Silver Hill Maryland Map

About Silver Hill, Maryland

Silver Hill is a locality in Frederick County, Maryland, United States. It has a population of approximately 6,381. The population density is 1841.3 people per km². Silver Hill is located at 38.8398°N, 76.9386°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 21701, 20746.

Silver Hill occupies a quiet elevation where the land begins to shed the flat exhaustion of the lowlands to rise toward the distant, hazy blue of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It lies 5.8 miles west of Linganore, MD (from Linganore, MD: bearing 281°T), and is situated 5.9 miles east-northeast of Frederick. The air here holds a particular, heavy stillness, especially as the late afternoon light turns the local soil into a deep, rust-colored ochre that clings to the roots of aging oaks. Addison Run carves a narrow, persistent path through the undergrowth just a mile away, its waters moving with a deliberate, somber urgency over moss-slicked stones. Beyond the immediate canopy, the expanse of the Walkersville Watershed provides a vast, verdant lung for the region, offering a sanctuary of dense timber and shadowed trails that feel entirely removed from the persistent hum of the modern world.

Silver Hill maintains a character defined by the quiet industry of its residents, who have long looked toward the nearby urban centers for their labor while preserving the domestic solitude of their own streets. The local economy relies on the steady rhythm of professional services and residential commerce, a marked departure from the agrarian toil that once occupied these fields in earlier generations. Though the deep, cool waters of Lake Merle wait only two miles distant as a place of reflection, the life of the place is tethered to the steady pulse of the roads that link it to the wider world. Even as the shadow of Clifford Hollow looms eight miles away, the daily existence here remains grounded in the mundane beauty of clipped lawns and the shifting, seasonal colors that mark the passage of time across the Maryland midlands.

About This Silver Hill Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Silver Hill, Maryland. Coordinates: 38.839841, -76.938593. 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 Silver Hill includes the ZIP code (21701, 20746), telephone area code (410, 443, 301, 240), county seat of Frederick County (Frederick), and school district assignment (Prince George's 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.