Garretts Mill Maryland Map
Garretts Mill, Maryland — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Garretts Mill, Washington County.
Interactive Map of Garretts Mill, Maryland
| City | Garretts Mill |
| State | Maryland (MD) |
| County | Washington |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 39.352323 |
| Longitude | -77.684436 |
| Population | 244 |
| Density | 135.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About Garretts Mill, Maryland
Garretts Mill is a locality in Washington County, Maryland, United States. It is a small community with a population of 244. The population density is 135.9 people per km². Garretts Mill is located at 39.3523°N, 77.6844°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 21758.
Garretts Mill rests in a hollow where the land begins its slow, deliberate climb toward the Catoctin Mountains. It lies 13.4 miles west of Ballenger Creek, MD (from Ballenger Creek, MD: bearing 264°T), and is situated 4.0 miles north-west of Brunswick. The air here often carries the sweet, earthy scent of damp soil and ripening corn, a fragrance that clings to the humid Maryland summers. Rolling fields, stitched with the dark green of mature oak and the lighter brush of younger growth, spread out like a rumpled quilt, broken by the occasional glint of a meandering creek. The terrain, a gentle push and pull of low ridges and shallow valleys, feels ancient and settled, as if the very bedrock has been smoothed by millennia of wind and water. Barns, weathered to the silver of old coins, punctuate the landscape, their silhouettes sharp against the wide, often cloud-scudded sky. The story of Garretts Mill is as much about the water as it is about the land, the original mill harnessing the steady flow of a nearby stream to grind grain for generations of farmers. This agricultural heart, still beating, is evident in the silos that stand sentinel against the horizon and the tractors that traverse the fields, their engines a low hum in the quiet countryside. While the mill itself may no longer be the central hub of commerce, its legacy is woven into the local character, a reminder of a simpler, more elemental economy. The nearby landscape, sculpted by the same forces that powered the mill wheel, offers a quiet invitation to explore, with trails that wind through dappled woods and along the banks of the very waterways that sustained Garretts Mill for so long.
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About This Garretts Mill Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Garretts Mill, Maryland with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Garretts Mill and Washington County. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Garretts Mill is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Garretts Mill is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |
