Explore Maryland Park, 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 Maryland Park, 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 Maryland Park.
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 | Maryland Park |
| State | Maryland (MD) |
| County | Prince George's County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 38.888446 |
| Longitude | -76.906918 |
| Population | 965 |
| Density | 2093.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 20743 |
| Area Code | 301, 240 |
| County Seat | Upper Marlboro |
| School District | Prince George's County Public Schools |
Maryland Park defines the character of its landscape through the persistent, low-slung presence of Watts Branch, which carves a quiet path through the local terrain. It lies 1.3 miles northwest of Walker Mill, MD (from Walker Mill, MD: bearing 312°T), and is situated 7.0 miles east of Washington. The air here carries a heavy, humid weight, a reminder that the Atlantic coastline lies only twenty-four miles away, influencing the way the light catches the moisture in the late afternoon. To the west, the distant silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains provides a permanent, hazy boundary against the sky, while Addison Park serves as the immediate green lung for those who dwell in the vicinity. The land itself is a study in transitional earth, neither fully reclaimed by the wilderness of Cedarville State Forest nor entirely dominated by the encroaching reach of regional infrastructure, maintaining a balance that feels both deliberate and accidental.
History in Maryland Park remains tied to the shifting currents of the regional economy, which has long pivoted toward the maritime influence exerted by the nearby Navy Yard Channel. While the bustle of the harbor remains miles removed, its economic gravity pulls at the daily rhythms of the residents, just as the presence of the Burnham Barrier three miles out suggests a geography shaped by water and sediment. Commuters often look toward the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway Terminus for their connection to the wider world, yet the local life persists in a hum of suburban industry and residential expansion. The neighborhood remains an unassuming collection of properties, where the proximity to Northampton Lake offers a rare, stillness-filled respite from the steady, mechanical pulse of modern work.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Maryland Park, Maryland. Coordinates: 38.888446, -76.906918. 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 Maryland Park includes the ZIP code (20743), telephone area code (301, 240), county seat of Prince George's County (Upper Marlboro), and school district assignment (Prince George's 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. |