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Sharpsburg Maryland Map

Explore Sharpsburg, 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 Sharpsburg, Maryland

How to Use This Sharpsburg, Maryland Map

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

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	Sharpsburg
State	Maryland (MD)
County	Washington County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	39.457599
Longitude	-77.748882
Population	560
Density	1001.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	21782
Area Code	410, 443
County Seat	Hagerstown
School District	Washington County Public Schools

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About Sharpsburg, Maryland

Sharpsburg is a locality in Washington County, Maryland, United States. It is a small community with a population of 560. The population density is 1001.0 people per km². Sharpsburg is located at 39.4576°N, 77.7489°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Sharpsburg is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 21782.

Sharpsburg commands a landscape defined by the deliberate, slow-moving currents of Antietam Creek, which carve a quiet path through the surrounding fields. It lies 11.1 miles south-southwest of Washington, MD (from Washington, MD: bearing 194°T), and is situated 7.3 miles south of St. James. The physical character of the land is defined by the elevation of the Piedmont, where the earth rises and falls in measured, grassy swells that eventually crest toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains. At Sharpsburg Lonnie Lee Crampton Park, the air holds a persistent stillness, carrying the scent of damp loam and cooling stone that defines the transition from afternoon to dusk. The horizon remains vast and terrestrial, far removed from the reach of any coast, grounded instead by the expansive, open vistas that characterize the interior of the region.

History exerts a heavy, quiet gravity here, marking the local economy with a deep reverence for the past and a focus on the preservation of its agrarian roots. Residents often find themselves tracing the familiar, worn earth of the Snavelys Ford Trail, moving through a geography that feels both intimate and expansive. While the nearby depression of Frog Hollow offers a cooler, shadowed contrast to the elevated fields, the pace of daily life in Sharpsburg remains tethered to the rhythmic demands of the seasons and the maintenance of its historic architecture. Beyond the reach of Swan Pond, the land continues its steady, unadorned work, supporting a community that values the weight of its own endurance over the fleeting distractions of modern industry.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sharpsburg Lonnie Lee Crampton Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 173° S
Old Slave Block (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 059° NE
Sharpsburg Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 104° E
Civil War Preservation Trust (Conservation Area) — 0.4 mi, 354° N
20th Regiment N.y. Volunteers (Monument) — 0.4 mi, 072° E
Private Soldier Monument (Monument) — 0.4 mi, 076° E
Georgians Overlook (Viewpoint) — 1.2 mi, 120° SE
Civil War Medical Museum (Museum) — 2.3 mi, 056° NE
Mcclellans Lookout Ft (State Resource Management Area) — 2.6 mi, 098° E
Islands Of The Potomac Wma (State Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 314° NW
Islands of The Potomac Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 314° NW
Little House (Attraction) — 3.5 mi, 238° SW
Weverton-Roxbury Rail Trail (State Park) — 3.8 mi, 026° NE
South Mountain State Park (State Park) — 5.6 mi, 105° E
Yankauer Preserve (Conservation Area) — 5.9 mi, 299° NW
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 5.9 mi, 103° E · 110k acres
Sunset Movie Theater (Cinema) — 8.6 mi, 342° N
Stewart Chapel A.M.E. (Historic Ruins) — 9.1 mi, 233° SW
Cotton/Flour Mill Intake Arches (Historic Ruins) — 9.5 mi, 176° S
MD-VA-WV Tripoint (Attraction) — 9.6 mi, 170° S
Potoma Wayside (Attraction) — 9.7 mi, 168° S
Berkeley Plaza Theatre (Cinema) — 10.9 mi, 280° W
For the Kids by George Children's Museum (Museum) — 11.3 mi, 270° W
Queen Street Gallery (Gallery) — 11.4 mi, 271° W
Drum Orpheum Rehearsal Hall (Arts Centre) — 11.4 mi, 271° W
Berkeley Art Works (Arts Centre) — 11.5 mi, 270° W
Apple Blossom Gallery (Gallery) — 11.5 mi, 270° W
Jonathan Hager House and Museum (Museum) — 12.6 mi, 005° N
Shenandoah National Park (National Park) — 44.8 mi, 212° SW · 197k acres
George Washington National Forest (National Forest) — 45.5 mi, 221° SW · 1.1M acres

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