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Smith Island Maryland Map

Explore Smith Island, 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 Smith Island, Maryland

How to Use This Smith Island, Maryland Map

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

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	Smith Island
State	Maryland (MD)
County	Somerset County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	37.981235
Longitude	-76.029936
Population	202
Density	17.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	21824
Area Code	410, 443
County Seat	Princess Anne
School District	Somerset County Public Schools

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About Smith Island, Maryland

Smith Island is a locality in Somerset County, Maryland, United States. It is a small community with a population of 202. The population density is 17.9 people per km². Smith Island is located at 37.9812°N, 76.0299°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 21824.

Smith Island reveals itself as a fragile, low-slung expanse of marsh and silt, where the horizon dissolves into the salt-heavy air of the Chesapeake. It lies 20.1 miles east-southeast of Saint Marys, MD (from Saint Marys, MD: bearing 115°T), and is situated 9.6 miles west of Crisfield. Indian Creek weaves its serpentine path through the terrain, a dark vein of water that divides the land before spilling toward the distant reaches of Horse Hammock Gut. Great Pond sits as a still, reflective eye at the center of the landscape, its surface often mirroring the shifting gray clouds that drift in from the open water. To the west, the silhouettes of Orchard Ridge provide a distant, muted boundary against the sky, while the proximity of Glenn Martin National Wildlife Refuge ensures the island remains a sanctuary for migratory wings. In the late afternoon, the light turns a bruised, metallic gold, catching the edges of the swaying spartina grass and turning the tidal flats into shimmering sheets of quicksilver.

Smith Island maintains a singular, sequestered existence defined by a long history of watermen who have harvested the bounty of the surrounding depths for generations. The economy remains tethered to the rhythmic cycles of the tide, with the pursuit of blue crab and oysters shaping the daily habits of those who call the place home. Architecture here reflects a utilitarian grace, with clapboard houses raised against the encroaching damp, their colors faded by the relentless salt spray. Life on Smith Island moves with a deliberate, unhurried gravity, dictated not by the clock but by the shifting winds and the availability of the ferry that connects these isolated patches of earth to the mainland. It is a place of quiet endurance, where the sound of a boat engine cutting through the water serves as the primary clock, and the persistent pull of the sea remains the silent, invisible arbiter of everything that happens upon the shore.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Martin National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 1.0 mi, 345° N · 8,559 acres
Glenn Martin National Wildlife Refuge (Marine Protected Area) — 1.0 mi, 345° N
South Marsh Island Wma (State Conservation Area) — 6.2 mi, 004° N
CEDAR ISLAND Wildlife Management Area - Cedar Island Wildland (State Conservation Area) — 7.6 mi, 102° E
Janes Island Sp (State Park) — 8.0 mi, 094° E
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 9.7 mi, 092° E
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 10.0 mi, 349° N · 96k acres
Nature Center (Museum) — 10.1 mi, 078° E
Lp5014 (Local Park) — 11.0 mi, 078° E
Chesapeake Forest Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 12.2 mi, 080° E
Point Lookout Sp (State Park) — 16.3 mi, 284° W
Reedville Fishermen's Museum (Museum) — 16.4 mi, 235° SW
Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve - Maryland (Marine Protected Area) — 17.7 mi, 032° NE
Confederate Monument (Monument) — 19.9 mi, 293° NW
Makemie Monument (Monument) — 21.8 mi, 099° E
Booker Taliaferro Washington School (historical) (Historic Ruins) — 24.5 mi, 244° SW
Town of Parksley War Memorial (Monument) — 24.7 mi, 124° SE
Eastern Shore Railway Museum (Museum) — 24.7 mi, 123° SE
Pocomoke Fair Grounds (Theme Park) — 25.7 mi, 077° E
Historic St. Mary's City Visitors Center (Museum) — 25.7 mi, 303° NW
The Maryland Dove (Museum) — 26.2 mi, 303° NW
Church Point (Viewpoint) — 26.4 mi, 303° NW
Half Shell Stage (Theatre) — 26.5 mi, 226° SW
Lockheed T-33 (Attraction) — 26.9 mi, 077° E
Lighthouse (Public Artwork) — 28.1 mi, 294° NW
Eagle Nest (Attraction) — 31.5 mi, 355° N
Assateague Island National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 34.1 mi, 103° E · 96k acres
Theatre and Web Development House (Theatre) — 34.2 mi, 042° NE
Naylor Mill Forest Trail (Attraction) — 38.2 mi, 039° NE
Smith's St. Leonard Site (Historic Ruins) — 38.5 mi, 318° NW

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