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West River Maryland Map

Explore West River, 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 River, Maryland

How to Use This West River, Maryland Map

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

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 River
State	Maryland (MD)
County	Anne Arundel County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	38.850392
Longitude	-76.596073
Population	2,800
Density	55.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	20778
Area Code	301, 240
County Seat	Annapolis

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About West River, Maryland

West River is a locality in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,800. The population density is 55.0 people per km². West River is located at 38.8504°N, 76.5961°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 20778.

West River unfolds where the flat, salt-heavy air of the tidewater meets the persistent, quiet push of Tracys Creek. It lies 7.5 miles south-southwest of Anne Arundel, MD (from Anne Arundel, MD: bearing 200°T), and is situated 9.6 miles southeast of Bowie. The landscape here does not reach for the sky, but instead settles into a low, marshy patience, marked by the silken silt of the shoreline and the brackish scent of the nearby Lerch Creek. To the west, the faint, hazy silhouette of Bacon Ridge provides a distant boundary to a horizon dominated by the sky’s shifting violet bruise at dusk. Inland, the depression of Honeysuckle Hollow holds the morning mist, while the still, dark surface of Hidden Pond reflects the skeletal reach of winter oaks. The land feels suspended in a state of perpetual transition, caught between the firm earth and the encroaching damp, where the light loses its sharpness and softens into a muted, silver-gray clarity.

West River carries the weight of a long-standing relationship with the water, an economy once defined by the harvest of the Chesapeake and the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons. While the modern pulse of the area is quieter, the legacy remains in the weathered docks and the patient, watchful demeanor of those who work the land and the nearby waterways. Residents find their recreation in the open spaces of Hot Sox Field At Wilson Park, a patch of maintained green that serves as a focal point for the neighborhood. Life here moves with the irregularity of the tides, a rhythm that ignores the frantic pace of the wider world, favoring instead the steady, repetitive labor of maintaining a life on the edge of the marshes. It is a place that does not demand attention, but rather endures, anchored by the slow silt of the creek and the distant, unchanging profile of the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hot Sox Field At Wilson Park (Local Park) — 2.2 mi, 092° E
Former Confederate Soldier Benjamin Welch Owens (Public Artwork) — 4.2 mi, 241° SW
Franklin Point State Park (State Park) — 4.5 mi, 118° SE
Putuxent River Park (Local Park) — 4.8 mi, 303° NW
Wild Kid Acres (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 5.1 mi, 041° NE
Honey Branch Nrma (State Park) — 5.1 mi, 303° NW
Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve - Maryland (Marine Protected Area) — 6.0 mi, 236° SW
Glendening Walking Trails at Jug Bay Nature Preserve (Attraction) — 6.7 mi, 234° SW
River Deck (Viewpoint) — 7.0 mi, 025° NE
Prince George's Equestrian Center (Attraction) — 8.6 mi, 251° W
World War I Monument (Monument) — 8.6 mi, 254° W
Archbishop John Carroll (Monument) — 8.6 mi, 254° W
National Capital Radio & Television Museum (Museum) — 9.1 mi, 305° NW
Landmark Theatres (Cinema) — 9.1 mi, 018° N
Nancy Hammond Editions (Gallery) — 9.5 mi, 019° N
Belt Woods Heritage Conservation (State Conservation Area) — 9.6 mi, 297° NW
AMC Annapolis Mall 11 (Cinema) — 9.9 mi, 016° N
Overdue Recognition Art Gallery (Gallery) — 9.9 mi, 310° NW
Be with Me Playseum (Museum) — 10.0 mi, 016° N
Local by Design (Gallery) — 10.1 mi, 016° N
Lafayette's Encampment (Monument) — 10.3 mi, 035° NE
Banneker-Douglass Museum of Afro-American Life and History (Museum) — 10.4 mi, 032° NE
Victualling Warehouse Maritime Museum (Museum) — 10.5 mi, 034° NE
Naval Academy Museum (Museum) — 10.9 mi, 033° NE
Patuxent Research Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.2 mi, 327° NW · 26k acres
Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.7 mi, 057° NE · 6,282 acres
George Washington Memorial Parkway (National Park) — 23.8 mi, 273° W · 2,795 acres

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