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West Laurel Maryland Map

Explore West Laurel, 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 West Laurel, Maryland

How to Use This West Laurel, Maryland Map

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

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	West Laurel
State	Maryland (MD)
County	Prince George's County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	39.115711
Longitude	-76.892291
Population	4,428
Density	755.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	20707
Area Code	301, 240
County Seat	Upper Marlboro
School District	Prince George's County Public Schools

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About West Laurel, Maryland

West Laurel is a locality in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,428. The population density is 755.5 people per km². West Laurel is located at 39.1157°N, 76.8923°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 20707.

West Laurel unfolds across a landscape of quiet, wooded ridges and modest valleys that deepen as the terrain slopes toward the flow of the Walker Branch. It lies 1.9 miles east-southeast of Burtonsville, MD (from Burtonsville, MD: bearing 111°T), and is situated 9.4 miles east of Aspen Hill. The air here holds a heavy, damp stillness in the mornings, especially near the water, where the light filters through oak and hickory to cast long, pale shadows across the forest floor. Only a mile away, the surface of Rocky Gorge Reservoir remains a flat, dark mirror, its presence grounding the surrounding woods in a sense of ancient, undisturbed depth. Within the immediate reach of the residential streets, West Laurel 2 Neighborhood Park provides a small, open clearing where the earth feels soft and worn by the routine passage of neighborhood life.

History in West Laurel lingers in the architecture of older farmsteads and the remnants of rural roads that long ago served as the arteries for local timber and agricultural trade. While the regional economy has shifted toward the professional sectors of the surrounding corridor, the pace of life remains tethered to the seasonal transitions of the Piedmont landscape. On clear, cold days, the distant Appalachian Mountains appear as a faint, jagged smudge of violet against the horizon, serving as a reminder of the vast, elevated spine that dictates the weather patterns of this inland expanse. The character of the place is defined by this synthesis of suburban growth and the persistent, unyielding nature of the streams and woodlands that define its borders.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Patuxent River Wastershed Conservation Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 345° N
T. Howard Duckett Watershed (Local Conservation Area) — 0.6 mi, 345° N
West Laurel 2 Neighborhood Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 176° S
Scott’s Cove at Rocky Gorge Reservoir (Attraction) — 1.3 mi, 001° N
Old Bank Vault Door (Public Artwork) — 2.3 mi, 263° W
Old Savage Dam Gates (Historic Ruins) — 3.5 mi, 066° NE
River Overlook (Viewpoint) — 3.5 mi, 055° NE
Former Canal Gates (Historic Ruins) — 3.5 mi, 066° NE
HorseSpirit Arts Gallery (Gallery) — 3.9 mi, 068° E
Patuxent Oxbow Heritage Conservation (State Conservation Area) — 4.2 mi, 093° E
Montpelier Cultural Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 4.4 mi, 143° SE
Patuxent Research Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 4.6 mi, 135° SE · 26k acres
Good Knight Castle Children's Museum (Museum) — 5.6 mi, 191° S
Patuxent River Sp (State Park) — 6.5 mi, 302° NW
Columbia Art Center (Gallery) — 7.5 mi, 033° NE
Howard County Center of African American Culture (Museum) — 7.6 mi, 015° N
Greenbelt Arts Center (Theatre) — 7.9 mi, 174° S
Greenbelt MakerSpace (Arts Centre) — 7.9 mi, 174° S
Old Greenbelt Theatre (Cinema) — 7.9 mi, 174° S
World War II Memorial (Monument) — 8.0 mi, 174° S
Hamilton Cemetery (Monument) — 8.0 mi, 171° S
Gallery 19 (Gallery) — 8.1 mi, 174° S
Corey Walter (Monument) — 8.3 mi, 089° E
Silver Spring Stage Theater (Theatre) — 9.1 mi, 225° SW
Patapsco Valley Sp (State Park) — 9.9 mi, 062° NE
George Washington Memorial Parkway (National Park) — 17.5 mi, 224° SW · 2,795 acres

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