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Galesville Maryland Map

Explore Galesville, 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 Galesville, Maryland

How to Use This Galesville, Maryland Map

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

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	Galesville
State	Maryland (MD)
County	Anne Arundel County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	38.843171
Longitude	-76.54357
Population	623
Density	182.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	20765
Area Code	301, 240
County Seat	Annapolis
School District	Anne Arundel County Public Schools

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About Galesville, Maryland

Galesville is a locality in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. It is a small community with a population of 623. The population density is 182.6 people per km². Galesville is located at 38.8432°N, 76.5436°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 20765.

Galesville draws its singular character from the shifting gray light that settles over the water, where the horizon dissolves into the quiet persistence of the tide. It lies 6.6 miles south-southwest of Annapolis Neck, MD (from Annapolis Neck, MD: bearing 202°T), and is situated 7.6 miles south of Anne Arundel. The landscape around Galesville is defined by the steady, low-lying reach of School Creek, which serves as a constant companion to the shore, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Bacon Ridge provides a faint, elevated boundary to the west. Inland, the terrain softens into the quiet depression of Beech Hollow, near the still, dark waters of Meadow Pond, and the gentle, damp earth gives way to the winding path of Smith Creek as it pushes toward the main channel. The air here holds the salt-heavy weight of the Atlantic’s influence, though the land itself remains a sanctuary of marsh and field, far removed from the jagged peaks of any distant mountain range.

Galesville retains the salt-stained memory of a time when the water provided the only true currency, its history anchored firmly to the maritime traditions of the Chesapeake. The local economy, once dictated by the labor of the waterman and the seasonal bounty of the oyster, now finds its focus at Galesville Wharf, where the rhythm of the day is marked by the movement of masts and the slap of water against weathered pilings. While O'Neill Island sits as a quiet, isolated sentry just off the coast, the inhabitants continue to navigate the intersection of colonial heritage and modern persistence. Life here moves with a deliberate gravity, unburdened by the frantic pace of the wider world, favoring instead the slow, tactile labor of maintaining vessels and the quiet observation of the seasons as they turn across the wetlands.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Galesville Wharf (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 100° E
Hot Sox Field At Wilson Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 309° NW
Franklin Point State Park (State Park) — 1.9 mi, 136° SE
Wild Kid Acres (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 4.4 mi, 007° N
Former Confederate Soldier Benjamin Welch Owens (Public Artwork) — 6.6 mi, 256° W
River Deck (Viewpoint) — 6.8 mi, 001° N
Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve - Maryland (Marine Protected Area) — 8.3 mi, 248° W
Glendening Walking Trails at Jug Bay Nature Preserve (Attraction) — 8.9 mi, 247° SW
Landmark Theatres (Cinema) — 9.1 mi, 000° N
Lafayette's Encampment (Monument) — 9.4 mi, 019° N
Nancy Hammond Editions (Gallery) — 9.5 mi, 001° N
Banneker-Douglass Museum of Afro-American Life and History (Museum) — 9.6 mi, 016° N
Guardians of the First Amendment Memorial (Monument) — 9.7 mi, 018° N
Victualling Warehouse Maritime Museum (Museum) — 9.7 mi, 019° N
Baron Johann DeKalb (Monument) — 9.8 mi, 017° N
AMC Annapolis Mall 11 (Cinema) — 10.0 mi, 359° N
Be with Me Playseum (Museum) — 10.1 mi, 359° N
Naval Academy Museum (Museum) — 10.1 mi, 017° N
Merkle Nrma (State Park) — 10.1 mi, 229° SW
Local by Design (Gallery) — 10.2 mi, 360° N
Prince George's Equestrian Center (Attraction) — 11.2 mi, 258° W
National Capital Radio & Television Museum (Museum) — 11.7 mi, 299° NW
Overdue Recognition Art Gallery (Gallery) — 12.5 mi, 304° NW
Patuxent Research Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.5 mi, 322° NW · 26k acres
Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.6 mi, 052° NE · 6,282 acres
George Washington Memorial Parkway (National Park) — 26.6 mi, 273° W · 2,795 acres

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