Explore Washington Grove, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Washington Grove, 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 Washington Grove.
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 | Washington Grove |
| State | Maryland (MD) |
| County | Montgomery County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 39.13983 |
| Longitude | -77.175259 |
| Population | 505 |
| Density | 580.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 20880 |
| Area Code | 301, 240 |
| County Seat | Rockville |
| School District | Montgomery County Public Schools |
Washington Grove reveals itself as a dense, arboreal enclave where Victorian-era cottages are swallowed by the deep shade of towering hardwoods. It lies 1.3 miles south of Flower Hill, MD (from Flower Hill, MD: bearing 187°T), and is situated 3.6 miles east-southeast of Montgomery. Sunlight filters through the canopy in fractured, amber shafts, illuminating the uneven pathways of Woodward Park that wind between structures built long ago as summer camp meeting retreats. The air here holds a cool, persistent moisture, heavy with the scent of damp earth and decaying leaves that drift down from the high branches. Though the terrain remains largely sheltered by this thick growth, the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains occasionally anchors the western horizon, reminding the observer that the land is part of a vast, ancient Piedmont shift.
Washington Grove retains the quiet, deliberate pace of its origins, functioning less as a conventional commercial center and more as a preserved sanctuary of communal history. The local economy relies on the stewardship of these architectural artifacts, with residents acting as curators for the wooden porches and gingerbread trim that define the aesthetic of the lanes. Water drains slowly toward the path of the Muddy Branch, which cuts through the regional landscape a mile away, feeding into the wider watershed that characterizes this inland territory. While the proximity to Lake Whetstone offers a nearby expanse of still water, the character of Washington Grove remains defined by its inward-facing focus, where the shade of the trees and the preservation of a singular, intentional lifestyle take precedence over the rapid expansion seen in the surrounding districts.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Washington Grove, Maryland. Coordinates: 39.13983, -77.175259. 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 Washington Grove includes the ZIP code (20880), telephone area code (301, 240), county seat of Montgomery County (Rockville), and school district assignment (Montgomery County Public Schools).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |