Rising Sun Maryland Map

About Rising Sun, Maryland

Rising Sun is a locality in Carroll County, Maryland, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,740. The population density is 650.2 people per km². Rising Sun is located at 39.7014°N, 76.0602°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Rising Sun is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 21787, 21911.

Rising Sun sits firmly upon the undulating terrain of the Piedmont, where the land swells in steady, rhythmic rises that suggest the ancient pressure of the Blue Ridge Mountains visible to the west. It lies 13.1 miles west-northwest of Westminster, MD (from Westminster, MD: bearing 303°T), and is situated 2.1 miles northwest of Taneytown. Piney Creek carves a narrow, serpentine path through the soil, its waters often catching the bruised purple light of late afternoon as they move toward the lower basins. The air here carries a weight of damp earth and cooling stone, a quiet atmosphere that settles over the fields and woodlands long before the sun disappears behind the horizon. Just a mile away, the open expanse of Taneytown Mem. Park provides a flat, grassy counterpoint to the dense, wooded shadows that congregate along the creek beds, grounding the landscape in a persistent, terrestrial stillness.

Rising Sun maintains a character defined by its deep inland roots, evolving from a simple crossroads into a place where the economy remains tethered to the slow, deliberate work of the local soil and small-scale enterprise. The architecture reflects a legacy of brick and sturdy frame construction, holding the memory of a time when the transit of goods through the interior dictated the pace of daily life. While the bustle of larger transit corridors lingers on the periphery, the internal rhythm of the locality is governed by the shifting seasons and the maintenance of its historic foundations. Residents often look toward the distant presence of the Blue Ridge Mountains as a sentinel on the skyline, a reminder of the vast, landlocked geography that separates Rising Sun from the distant, salt-tinged horizons of the coast.

About This Rising Sun Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rising Sun, Maryland. Coordinates: 39.701401, -76.060181. 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 Rising Sun includes the ZIP code (21787, 21911), telephone area code (410, 443), county seat of Carroll County (Westminster), and school district assignment (Cecil County Public Schools).

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.