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Germantown Maryland Map

Explore Germantown, 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 Germantown, Maryland

How to Use This Germantown, Maryland Map

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

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

Latitude	39.174252
Longitude	-77.263754
Population	91,249
Density	2068.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	20874, 21128, 21811, 20876
Area Code	410, 443, 301, 240
County Seat	Annapolis
School District	Montgomery County Public Schools

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About Germantown, Maryland

Germantown is a locality in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. It has a population of 91,249. The population density is 2068.4 people per km². Germantown is located at 39.1743°N, 77.2638°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 20874, 21128, 21811.

Germantown maintains a quiet presence amidst a landscape defined by the shifting moisture of the nearby coast and the steady, low-slung horizon. It lies 3.0 miles south-southwest of Annapolis Neck, MD (from Annapolis Neck, MD: bearing 208°T), and is situated 4.4 miles south-southeast of Anne Arundel. The air here holds a salt-tinged weight, a reminder that the tides at Seclude Cove exert a subtle, rhythmic pull on the atmosphere only thirteen miles away. Closer at hand, the terrain dips into the shadowed depression of Frog Canyon, while the dark, still surface of Pig Pond reflects the changing sky. Muddy Creek carves a narrow, persistent path through the earth, winding past the verdant, protected expanse of Camp Letts, where the trees lean heavily toward the water. On the horizon, the faint, jagged silhouette of Bacon Ridge provides a permanent, muted boundary to the west, grounding the view under a pale, wide-reaching canopy of light.

Germantown grew from the intersection of modest trade and the persistent, quiet expansion of regional commerce that characterized this coastal periphery. The local economy relies on the steady pulse of service and professional industry, an evolution from the earlier days when the land was shaped by the rhythms of the shoreline and the slow, deliberate work of the inland soil. Visitors and residents often find themselves near Flat Island, a quiet point of reference in the landscape that anchors the local geography. Life in Germantown moves with a functional, unadorned pace, where the legacy of the past is not a heavy weight, but a silent partner to the modern commute and the daily routines of the people. The character of the place is found in these intersections, where the gray light of dusk settles over the fields and the distant, unseen movement of the tide suggests a world larger than the borders of the neighborhood.

Nearby Outdoor Places

We Art Fun (Arts Centre) — 0.5 mi, 347° N
Montgomery County (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 195° S
Waring Station Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 117° SE
Strider Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.0 mi, 157° SE
Gunners Village Nca (Local Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 131° SE
Clopper Mill Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 1.5 mi, 159° S
Hoyles Mill Cp (Local Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 267° W
Historic Cupola (Public Artwork) — 2.0 mi, 163° S
Dr. Gordon W. Bowie Music Pavilion (Theatre) — 3.1 mi, 099° E
PEPCO Community Stage (Theatre) — 3.6 mi, 124° SE
Lost City Art (Gallery) — 3.9 mi, 344° N
Inspiration Park (Monument) — 4.0 mi, 162° S
Fire Museum (Museum) — 4.2 mi, 122° SE
Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory (Monument) — 4.3 mi, 127° SE
The Cliff Bland Recreation Area (Monument) — 5.0 mi, 200° S
AMC Rio Cinemas 18 (Cinema) — 5.4 mi, 139° SE
Seneca Creek State Park (State Park) — 6.3 mi, 214° SW
Seneca Quarry (Historic Ruins) — 8.4 mi, 211° SW
VisArts (Arts Centre) — 8.5 mi, 135° SE
Regal Rockville Center Stadium 13 (Cinema) — 8.7 mi, 136° SE
Overlook rock, lower (Viewpoint) — 8.8 mi, 204° SW
F. Scott Fitzgerald (Attraction) — 9.0 mi, 135° SE
The Beachkraft Studio\gallery (Gallery) — 10.6 mi, 097° E
Patuxent River Sp (State Park) — 11.0 mi, 050° NE
Maryland Mine (Attraction) — 12.5 mi, 172° S
George Washington Memorial Parkway (National Park) — 14.3 mi, 170° S · 2,795 acres
Patuxent Research Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.3 mi, 107° E · 26k acres

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