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Tolchester Maryland Map

Explore Tolchester, 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 Tolchester, Maryland

How to Use This Tolchester, Maryland Map

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

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	Tolchester
State	Maryland (MD)
County	Kent County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	39.222887
Longitude	-76.238565
Population	297
Density	188.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	21620
Area Code	410, 443
County Seat	Chestertown
School District	Kent County Public Schools

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About Tolchester, Maryland

Tolchester is a locality in Kent County, Maryland, United States. It is a small community with a population of 297. The population density is 188.0 people per km². Tolchester is located at 39.2229°N, 76.2386°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 21620.

Tolchester presents a low-slung horizon where the land meets the water in a quiet, enduring embrace of salt-marsh and tidal flat. It lies 6.6 miles west-southwest of Kent, MD (from Kent, MD: bearing 240°T), and is situated 9.3 miles west of Chestertown. The geography here is defined by the slow, deliberate movement of the tides, which pull at the shoreline ten miles from the open reaches of Baynes Cove. Inland, the flat terrain finds a singular, serene stillness at Mendinhall Lake, a mile away, while the narrow, winding path of Orchards Branch cuts through the fields two miles to the south. Far to the west, the faint, jagged silhouette of Bacon Ridge serves as a distant, atmospheric anchor, though the immediate world remains defined by the soft, humid air and the quiet presence of Pooles Island rising from the water five miles off the coast.

Tolchester preserves a long memory of maritime industry and rural toil, marked by the echoes of steamboats that once brought crowds to its shores for the summer season. Today, the local character leans into the rhythms of agriculture and the maintenance of the land, with the 4-H Park/County Fairgrounds providing a central gathering space a mile away for the seasonal cycles of harvest and community labor. Life in Tolchester moves with the sun, favoring the steady, unadorned work of the Eastern Shore, where the history of the Chesapeake oyster country remains visible in the weather-worn wood of older structures. The light at dusk here carries a particular, heavy clarity, casting long, bruised shadows across the fields that seem to hold the quiet weight of decades spent watching the water.

Nearby Outdoor Places

4-H Park/County Fairgrounds (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 156° SE
Caulks Field Memorial (Monument) — 2.5 mi, 118° SE
Rock Hall Ball Park/Rock Hall (Local Park) — 5.2 mi, 178° S
Hart-Miller Island Sp (State Park) — 6.1 mi, 292° W
Chesapeake Movies (Cinema) — 9.0 mi, 087° E
Gibson Center and Tawes Theatre (Theatre) — 9.0 mi, 092° E
Larrabee Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 9.1 mi, 093° E
Buck Bacchus Store Museum (Museum) — 9.3 mi, 096° E
McCollum Point (Monument) — 9.7 mi, 299° NW
Gunpowder Falls Sp (State Park) — 10.4 mi, 325° NW
Todd's Inheritance (Monument) — 10.7 mi, 267° W
Harry's Overlook (Viewpoint) — 10.7 mi, 319° NW
Lighthouse (Public Artwork) — 11.2 mi, 263° W
Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.7 mi, 176° S · 6,282 acres
Glenn L Martin Maryland Aviation Museum (Museum) — 12.2 mi, 306° NW
Battle of North Point Memorial Museum (Museum) — 13.7 mi, 286° W
Edgewood Middle School Planetarium (Museum) — 14.0 mi, 349° N
Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve - Maryland (Marine Protected Area) — 14.5 mi, 349° N
The Dundalk Art School (Arts Centre) — 14.5 mi, 283° W
CCBC History Exhibit (Museum) — 15.0 mi, 281° W
Fort Carroll Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 15.0 mi, 268° W
Flagship Cinemas (Cinema) — 15.4 mi, 290° W
Go Fish (Aquarium) — 15.4 mi, 302° NW
Grove Farm Wma (State Conservation Area) — 16.7 mi, 048° NE
Childrens Theatre of Annapolis (Theatre) — 16.9 mi, 217° SW
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine (National Monument) — 18.4 mi, 279° W · 47 acres
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.6 mi, 019° N · 96k acres
C&D Canal Wildlife Area (State Wilderness) — 32.5 mi, 049° NE
Eagles Nest Wildlife Area (State Wilderness) — 32.8 mi, 071° E
George Washington Memorial Parkway (National Park) — 49.4 mi, 240° SW · 2,795 acres

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