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Oldtown Maryland Map

Explore Oldtown, 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 Oldtown, Maryland

How to Use This Oldtown, Maryland Map

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

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

Latitude	39.54148
Longitude	-78.611404
Population	116
Density	120.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	21555
Area Code	410, 443
County Seat	Cumberland
School District	Allegany County Public Schools

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About Oldtown, Maryland

Oldtown is a locality in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. It is a small community with a population of 116. The population density is 120.7 people per km². Oldtown is located at 39.5415°N, 78.6114°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 21555.

Oldtown holds a steady, quiet composure where the Mill Run carves a cooling path through the low-lying terrain. It lies 5.8 miles south of Allegany, MD (from Allegany, MD: bearing 180°T), and is situated 11.1 miles southeast of Cumberland. The landscape gathers into the shadows of the Appalachian Mountains, which loom seven miles to the west like a jagged, permanent horizon of blue-gray stone. To the north, the land dips into the quiet basin of Kern Hollow, a place where the morning mist lingers long after the sun has cleared the ridge. The atmosphere here possesses a dense, earthen stillness, especially near Oldtown Community Park, where the tall grasses bow under the weight of the damp air and the light at dusk turns the color of a bruised plum, filtering through the canopy to settle on the dark, silt-heavy banks of the creek.

Oldtown keeps the memory of its early colonial foundations in the sturdy, unpretentious brickwork of its older buildings, which stand as quiet observers of a local economy built upon the slow, deliberate work of the land. Far from the frantic bustle of the coast, the rhythm of life here follows the seasonal turning of the soil and the quiet industry of those who have remained to tend the fields and the timber. While Long Pond rests thirteen miles away, providing a distant, glassy respite for those who travel beyond the immediate valley, the people of Oldtown find their own constancy in the unchanging flow of the Mill Run. This is a place where the passing of time is measured not by the clock, but by the deepening of the shadows across the hills and the persistent, low-frequency hum of a world that asks for nothing more than to be left to its own patient labor.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Oldtown Community Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 318° NW
Oldtown Romney Glade Preserve (Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 077° E
Green Spring Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 194° S
Green Ridge Sf (State Resource Management Area) — 2.0 mi, 080° E
White Horse Mountain Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 185° S
Warrior Mountain Wma (State Conservation Area) — 2.9 mi, 002° N
Green Ridge State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 3.5 mi, 039° NE
Masonry Overfall (Historic Ruins) — 4.2 mi, 279° W
Steam Pump (Historic Ruins) — 6.6 mi, 289° W
Banner's Overlook (Viewpoint) — 8.0 mi, 062° NE
Greenway Avenue Stadium (Stadium) — 10.1 mi, 314° NW
Rocky Gap Sp (State Park) — 10.3 mi, 343° N
The Rock - Allegany County Speedway (Stadium) — 11.0 mi, 295° NW
B'er Chayim Congregation (Monument) — 11.0 mi, 314° NW
Embassy Theatre (Theatre) — 11.0 mi, 313° NW
The Three Stars Arts (Gallery) — 11.0 mi, 314° NW
Allegany Arts Council (Gallery) — 11.1 mi, 314° NW
Thomas Cresap (Monument) — 11.1 mi, 313° NW
National Road Monument (Monument) — 11.1 mi, 313° NW
Martin Hill Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 12.6 mi, 006° N
Cacapon Resort State Park (State Park) — 14.3 mi, 108° E
Almost Heaven Swing (Attraction) — 15.1 mi, 109° E
Almost Heaven Sign (Attraction) — 15.1 mi, 109° E
Davis History House (Museum) — 15.8 mi, 210° SW
Hampshire County Artist Co-op (Arts Centre) — 15.9 mi, 210° SW
Taggart Hall Civil War Museum & Visitors Center (Museum) — 15.9 mi, 209° SW
The River House (Arts Centre) — 19.3 mi, 151° SE
Capon Bridge Museum (Museum) — 19.4 mi, 151° SE
George Washington National Forest (National Forest) — 28.2 mi, 172° S · 1.1M acres
Shenandoah National Park (National Park) — 48.8 mi, 153° SE · 197k acres

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