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Ridge Maryland Map

Explore Ridge, 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 Ridge, Maryland

How to Use This Ridge, Maryland Map

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

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	Ridge
State	Maryland (MD)
County	St. Mary's County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	38.119293
Longitude	-76.373838
Population	2,400
Density	55.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	20680
Area Code	301, 240
County Seat	Leonardtown

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About Ridge, Maryland

Ridge is a locality in St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,400. The population density is 55.0 people per km². Ridge is located at 38.1193°N, 76.3738°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 20680.

Ridge occupies a quiet thumb of land where the horizon is defined by the slow, rhythmic exhale of the tides. It lies 1.1 miles north-northwest of Saint Marys, MD (from Saint Marys, MD: bearing 329°T), and is situated 7.6 miles south-southeast of Park Hall. The air here holds a particular weight, thick with the salt-scent of Fox Harbor and the brackish breath of Northern Prong Saint Jerome Creek, which carves its way through the low-lying marshes like a vein of darkened silver. Beyond the immediate reach of the water, the landscape flattens into fields that seem to hold the light of the setting sun long after it has dipped below the trees, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Fin Creek Ridge remains a mere whisper on the edge of memory. One might walk toward the edge of Lp5014 and find the ground softened by the damp, yielding pressure of the coastal soil, an earth that has been shaped not by sudden upheaval, but by the patient, persistent work of the water.

Ridge maintains a character forged by the watermen and farmers who first turned this soil, their legacy lingering in the quiet industry of the shoreline. The economy remains tethered to the bounty of the estuary, where the harvest of oysters and crab continues to dictate the pace of the day, a tradition as steady as the seasonal shift of the reeds near Fresh Pond. History here is not found in grand monuments, but in the white-washed wood of older structures and the way the shadows lengthen across Carthagena Flats in the late afternoon. Life moves with the deliberate grace of a boat navigating the narrow channels, far removed from the clamor of the wider world, yet connected to the deep, colonial roots that anchor this peninsula to the past. Even the presence of Treasure Island in the distance adds a touch of the storied and the mysterious, suggesting that while the days are filled with the practical labor of the present, the landscape itself retains the quiet, watchful stillness of a place that has seen centuries pass without losing its essential, singular soul.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lp5014 (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 328° NW
Confederate Monument (Monument) — 1.9 mi, 167° S
St Inigoes Sf (State Resource Management Area) — 2.0 mi, 267° W
Point Lookout Sp (State Park) — 3.0 mi, 159° S
Historic St. Mary's City Visitors Center (Museum) — 5.2 mi, 324° NW
Margaret Brent Pilgrimage (Monument) — 5.6 mi, 326° NW
The Maryland Dove (Museum) — 5.7 mi, 324° NW
Freedom of Conscience (Monument) — 5.8 mi, 326° NW
Church Point (Viewpoint) — 5.9 mi, 324° NW
Drayden African-American Schoolhouse (Museum) — 6.9 mi, 301° NW
Lighthouse (Public Artwork) — 7.2 mi, 284° W
Open Space (Local Park) — 7.2 mi, 315° NW
Piney Point Aquaculture Center (State Conservation Area) — 8.4 mi, 290° W
Chancellors Run Regional Park (State Recreation Area) — 12.0 mi, 327° NW
St Marys River Sp (State Park) — 12.5 mi, 317° NW
J.C. Lore Oyster House (Museum) — 14.9 mi, 342° N
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.0 mi, 026° NE · 96k acres
South Marsh Island Wma (State Conservation Area) — 15.7 mi, 089° E
Martin National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 18.9 mi, 110° E · 8,559 acres
Glenn Martin National Wildlife Refuge (Marine Protected Area) — 18.9 mi, 110° E
Reedville Fishermen's Museum (Museum) — 19.8 mi, 164° S
Smith's St. Leonard Site (Historic Ruins) — 20.2 mi, 339° N
Booker Taliaferro Washington School (historical) (Historic Ruins) — 20.6 mi, 189° S
Eagle Nest (Attraction) — 26.9 mi, 035° NE
Half Shell Stage (Theatre) — 27.9 mi, 181° S
George Washington Birthplace National Monument (National Monument) — 29.3 mi, 280° W · 556 acres
Kocen Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 31.0 mi, 338° N
Calvart Gallery (Gallery) — 31.0 mi, 338° N
Creative Celebrations (Arts Centre) — 32.1 mi, 339° N
Spocott Windmill (Attraction) — 34.0 mi, 018° N

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