Greensboro Maryland Map
Explore Greensboro, 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 Greensboro, Maryland
How to Use This Greensboro, Maryland Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Greensboro, 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 Greensboro.
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 | Greensboro |
| State | Maryland (MD) |
| County | Caroline County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 38.973725 |
| Longitude | -75.804933 |
| Population | 1,919 |
| Density | 689.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 21639 |
| Area Code | 410, 443 |
| County Seat | Denton |
| School District | Caroline County Public Schools |
About Greensboro, Maryland
Greensboro is a locality in Caroline County, Maryland, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,919. The population density is 689.9 people per km². Greensboro is located at 38.9737°N, 75.8049°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Greensboro is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 21639.Greensboro anchors itself firmly upon the level, fertile plains of the interior, defined by the steady, dark flow of the Choptank River as it carves a path through the landscape. It lies 5.1 miles north-northeast of Caroline, MD (from Caroline, MD: bearing 31°T), and is situated 6.3 miles north of Denton. The earth here is heavy and rich, yielding to the seasonal shifts of a climate that turns the fields into deep, muted greens during the humid summers and brittle, golden stubble under the pale winter sun. At the center of daily life, Town Park provides a quiet green space where the air often carries the scent of damp soil and ripening crops from the surrounding agricultural expanse. Four miles to the west, the quiet waters of Lake Bonnie mirror the wide, expansive sky, offering a stillness that seems to permeate the surrounding acreage, far removed from the frantic pace of the distant urban corridors.
Greensboro traces its identity to the early settlement patterns of the region, where the proximity to the Choptank River facilitated the movement of goods and the slow accumulation of trade. Agriculture remains the primary pulse of the local economy, with the land supporting a rhythm of planting and harvest that dictates the cycles of the calendar. The architecture of the older streets reflects a practical, enduring heritage, where sturdy structures of brick and wood have weathered the passage of years with quiet dignity. Life in Greensboro moves with a deliberate, unadorned cadence, shaped by the needs of the fields and the seasonal migrations of local wildlife, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Opossum Hill serves as a faint, grounding reminder of the varied topography that lies beyond the horizon.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Greensboro Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 0.0 mi, 233° SW
- Town Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 126° SE
- Lp5014 (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 346° N
- Pelot Bird Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 1.8 mi, 041° NE
- Tuckahoe State Park (State Park) — 4.4 mi, 316° NW
- Hollingsworth Pond Heritage Conservation (State Conservation Area) — 4.9 mi, 341° N
- Tuckahoe Sp (State Park) — 4.9 mi, 341° N
- Jackson Lane Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 6.0 mi, 023° NE
- Adkins Arboretum (Nature Reserve) — 7.2 mi, 258° W
- William Still Center Families Divided & United Marker (Monument) — 9.9 mi, 189° S
- Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 14.8 mi, 289° W
- Queen Anne (Monument) — 14.8 mi, 290° W
- Rufus M and Loraine Hall Todd Performing Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 15.0 mi, 265° W
- Cardinal Circle (Theatre) — 18.5 mi, 246° SW
- Barred Owl Circle (Theatre) — 18.6 mi, 246° SW
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About This Greensboro Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Greensboro, Maryland. Coordinates: 38.973725, -75.804933. 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 Greensboro includes the ZIP code (21639), telephone area code (410, 443), county seat of Caroline County (Denton), and school district assignment (Caroline County Public Schools).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
