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Snow Hill Maryland Map

Explore Snow Hill, 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 Snow Hill, Maryland

How to Use This Snow Hill, Maryland Map

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

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	Snow Hill
State	Maryland (MD)
County	Worcester County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	38.177063
Longitude	-75.392696
Population	2,156
Density	559.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	21863
Area Code	410, 443
County Seat	Snow Hill
School District	Worcester County Public Schools

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About Snow Hill, Maryland

Snow Hill is a locality in Worcester County, Maryland, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,156. The population density is 559.4 people per km². Snow Hill is located at 38.1771°N, 75.3927°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Snow Hill is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 21863.

Snow Hill anchors itself along the dark, tannin-stained currents of the Pocomoke River, where the water moves with a heavy, deliberate silence through the surrounding lowlands. It lies 2.6 miles east-northeast of Worcester, MD (from Worcester, MD: bearing 60°T), and is situated 16.9 miles southeast of Salisbury. The horizon remains flat, an expanse of coastal plain that breathes with the humidity of the nearby Atlantic, though the salt air is tempered by the dense greenery of Pocomoke State Forest eight miles to the east. At dusk, the light here loses its sharpness, turning the river into a ribbon of hammered pewter that reflects the cypress knees lining the banks. Byrd Park serves as the quiet center of this landscape, offering a patch of managed earth where the transition from the river's edge to the town’s grid feels seamless. In the distance, the elevation remains modest, a stark contrast to the distant Beech Ridge that marks the only significant shift in the terrain, while the proximity to the marshes near Hog Island and the broad, brackish reach of Brockatonorton Bay dictates the rhythm of the local weather.

Snow Hill carries the weight of a long tenure on the Eastern Shore, having evolved from a colonial river port into a place where the architecture of the nineteenth century persists as a daily reality rather than a museum piece. The economy, once tied strictly to the flow of timber and river-borne trade, now reflects the endurance of a maritime-adjacent life, where the stillness of the water near Purnell Pond mirrors the slow, steady pace of the local streets. History is not a distant abstraction here; it is found in the brickwork of the older storefronts and the way the shadows lengthen across the courthouse square, suggesting a permanence that ignores the frantic pace of the wider world. Life in Snow Hill maintains an inward focus, colored by the seasonal cycles of the surrounding woods and the persistent influence of the tides that reach deep into the inland geography, shaping a culture that values the slow accumulation of time over the noise of modern expansion.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Byrd Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 240° SW
John Walter Smith Park (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 122° SE
Nassawango Creek Preserve (Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 254° W
POCOMOKE RIVER SF - Pocomoke River Wildland (State Resource Management Area) — 1.8 mi, 223° SW
Chesapeake Forest Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 1.9 mi, 181° S
Pocomoke River Corridor Heritage Conservation (State Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 021° N
Pocomoke River Sp (State Park) — 2.9 mi, 228° SW
Pocomoke River Wma (State Conservation Area) — 5.2 mi, 231° SW
Milburn Landing State Park (State Park) — 6.0 mi, 241° SW
Assateague Island National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 9.6 mi, 121° SE · 96k acres
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 10.8 mi, 136° SE · 37k acres
Lockheed T-33 (Attraction) — 11.4 mi, 228° SW
Chincoteague Bay Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Sanctuary (Marine Protected Area) — 11.5 mi, 159° S
Pocomoke Fair Grounds (Theme Park) — 12.3 mi, 231° SW
The Mermaid Museum (Museum) — 13.9 mi, 043° NE
Louis H. Taylor Stadium (Stadium) — 15.7 mi, 044° NE
Sammy the Seagull (Public Artwork) — 16.4 mi, 315° NW
Salisbury University Richard A. Henson School of Science & Technology Planetarium (Museum) — 16.4 mi, 315° NW
Theatre and Web Development House (Theatre) — 16.7 mi, 315° NW
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 18.6 mi, 042° NE
Chincoteague Island Waterman's Memorial (Monument) — 19.1 mi, 182° S
SS Marine Electric (Monument) — 19.1 mi, 182° S
Selfie Point (Viewpoint) — 19.5 mi, 058° NE
Naylor Mill Forest Trail (Attraction) — 19.5 mi, 327° NW
Freak Out (Attraction) — 19.5 mi, 058° NE
Speedway (Attraction) — 19.5 mi, 058° NE
Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum (Museum) — 19.6 mi, 058° NE
Chesapeake Fire Museum (Museum) — 22.5 mi, 317° NW
Nature Center (Museum) — 27.3 mi, 245° SW
Military Exhib Site (Registered Battlefield) — 28.3 mi, 340° N

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