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Fishing Creek Maryland Map

Explore Fishing Creek, 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 Fishing Creek, Maryland

How to Use This Fishing Creek, Maryland Map

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

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	Fishing Creek
State	Maryland (MD)
County	Dorchester County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	38.336953
Longitude	-76.221683
Population	173
Density	63.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	21634, 21622
Area Code	410, 443
County Seat	Cambridge
School District	Dorchester County Public Schools

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About Fishing Creek, Maryland

Fishing Creek is a locality in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States. It is a small community with a population of 173. The population density is 63.3 people per km². Fishing Creek is located at 38.3370°N, 76.2217°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 21634, 21622.

Fishing Creek emerges from the flat, expansive lowlands as a quiet convergence of agrarian tradition and untamed wilderness. It lies 13.0 miles east-northeast of Lexington Park, MD (from Lexington Park, MD: bearing 73°T), and is situated 16.8 miles north-northeast of Saint Marys. The land here stretches out in broad, unremarkable swaths of earth, interrupted only by the steady, dark flow of the Honga River that carves a path through the soil just a mile away. To the west, the silhouettes of Edgars Ridge rise against the horizon, providing a distant, jagged boundary to the otherwise level horizon. The air remains heavy with the scent of damp loam and tall grasses, particularly as the light fails and shadows pool in the low-lying depressions of the fields. A profound stillness settles over the terrain, broken only by the occasional rustle of wildlife moving toward the protected expanse of the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, which guards the wilder, uncultivated edges of the landscape.

Agriculture and the slow, deliberate rhythms of the land define the character of Fishing Creek, where the labor of the soil has dictated the pace of life for generations. While the nearby Hog Range marks the landscape with its distant, subtle shifts in elevation, the economy remains rooted in the fertile, heavy dirt of the plains and the stewardship of the surrounding habitats. Residents move with a measured, intentional gait, reflecting a history that values persistence over spectacle and community over the transient demands of a faster world. The proximity to Lans Pond, nine miles away, offers a rare, reflective stillness for those who seek it, though most find their sense of place in the daily maintenance of fences, crops, and the preservation of the local heritage. Life in Fishing Creek persists as a quiet observation of the seasons, where the turning of the leaves and the cooling of the autumn air serve as the primary markers of a life well-lived in the interior.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 1.8 mi, 250° W · 96k acres
Tar Bay Wma (State Conservation Area) — 1.8 mi, 279° W
Chesapeake Forest Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 5.1 mi, 096° E
Fred W Besley Demonstration Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 5.2 mi, 071° E
Fishing Bay Wma (State Conservation Area) — 6.5 mi, 075° E
Robinson Neck / Frank M. Ewing Preserve (Conservation Area) — 6.6 mi, 341° N
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park (State Park) — 8.8 mi, 030° NE
Eagle Nesting Site (Viewpoint) — 9.8 mi, 045° NE
Eagle Nest (Attraction) — 10.0 mi, 047° NE
Calvert Cliffs Sp (State Park) — 10.6 mi, 293° NW
Open Space (Local Park) — 11.3 mi, 240° SW
Castle of the Eye (Public Artwork) — 12.4 mi, 273° W
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (Monument) — 12.6 mi, 264° W
M.M. Davis Shipyard (Monument) — 12.9 mi, 266° W
J.C. Lore Oyster House (Museum) — 13.0 mi, 266° W
J.C. Lore & Sons Oyster House (Monument) — 13.0 mi, 266° W
Historic St. Mary's City Visitors Center (Museum) — 15.6 mi, 226° SW
The Maryland Dove (Museum) — 15.6 mi, 228° SW
Smith's St. Leonard Site (Historic Ruins) — 16.0 mi, 284° W
Indian Village (Historic Ruins) — 16.3 mi, 286° W
Spocott Windmill (Attraction) — 17.5 mi, 007° N
Dorchester Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 18.1 mi, 026° NE
Neild Museum (Museum) — 18.2 mi, 029° NE
Drayden African-American Schoolhouse (Museum) — 18.3 mi, 231° SW
Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve - Maryland (Marine Protected Area) — 21.9 mi, 115° SE
Martin National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.2 mi, 155° SE · 8,559 acres
Glenn Martin National Wildlife Refuge (Marine Protected Area) — 23.2 mi, 155° SE
Kocen Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 24.0 mi, 305° NW
Calvart Gallery (Gallery) — 24.0 mi, 305° NW
Otwell Woodland Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 25.8 mi, 012° N

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