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Pylesville Maryland Map

Explore Pylesville, 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 Pylesville, Maryland

How to Use This Pylesville, Maryland Map

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

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.

CityPylesville
StateMaryland (MD)
CountyHarford County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude39.687921
Longitude-76.388427
Population711
Density57.9 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code21132
Area Code240, 301
County SeatBel Air
School DistrictHarford County Public Schools

About Pylesville, Maryland

Pylesville is a locality in Harford County, Maryland, United States. It is a small community with a population of 711. The population density is 57.9 people per km². Pylesville is located at 39.6879°N, 76.3884°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 21132.

Pylesville spreads across the undulating terrain of northern Harford County, where the landscape is defined by the steady, persistent flow of Broad Creek. It lies 7.3 miles north of Forest Hill, MD (from Forest Hill, MD: bearing 6°T), and is situated 7.3 miles north of Harford. This inland expanse of Maryland is shaped by the quiet gravity of the earth, far removed from the low-lying reaches of the coast, where the air holds a crisp, terrestrial weight. Sunlight catches the mossy stones near the water, illuminating a geography of quiet transitions where the land rises toward the distant silhouette of Rock Ridge. To the west, the terrain offers a rugged austerity, punctuated by the natural formation of Kilgores Rocks, where the water’s descent creates a rhythmic, percussive sound that anchors the stillness of the afternoon.

Pylesville maintains a character forged by the slow persistence of agricultural heritage and the quiet industry of a rural crossroads. Life here is measured by the changing seasonal colors of the surrounding fields and the modest proximity of Lp5014, which provides a necessary buffer of open space for the residents. While the bustle of larger transit corridors remains distant, the pulse of the locality is found in the maintenance of local homesteads and the shared stewardship of the land. Travelers seeking a slower pace might look toward the horizon, where the landscape stretches toward the Mason-Dixon Trail, offering a silent connection to the history of the boundary line that has long defined the temperament of this region.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Lp5014 (Local Park) — 1.3 mi, 154° SE
  • Rocks Sp (State Park) — 1.8 mi, 274° W
  • Kilgore Falls (Viewpoint) — 2.1 mi, 279° W
  • Eden Mill Nature Center and Park (Local Park) — 3.3 mi, 255° W
  • Deer Creek Rapids @ Rocks (Class III) (Attraction) — 3.8 mi, 199° S
  • Stoneywood Nature Center (Nature Reserve) — 4.1 mi, 198° S
  • Old Line Museum (Museum) — 4.3 mi, 051° NE
  • War Memorial (Monument) — 4.3 mi, 051° NE
  • School Park (Recreation Easement) — 5.2 mi, 306° NW
  • Manor House (Historic Ruins) — 6.0 mi, 090° E
  • Peach Bottom Township Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 6.2 mi, 045° NE
  • Palmer Sp (State Park) — 6.6 mi, 134° SE
  • Oest Campfire Amphitheater (Theatre) — 6.7 mi, 093° E
  • Whiteford Farm House (1885) (Historic Ruins) — 7.1 mi, 082° E
  • State Game Land 327 (State Resource Management Area) — 7.2 mi, 339° N
  • Saint Ignatius Church Hickory, Maryland (Monument) — 8.1 mi, 167° S
  • Mason And Dixon Line 40th Mile Stone (Monument) — 8.5 mi, 286° W
  • PP&L Environmental Preserve (Conservation Area) — 9.7 mi, 045° NE
  • Muddy Run Recreational Park (Park) — 9.7 mi, 025° NE
  • State Game Land 181 (State Resource Management Area) — 9.9 mi, 006° N
  • Harford Community College - Joppa Hall (Gallery) — 10.1 mi, 148° SE
  • Bel Air's Family Tree (HoH) (Public Artwork) — 10.3 mi, 169° S
  • Harford Artists Gallery (Gallery) — 10.6 mi, 169° S
  • Legends of the Fog (Theme Park) — 13.2 mi, 133° SE
  • Horizon Cinemas (Cinema) — 13.5 mi, 181° S
  • A Village Of Garden Gnomes (Attraction) — 14.0 mi, 254° W
  • Steppingstone Farm Museum (Museum) — 14.6 mi, 114° SE
  • Cal, Sr.'s Yard (Stadium) — 15.2 mi, 135° SE
  • Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve - Maryland (Marine Protected Area) — 17.3 mi, 159° S
  • Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.8 mi, 117° SE · 96k acres

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About This Pylesville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pylesville, Maryland. Coordinates: 39.687921, -76.388427. 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 Pylesville includes the ZIP code (21132), telephone area code (240, 301), county seat of Harford County (Bel Air), and school district assignment (Harford 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.