Golden Beach Maryland Map

About Golden Beach, Maryland

Golden Beach is a locality in St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,651. The population density is 371.8 people per km². Golden Beach is located at 38.4897°N, 76.7007°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 20659.

Golden Beach unfurls across a landscape of quiet, inland fields and thickets where the land holds the heat of the afternoon sun long after the shadows lengthen. It lies 11.6 miles north-northwest of Hollywood, MD (from Hollywood, MD: bearing 329°T), and is situated 9.6 miles west of Saint Leonard. Indian Creek carves a persistent, narrow path through the terrain, its waters moving with a deliberate, muddy grace that shapes the local topography far more than the distant, hazy outline of Pea Ridge on the horizon. Here, the air carries the scent of damp earth and drying pine, a stillness that defines the woods as one travels the twelve miles toward the dense, green shade of Cedarville State Forest. Golden Beach Park offers an open, unadorned space for the residents to gather, providing a focal point where the grass meets the edge of the woodland, and the light at dusk turns the tall weeds into a flickering, pale copper against the darkening sky.

History in this region is measured not by grand monuments, but by the slow, steady transformation of the soil and the legacy of families who have worked these inland acres for generations. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons, as the land provides a modest, reliable livelihood through agriculture and local trade, far removed from the bustle of larger urban centers. While the basin of Devils Nest remains a distant, rugged curiosity ten miles away, life in Golden Beach focuses on the immediate, tangible reality of the creek and the surrounding timber. Residents maintain a pace that favors the observation of small changes—the shifting course of the water, the cycle of the crops, and the migration of birds toward the shelter of the trees—creating a cultural character defined by patience and a deep, quiet familiarity with the land they inhabit.

About This Golden Beach Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Golden Beach, Maryland. Coordinates: 38.489734, -76.700689. 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 Golden Beach includes the ZIP code (20659), telephone area code (301, 240), county seat of St. Mary's County (Leonardtown), and school district assignment (St. Marys 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.