Explore Pecktonville, 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 Pecktonville, 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 Pecktonville.
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 | Pecktonville |
| State | Maryland (MD) |
| County | Washington County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 39.669817 |
| Longitude | -78.044168 |
| Population | 164 |
| Density | 107.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 21711 |
| Area Code | 410, 443 |
| County Seat | Hagerstown |
| School District | Washington County Public Schools |
Pecktonville emerges from the verdant, hushed landscape where the Licking Creek curves through a basin of limestone and loam, its waters cooling the air that drifts down from the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains. It lies 15.6 miles west-northwest of Halfway, MD (from Halfway, MD: bearing 283°T), and is situated 18.8 miles west-northwest of Washington. The terrain here is defined by a slow, rhythmic inclination, rising from the damp, shaded floor of Bear Pond Hollow toward the expansive, quiet woodlands that border the Indian Springs Wma. In the deepening amber light of late afternoon, the trees cast elongated shadows across the fields, while the nearby surface of Big Pool reflects a sky of pale, slate gray, undisturbed by the modern world. It is a place where the earth feels ancient and settled, grounded in a geography that favors the patient observer over the hurried traveler.
Pecktonville retains the quiet, industrious character of an inland settlement that has long leaned upon the fertile, stubborn soil and the steady flow of the creek to sustain its modest economy. The history of the locality is etched into the very stones of its foundations, reflecting a heritage of agriculture and small-scale trade that once defined the rugged, interior reaches of the state. Life here maintains a deliberate pace, unconcerned with the frantic shifts of distant urban centers, focusing instead on the seasonal cycles of the surrounding woods and the preservation of a quiet, agrarian dignity. Residents move with a familiarity born of generations, valuing the seclusion afforded by the ridges and the enduring stillness of the local landscape.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pecktonville, Maryland. Coordinates: 39.669817, -78.044168. 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 Pecktonville includes the ZIP code (21711), telephone area code (410, 443), county seat of Washington County (Hagerstown), and school district assignment (Washington 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. |