Explore Kemps Mill, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Kemps Mill, 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 Kemps Mill.
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 | Kemps Mill |
| State | Maryland (MD) |
| County | Washington County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 39.6268 |
| Longitude | -77.8137 |
| Population | 117 |
| Density | 174.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 21740 |
| Area Code | 410, 443 |
| County Seat | Hagerstown |
| School District | Washington County Public Schools |
Kemps Mill occupies a quiet stretch of land where the persistent, silver-tongued flow of the Conococheague Creek dictates the pace of the terrain. It lies 2.9 miles west of Halfway, MD (from Halfway, MD: bearing 278°T), and is situated 6.2 miles west of Washington. The landscape unfolds as a series of verdant rises and depressions, moving westward toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains that anchor the horizon. Here, the air holds a particular weight, smelling of damp earth and the mineral tang of limestone, while the light at dusk settles in long, bruised purples across the fallow fields. Residents often look toward the nearby Wilson Ruritan for a sense of shared space, though the true character of the land is defined by the way the water carves through the bedrock, indifferent to the slow, seasonal shifts of the surrounding woodland.
History at Kemps Mill remains quiet, held in the foundation stones of old structures that recall a time when the creek’s momentum was harnessed for milling grain. The local economy has moved beyond the mechanical grind of the past, favoring the steady, predictable rhythms of small-scale agriculture and the quiet commerce of a place that prefers to keep its own counsel. Life here is measured by the changing color of the crops and the infrequent, purposeful transit of neighbors, far removed from the bustle of the coast. For those seeking a wider solitude, the path toward the stillness of Blairs Valley Lake or the shadowed depths of Polecat Hollow provides a respite from the day, ensuring that Kemps Mill remains a place where the land, rather than the clock, sets the tempo of the afternoon.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Kemps Mill, Maryland. Coordinates: 39.6268, -77.8137. 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 Kemps Mill includes the ZIP code (21740), telephone area code (410, 443), county seat of Washington County (Hagerstown), and school district assignment (Washington 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. |