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Nanticoke Maryland Map

Explore Nanticoke, 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, Maryland

How to Use This Nanticoke, Maryland Map

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

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

Latitude	38.265488
Longitude	-75.886973
Population	209
Density	30.7 /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, Maryland

Nanticoke is a locality in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States. It is a small community with a population of 209. The population density is 30.7 people per km². Nanticoke is located at 38.2655°N, 75.8870°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 21840.

Nanticoke breathes with the slow, rhythmic pulse of the tides, a landscape defined by the shifting edges of earth and water where the air carries a constant, briny weight. It lies 17.7 miles west-southwest of Salisbury, MD (from Salisbury, MD: bearing 250°T), and is situated 15.8 miles west-southwest of Fruitland. The horizon is low and expansive, dominated by the muted greens of the Chesapeake Forest Lands and the sprawling, marshy margins that press against the banks of Nanticoke Harbor. Inland, the terrain settles into a quiet flatness, broken only by the thin, dark ribbon of Windsor Creek as it carves a slow path toward the shore. Beyond the immediate wetlands, the silhouette of Fin Creek Ridge hums in the distance, a faint, serrated line against the sky that anchors the perspective of the flat plains. On clear evenings, the light catches the reeds near Negro Island, turning the water into a sheet of hammered pewter that seems to hold the stillness of the day in its grip.

Maritime traditions have long dictated the pace of life in Nanticoke, shaping an economy that remains tethered to the harvest of the water and the seasonal migrations of the Chesapeake. Small-scale watermen still navigate the local currents with a practiced, silent efficiency, honoring a legacy of labor that persists despite the encroaching modernity of the Eastern Shore. While the rhythms of the day are dictated by the tide, the nearby presence of Little Savanna Lake offers a quiet respite, a mirror of freshwater tucked away from the salt-heavy winds. Life here moves with a deliberate, unadorned gravity, where the identity of the place is found in the weathered wood of a dock or the persistent, steady growth of the surrounding woodlands. It is a world of quiet endurance, where the history of the soil and the sea remains visible in the simple, functional architecture of a life lived close to the water’s edge.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Chesapeake Forest Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 0.1 mi, 118° SE
Ellis Bay Wma (State Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 034° NE
Fishing Bay Wma (State Conservation Area) — 2.9 mi, 282° W
Cedar Hill Park (Local Park) — 3.0 mi, 005° N
Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve - Maryland (Marine Protected Area) — 3.5 mi, 133° SE
Lp5014 (Local Park) — 4.4 mi, 014° N
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.5 mi, 249° W · 96k acres
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park (State Park) — 15.0 mi, 334° NW
Chesapeake Fire Museum (Museum) — 15.4 mi, 048° NE
Eagle Nest (Attraction) — 15.9 mi, 318° NW
Theatre and Web Development House (Theatre) — 16.1 mi, 069° E
Salisbury University Richard A. Henson School of Science & Technology Planetarium (Museum) — 16.2 mi, 070° E
Sammy the Seagull (Public Artwork) — 16.2 mi, 070° E
Janes Island Sp (State Park) — 16.2 mi, 177° S
Eagle Nesting Site (Viewpoint) — 16.3 mi, 317° NW
Martin National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.0 mi, 202° S · 8,559 acres
Glenn Martin National Wildlife Refuge (Marine Protected Area) — 17.0 mi, 202° S
Nature Center (Museum) — 17.7 mi, 173° S
Naylor Mill Forest Trail (Attraction) — 19.0 mi, 058° NE
Pocomoke Fair Grounds (Theme Park) — 22.1 mi, 129° SE
Neild Museum (Museum) — 22.9 mi, 336° NW
Lockheed T-33 (Attraction) — 23.0 mi, 127° SE
East New Market Heritage Museum (Museum) — 23.1 mi, 355° N
John F. Kennedy (Monument) — 23.5 mi, 334° NW
Dorchester Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 23.6 mi, 334° NW
Military Exhib Site (Registered Battlefield) — 26.7 mi, 040° NE
Makemie Monument (Monument) — 26.8 mi, 149° SE
Spocott Windmill (Attraction) — 27.4 mi, 325° NW
Confederate Monument (Monument) — 28.6 mi, 246° SW
Assateague Island National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 36.7 mi, 117° SE · 96k acres

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