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Nanticoke Acres Maryland Map

Explore Nanticoke Acres, 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 Nanticoke Acres, Maryland

How to Use This Nanticoke Acres, Maryland Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Nanticoke Acres, 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 Nanticoke Acres.

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	Nanticoke Acres
State	Maryland (MD)
County	Wicomico County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	38.258456
Longitude	-75.91021
Population	120
Density	176.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	21840
Area Code	410, 443
County Seat	Salisbury
School District	Wicomico County Public Schools

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About Nanticoke Acres, Maryland

Nanticoke Acres is a locality in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States. It is a small community with a population of 120. The population density is 176.2 people per km². Nanticoke Acres is located at 38.2585°N, 75.9102°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 21840.

Nanticoke Acres emerges from the low-lying terrain of the Eastern Shore as a patchwork of salt-bleached fields and dense, stubborn woodland. It lies 18.3 miles west-southwest of Salisbury, MD (from Salisbury, MD: bearing 247°T), and is situated 16.3 miles west-southwest of Fruitland. The horizon remains stubbornly flat, save for the distant, hazy silhouette of Fin Creek Ridge, which serves as a faint reminder of the world beyond these tidal plains. The air here holds a heavy, briny moisture, caught between the slow, rhythmic pulse of Nanticoke Harbor and the quiet, tea-colored currents of Cedar Creek. Just a short distance from the water’s edge, the landscape finds a wilder expression within the Chesapeake Forest Lands, where the loblolly pines stand in disciplined rows, their needles muffling the sound of the wind. Beyond the marsh grass, the land tilts toward the brackish expanse, where Sandy Island appears as a solitary, shifting anchor in the shifting tides.

Nanticoke Acres traces its lineage to the rhythms of the water, where the harvest of the Chesapeake once dictated every cycle of commerce and survival. The local economy persists in a delicate balance with the land, drawing its strength from the cycles of the silt and the seasonal yield of the surrounding fields. While modern life has moved toward the periphery, the echoes of a slower era remain in the weathered timber of old structures and the quiet resilience of those who tend the soil. A few miles inland, the still, reflective surface of Haines Pond offers a contrast to the restless movement of the harbor, providing a sanctuary for the morning mist that clings to the shoreline. Life in Nanticoke Acres is defined by this persistent, quiet engagement with the elements, where the turning of the tide remains the most reliable clock for the day’s labor.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Chesapeake Forest Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 0.7 mi, 148° SE
Ellis Bay Wma (State Conservation Area) — 1.0 mi, 130° SE
Fishing Bay Wma (State Conservation Area) — 1.8 mi, 301° NW
Cedar Hill Park (Local Park) — 3.8 mi, 016° N
Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve - Maryland (Marine Protected Area) — 4.2 mi, 116° SE
Lp5014 (Local Park) — 5.3 mi, 026° NE
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 7.1 mi, 249° W · 96k acres
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park (State Park) — 14.9 mi, 337° NW
Eagle Nest (Attraction) — 15.5 mi, 322° NW
Eagle Nesting Site (Viewpoint) — 15.9 mi, 321° NW
Janes Island Sp (State Park) — 15.9 mi, 172° S
Martin National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 16.1 mi, 199° S · 8,559 acres
Glenn Martin National Wildlife Refuge (Marine Protected Area) — 16.1 mi, 199° S
Chesapeake Fire Museum (Museum) — 16.7 mi, 050° NE
Nature Center (Museum) — 17.4 mi, 169° S
Theatre and Web Development House (Theatre) — 17.5 mi, 069° E
Salisbury University Richard A. Henson School of Science & Technology Planetarium (Museum) — 17.6 mi, 070° E
Sammy the Seagull (Public Artwork) — 17.6 mi, 070° E
Naylor Mill Forest Trail (Attraction) — 20.3 mi, 058° NE
Pocomoke Fair Grounds (Theme Park) — 22.8 mi, 126° SE
Neild Museum (Museum) — 22.8 mi, 339° N
John F. Kennedy (Monument) — 23.4 mi, 338° N
Dorchester Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 23.5 mi, 338° N
East New Market Heritage Museum (Museum) — 23.5 mi, 358° N
Lockheed T-33 (Attraction) — 23.7 mi, 124° SE
Makemie Monument (Monument) — 27.0 mi, 146° SE
Spocott Windmill (Attraction) — 27.1 mi, 327° NW
Confederate Monument (Monument) — 27.3 mi, 245° SW
Military Exhib Site (Registered Battlefield) — 27.8 mi, 041° NE
Assateague Island National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 37.7 mi, 115° SE · 96k acres

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