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Mount Aetna Maryland Map

Explore Mount Aetna, 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 Mount Aetna, Maryland

How to Use This Mount Aetna, Maryland Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Mount Aetna, 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 Mount Aetna.

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	Mount Aetna
State	Maryland (MD)
County	Washington County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	39.59888
Longitude	-77.612768
Population	580
Density	158.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	21740, 21742
Area Code	410, 443
County Seat	Hagerstown
School District	Washington County Public Schools

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About Mount Aetna, Maryland

Mount Aetna is a locality in Washington County, Maryland, United States. It is a small community with a population of 580. The population density is 158.5 people per km². Mount Aetna is located at 39.5989°N, 77.6128°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 21740, 21742.

Mount Aetna occupies a quiet expanse of limestone-rich earth where the steady pulse of the land is defined by the winding course of Mount Aetna Creek. It lies 4.1 miles east of Washington, MD (from Washington, MD: bearing 100°T), and is situated 5.8 miles east-southeast of Hagerstown. Beyond the immediate banks of the creek, the terrain rises into the modest, verdant swells characteristic of the region, anchored on the distant horizon by the silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The light here tends to pool in the hollows during the late afternoon, casting long, bruised-purple shadows across the fields that seem to hold the heat of the day long after the sun has slipped away. Residents often look toward the nearby A.M. Powell Hatchery Fma, where the water moves with a different, more deliberate purpose, maintaining a landscape that feels less like a frontier and more like a long-settled agreement between the soil and the sky.

Mount Aetna carries the weight of a quiet, agrarian endurance, having grown from the early patterns of agricultural settlement that defined the surrounding valleys. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the land, though the modern pace is punctuated by the steady transit of those traveling toward the Hagerstown Reservoir or toward the more rugged, forested depths of the Mont Alto State Forest. Life in Mount Aetna favors the steady habits of the rural interior, where the changing of the seasons is measured not by crowds or commerce, but by the subtle shifting of the grain and the cooling of the creek water. It is a place that demands little attention, content to exist in the quiet intervals between the busier centers of the state, maintaining its character through a persistent, understated modesty.

Nearby Outdoor Places

South Mountain Sp (State Park) — 0.7 mi, 089° E
South Mountain State Park (State Park) — 0.7 mi, 083° E
A.M. Powell Hatchery Fma (State Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 245° SW
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 1.7 mi, 118° SE · 110k acres
Black Rock (Viewpoint) — 2.0 mi, 155° SE
Myersville Watershed (Local Resource Management Area) — 3.3 mi, 159° S
Hagerstown Community College (Recreation Easement) — 3.5 mi, 313° NW
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 4.5 mi, 029° NE
Hagerstown Watershed (Local Park) — 4.8 mi, 050° NE
Edgemont Reservoir (Local Park) — 5.1 mi, 042° NE
Ridenour Swamp Heritage Conservation (State Conservation Area) — 5.4 mi, 063° NE
Washington Monument (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 185° S
Jonathan Hager House and Museum (Museum) — 6.9 mi, 294° NW
Saint Maria Goretti (Public Artwork) — 7.8 mi, 311° NW
Stonewall Regiment (Monument) — 8.9 mi, 182° S
Reno Monument (Monument) — 8.9 mi, 181° S
Old Cottage (Historic Ruins) — 9.5 mi, 133° SE
Sunset Movie Theater (Cinema) — 10.0 mi, 261° W
Civil War Medical Museum (Museum) — 10.1 mi, 212° SW
Michaux State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 11.9 mi, 029° NE
Pumpkin Cannon (Attraction) — 12.4 mi, 093° E
Warehouse Cinemas (Cinema) — 14.8 mi, 146° SE
Little House (Attraction) — 15.4 mi, 221° SW
Children's Museum of Rose Hill Manor Park (Museum) — 15.7 mi, 135° SE
Walkersville Southern Railroad (Attraction) — 15.8 mi, 120° SE
Frederick County Fire Museum (Museum) — 16.7 mi, 065° NE
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Visitor Center (Museum) — 16.7 mi, 066° NE
Frederick Book Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 17.0 mi, 140° SE
The Great Frederick Fair (Attraction) — 17.3 mi, 138° SE
Shenandoah National Park (National Park) — 56.9 mi, 213° SW · 197k acres

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