Tall Timbers Maryland Map

About Tall Timbers, Maryland

Tall Timbers is a locality in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. It is a small community with a population of 451. The population density is 126.6 people per km². Tall Timbers is located at 38.1698°N, 76.5393°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 21032, 20692.

Tall Timbers marks the confluence of quiet earth and the persistent, wandering Gumbottom Branch, which carves a silty path through the landscape before disappearing toward the horizon. It lies 2.3 miles east-southeast of Millersville, MD (from Millersville, MD: bearing 109°T), and is situated 7.3 miles north-northwest of Anne Arundel. Beyond the immediate banks, the terrain rises toward the slopes of Bacon Ridge, where the soil holds the damp, heavy scent of leaf mold and encroaching shadow. Arden Pond rests two miles distant, its surface a dark glass reflecting the gray, shifting clouds that frequent this coastal plain. The air here carries a salt-brine heaviness, a reminder that the tides of Seclude Cove lie only five miles away, pulling at the damp ground and softening the edges of the woods. Within the boundaries of Crownsville Park, the wild grasses sway in a rhythmic, unbidden dance, catching the low light that filters through the canopy in thin, pale shafts.

Tall Timbers maintains a legacy rooted in the slow, seasonal pulse of the Chesapeake country, where the economy has long favored the patient harvest of the water and the sturdy cultivation of the land. History lingers in the local architecture, an echo of colonial foundations that favored brick and timber, standing firm against the humid summers and the biting winds that sweep in from Saint Helena Island. Life moves with the deliberate pace of the tides, far removed from the frantic sprawl of distant cities, favoring instead the quiet industry of the North Basin area. The people of Tall Timbers observe the changing of the seasons not by the calendar, but by the turning color of the marsh reeds and the migration of waterfowl overhead. It is a place where the stillness of the afternoon is broken only by the cawing of crows or the distant, rhythmic creak of a boat moored in the salt air, affirming a life anchored to the elements.

About This Tall Timbers Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Tall Timbers, Maryland. Coordinates: 38.169777, -76.539277. 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 Tall Timbers includes the ZIP code (21032, 20692), telephone area code (240, 301), county seat of Anne Arundel County (Annapolis), and school district assignment (St. Marys 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.