Sandy Spring Maryland Map
Explore Sandy Spring, 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 Sandy Spring, Maryland
How to Use This Sandy Spring, Maryland Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Sandy Spring, 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 Sandy Spring.
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 | Sandy Spring |
| State | Maryland (MD) |
| County | Montgomery County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 39.149552 |
| Longitude | -77.026922 |
| Population | 3,400 |
| Density | 120.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 20860 |
| Area Code | 301, 240 |
| County Seat | Rockville |
About Sandy Spring, Maryland
Sandy Spring is a locality in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,400. The population density is 120.0 people per km². Sandy Spring is located at 39.1496°N, 77.0269°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 20860.Sandy Spring reveals itself through a landscape of quiet, undulating ridges that rise toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It lies 2.2 miles east of Olney, MD (from Olney, MD: bearing 97°T), and is situated 9.4 miles east of Gaithersburg. The Northwest Branch Anacostia River carves a narrow, persistent path through the earth, feeding the soil that supports thick groves of hardwood and open, sun-drenched fields. At the center of this terrain, the Sandy Spring Village Green Up provides a modest, open expanse where the afternoon light settles in long, amber streaks across the grass. Three miles away, the dark, still surface of Rocky Gorge Reservoir mirrors the changing sky, offering a heavy, cool contrast to the dry warmth of the surrounding woods.
Quaker settlers first arrived in Sandy Spring, establishing a legacy of agricultural stewardship and communal deliberation that still marks the rhythm of local life. The economy, once rooted in the labor of the soil and the milling of grain, has transitioned into a landscape of quiet professional life and carefully preserved homesteads. Old stone walls and weathered timber fences delineate the boundaries of properties, marking a history that honors the slow passage of time over rapid development. The pace here remains deliberate, defined by the seasonal change of leaves and the persistent, low-frequency hum of a neighborhood that values its independence from the encroaching sprawl of the nearby capital.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Montgomery County (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 185° S
- Woodlawn Cultural Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 166° S
- Patuxent River Sp (State Park) — 1.7 mi, 022° N
- T. Howard Duckett Watershed (Local Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 058° NE
- The Beachkraft Studio\gallery (Gallery) — 2.2 mi, 280° W
- Reddy Branch Svu (Local Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 300° NW
- Matthew Henson State Park Unit #4 (State Park) — 4.3 mi, 182° S
- Old Bank Vault Door (Public Artwork) — 5.6 mi, 118° SE
- DC Sniper Victims Memorial (Monument) — 6.4 mi, 185° S
- Parkland Memorial (Monument) — 7.0 mi, 219° SW
- Frank Lawrence Towers (Monument) — 7.0 mi, 208° SW
- Abandoned Gaynor Road bridge (Historic Ruins) — 7.2 mi, 210° SW
- Scott’s Cove at Rocky Gorge Reservoir (Attraction) — 7.3 mi, 098° E
- Mill Race (Historic Ruins) — 7.5 mi, 068° E
- Clarksville Environmental Area (Viewpoint) — 7.8 mi, 049° NE
- F. Scott Fitzgerald (Attraction) — 7.9 mi, 234° SW
- Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 8.0 mi, 244° SW
- VisArts (Arts Centre) — 8.0 mi, 237° SW
- AMC Wheaton Mall 9 (Cinema) — 8.0 mi, 190° S
- Regal Rockville Center Stadium 13 (Cinema) — 8.0 mi, 236° SW
- Weisser Glass Studio and Gallery (Gallery) — 8.7 mi, 199° S
- Red Studio Gallery (Gallery) — 8.8 mi, 197° S
- Ovations Theatre (Theatre) — 8.9 mi, 257° W
- Fire Museum (Museum) — 9.1 mi, 267° W
- Patuxent Research Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.9 mi, 118° SE · 26k acres
- George Washington Memorial Parkway (National Park) — 14.4 mi, 206° SW · 2,795 acres
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About This Sandy Spring Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sandy Spring, Maryland. Coordinates: 39.149552, -77.026922. 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 Sandy Spring includes the ZIP code (20860), telephone area code (301, 240), county seat of Montgomery County (Rockville), and school district assignment.
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. |
