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Scotland Maryland Map

Explore Scotland, 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 Scotland, Maryland

How to Use This Scotland, Maryland Map

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

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

Latitude	39.040665
Longitude	-77.159146
Population	480
Density	18.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	20680, 20687, 20854
Area Code	301, 240
County Seat	Leonardtown

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About Scotland, Maryland

Scotland is a locality in St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Scotland is located at 39.0407°N, 77.1591°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 20680, 20687, 20854.

Scotland occupies a quiet, low-lying finger of land where the air tastes perpetually of salt and the horizon dissolves into the hazy periphery of the Chesapeake. It lies 1.2 miles south of Saint Marys, MD (from Saint Marys, MD: bearing 175°T), and is situated 9.7 miles south-southeast of Park Hall. The landscape surrounding Scotland is defined by the slow, rhythmic encroachment of the tides, with the brackish waters of Biscoe Creek carving intricate, serpentine channels through the marsh grass that turns a scorched copper color as autumn deepens. Far to the west, the faint, jagged silhouette of Noah Ridge anchors the distant sky, a reminder of a geological scale far removed from the soft, yielding silt of the immediate shoreline. Inland, the freshwater stillness of Fresh Pond offers a contrast to the restless movement of the nearby coast, while the dense, humid woods hold a stillness that seems to absorb the sound of the wind, leaving only the sharp, rhythmic cry of gulls to measure the passing of the afternoon.

Scotland bears the weight of a long, maritime lineage, its identity rooted in the labor of those who once harvested the oyster beds and navigated the unpredictable shoals of the bay. The local economy remains tethered to the water and the seasonal cycles of the landscape, with much of the surrounding character preserved by the presence of Point Lookout Sp, which shields the delicate coastal ecosystems from the pressures of modern development. Residents move with a deliberate, tempered pace, their lives shaped by the visibility of Treasure Island across the water and the distant, unseen expanse of Carthagena Flats. The history of the region is not found in grand monuments but in the weathered texture of the docks and the way the light catches the gray, salt-bleached wood of old pilings at dusk, signaling the end of another day in a place where the land and the water are in a constant, quiet negotiation for territory.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Inverness Forest Nca (Local Conservation Area) — 0.4 mi, 195° S
Scotland Np (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 176° S
Old Farm Nca (Local Conservation Area) — 0.6 mi, 060° NE
Buck Branch Svp (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 245° SW
Heights Playhouse (Theatre) — 1.0 mi, 192° S
IPIC Theaters (Cinema) — 2.3 mi, 075° E
Henry-Duffy Park (Attraction) — 2.6 mi, 196° S
F. Scott Fitzgerald (Attraction) — 3.0 mi, 014° N
Dorothy M. and Maurice C. Shapiro Music Room (Theatre) — 3.0 mi, 102° E
Regal Rockville Center Stadium 13 (Cinema) — 3.0 mi, 009° N
Tetra Con Brio (Public Artwork) — 3.0 mi, 101° E
Ruins of Worker's Houses for Nearby Quarries (Historic Ruins) — 3.2 mi, 188° S
VisArts (Arts Centre) — 3.2 mi, 007° N
Parkland Memorial (Monument) — 3.4 mi, 052° NE
Abandoned Gaynor Road bridge (Historic Ruins) — 3.7 mi, 069° E
Matthew Henson Sp (State Park) — 3.8 mi, 071° E
Oscar Osorio (Monument) — 4.0 mi, 070° E
Frank Lawrence Towers (Monument) — 4.0 mi, 070° E
Weisser Glass Studio and Gallery (Gallery) — 4.3 mi, 100° E
ISLANDS OF THE POTOMAC Wildlife Management Area - Islands of the Potomac Wildlands (State Conservation Area) — 4.5 mi, 254° W
Red Studio Gallery (Gallery) — 4.7 mi, 101° E
Girls Who Paint (Gallery) — 4.7 mi, 102° E
Maryland Mine (Attraction) — 5.0 mi, 231° SW
George Washington Memorial Parkway (National Park) — 5.0 mi, 183° S · 2,795 acres
Islands Of The Potomac Wma (State Conservation Area) — 5.1 mi, 182° S
KID Museum (Museum) — 5.2 mi, 139° SE
Matthew Henson State Park Unit #3 (State Park) — 5.4 mi, 062° NE
Patuxent Research Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.5 mi, 090° E · 26k acres

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