Explore Lothian, 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 Lothian, 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 Lothian.
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 | Lothian |
| State | Maryland (MD) |
| County | Anne Arundel County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 38.831782 |
| Longitude | -76.611351 |
| Population | 2,800 |
| Density | 55.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 20776, 20711 |
| Area Code | 301, 240 |
| County Seat | Annapolis |
Lothian holds a quiet dominion over the rolling agrarian landscape of the mid-Atlantic, where the earth yields to a gentle, undulating persistence. It lies 8.2 miles east of Brock Hall, MD (from Brock Hall, MD: bearing 99°T), and is situated 9.0 miles south-southwest of Anne Arundel. The air here carries a salt-touched memory of the sea, drifting eighteen miles inland to settle over the fields and woodlands that define the horizon. To the west, the distant shadow of Bacon Ridge marks the limit of the view, while closer at hand, the terrain dips into the secluded depths of Fossil Ravine. The nearby waters of Lyons Creek wind through the soil like a silver vein, drawing moisture toward the tranquil surface of Moreland Pond, while the sheltered green spaces of Old South Park provide a sanctuary for the local flora. As dusk descends, the light turns a soft, bruised violet, catching the edges of the meadows and imbuing the stillness with a weight that feels both ancient and immediate.
Lothian retains the quiet gravity of its colonial origins, an inheritance visible in the slow, measured pace of a modern economy still tethered to the rhythm of the seasons. While the bustle of larger ports remains a distant hum, the life of the place is shaped by a deep connection to the land and the nearby, slow-moving currents of Johns Creek. The labor of the soil continues to define the character of the neighborhood, providing a steady pulse that persists beneath the quietude of daily routines. Occasionally, the mind might wander toward the far-off silhouette of Spyglass Island, a solitary point in the mind's eye, but the heart of the locality remains firmly planted in its own rich, dark loam. Here, the passage of time is measured not by the ticking of clocks, but by the subtle shifting of the seasons as they transform the fields from a pale, dormant gray to the vibrant intensity of harvest.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lothian, Maryland. Coordinates: 38.831782, -76.611351. 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 Lothian includes the ZIP code (20776, 20711), telephone area code (301, 240), county seat of Anne Arundel County (Annapolis), and school district assignment.
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. |