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Pondsville Maryland Map

Explore Pondsville, 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 Pondsville, Maryland

How to Use This Pondsville, Maryland Map

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

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

Latitude	39.620653
Longitude	-77.587768
Population	139
Density	173.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	21783
Area Code	410, 443
County Seat	Hagerstown
School District	Washington County Public Schools

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About Pondsville, Maryland

Pondsville is a locality in Washington County, Maryland, United States. It is a small community with a population of 139. The population density is 173.7 people per km². Pondsville is located at 39.6207°N, 77.5878°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 21783.

Pondsville emerges from the topography of the Maryland interior as a settlement defined by the quiet persistence of the earth. It lies 6.0 miles east of Washington, MD (from Washington, MD: bearing 85°T), and is situated 7.2 miles east-southeast of Hagerstown. The land here moves in deliberate, terrestrial swells, characterized by the presence of South Mountain Sp which blankets the local horizon in a dense, green permanence. Nearby, the cooling influence of Mount Aetna Creek cuts a narrow, shadowed path through the soil, while the waters of the Hagerstown Reservoir lie still and glass-like just a short distance to the north. To the west, the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains anchors the skyline, providing a jagged, blue-gray contrast to the immediate serenity of the local meadows and the wooded thickets that lead toward the deeper canopy of Mont Alto State Forest.

Pondsville maintains an economy rooted in the legacy of the land, where the rhythms of the seasons dictate the pace of daily labor and the quietude of the evening. The historical character of the region is etched into the limestone foundations of its older structures, reflecting a time when the surrounding hollows, such as the nearby Warner Gap Hollow, offered shelter and sustenance to early settlers. Residents often look toward the natural landmarks of the vicinity, finding a sense of scale in the vertical drop of Cunningham Falls or the measured, deliberate pace of a walk along the Spiderbush Nature Trail. Life in Pondsville is marked by a steady, undemonstrative continuity, where the amber light of late afternoon settles over the fields, reminding those who live there that the character of the place is not found in grand gestures, but in the enduring, quiet weight of the geography itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

South Mountain Sp (State Park) — 0.1 mi, 190° S
South Mountain State Park (State Park) — 0.2 mi, 020° N
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 0.9 mi, 100° E · 110k acres
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 2.6 mi, 019° N
Hagerstown Watershed (Local Park) — 2.8 mi, 056° NE
Edgemont Reservoir (Local Park) — 3.1 mi, 042° NE
A.M. Powell Hatchery Fma (State Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 231° SW
Black Rock (Viewpoint) — 3.3 mi, 189° S
Ridenour Swamp Heritage Conservation (State Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 074° E
Hagerstown Community College (Recreation Easement) — 4.0 mi, 283° W
Myersville Watershed (Local Resource Management Area) — 4.6 mi, 182° S
Washington Township (Local Recreation) — 7.4 mi, 000° N
Jonathan Hager House and Museum (Museum) — 7.7 mi, 280° W
Saint Maria Goretti (Public Artwork) — 8.1 mi, 297° NW
Mason Dixon Line monument (Monument) — 8.1 mi, 032° NE
Old Cottage (Historic Ruins) — 9.8 mi, 145° SE
Michaux State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 10.0 mi, 027° NE
Stonewall Regiment (Monument) — 10.5 mi, 189° S
Reno Monument (Monument) — 10.5 mi, 189° S
Pumpkin Cannon (Attraction) — 11.3 mi, 101° E
Sunset Movie Theater (Cinema) — 11.6 mi, 254° W
Civil War Medical Museum (Museum) — 12.0 mi, 214° SW
Frederick County Fire Museum (Museum) — 14.9 mi, 068° E
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Visitor Center (Museum) — 14.9 mi, 069° E
Warehouse Cinemas (Cinema) — 15.4 mi, 153° SE
Walkersville Southern Railroad (Attraction) — 15.5 mi, 127° SE
Children's Museum of Rose Hill Manor Park (Museum) — 15.9 mi, 142° SE
Frederick Book Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 17.4 mi, 147° SE
Little House (Attraction) — 17.5 mi, 221° SW
The Great Frederick Fair (Attraction) — 17.7 mi, 144° SE

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