Explore Sherwood Forest, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Sherwood Forest, 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 Sherwood Forest.
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 | Sherwood Forest |
| State | Maryland (MD) |
| County | Frederick County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 38.367614 |
| Longitude | -75.150464 |
| Density | N/A /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 20904, 21771, 21811, 21405 |
| Area Code | 410, 443 |
| County Seat | Frederick |
Sherwood Forest occupies a quiet expanse of land where the earth rises into gentle, wooded swells that temper the transition from the flatter lowlands toward the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It lies 3.9 miles south-southwest of Linganore, MD (from Linganore, MD: bearing 202°T), and is situated 9.5 miles east of Frederick. The air here holds a stillness defined by the presence of Old National Pike Park, which frames the local landscape with a sense of enduring, protected greenery. Deep within this terrain, the South Fork Bens Branch carves a narrow, winding path through the soil, its waters acting as a quiet pulse for the surrounding thickets and meadows. Even during the height of summer, the light filters through the canopy in muted, silvery shafts, cooling the ground and lending the woods a contemplative, amber-toned permanence that remains long after the sun dips below the horizon.
Sherwood Forest retains an atmosphere shaped by generations of land stewardship, where the economy remains tethered to the slow, deliberate rhythms of the inland countryside rather than the industrial bustle found closer to the urban centers. The community maintains a modest character, defined by its adjacency to the tranquil waters of Saint Clair Farm Pond, which serves as a landmark for those who favor the solitude of the woods over the clamor of the modern world. Life in Sherwood Forest moves with a measured pace, reflecting a history of careful settlement that prioritizes the preservation of the open fields and timbered corridors. Residents often traverse the local lanes with an awareness of the deep colonial roots that underlie the region, finding in the changing seasons a reliable cadence that anchors the neighborhood to the land.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sherwood Forest, Maryland. Coordinates: 38.367614, -75.150464. 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 Sherwood Forest includes the ZIP code (20904, 21771, 21811), telephone area code (410, 443), county seat of Frederick County (Frederick), 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. |