZIP code (20817, 21702, 20740), telephone area code (301, 240), county seat of Prince George's County (Upper Marlboro), and school district assignment (Harford 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.