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Willards Maryland Map

Explore Willards, 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 Willards, Maryland

How to Use This Willards, Maryland Map

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

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.

CityWillards
StateMaryland (MD)
CountyWicomico County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude38.391227
Longitude-75.348527
Population963
Density327.0 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code21874
Area Code410, 443
County SeatSalisbury
School DistrictWicomico County Public Schools

About Willards, Maryland

Willards is a locality in Wicomico County, Maryland, United States. It is a small community with a population of 963. The population density is 327.0 people per km². Willards is located at 38.3912°N, 75.3485°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Willards is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 21874.

Willards occupies a flat, fertile stretch of the Maryland Eastern Shore where the horizon feels expansive and the air carries a faint, salt-tinged promise of the Atlantic. It lies 10.4 miles west of Ocean Pines, MD (from Ocean Pines, MD: bearing 268°T), and is situated 8.5 miles northwest of Berlin. Gordys Branch cuts a quiet, persistent path through the periphery, its dark waters moving with a deliberate sluggishness that mirrors the pace of the surrounding fields. Three miles to the west, the subtle rise of Pine Ridge breaks the monotony of the plains, while the dense, shaded canopy of Wicomico State Forest sits only five miles away. Toward the east, the landscape gradually softens as it approaches the distant reach of Assawoman Bay, creating a transition where the heavy soil of the inland meadows gives way to the thinner, sandy fibers of the coast. Even on the brightest afternoons, the light in Willards possesses a filtered, amber quality, casting long shadows that emphasize the horizontal lines of the barns and the orderly rows of the local crops.

Willards remains anchored to the rhythms of the land, its economy deeply rooted in the agricultural traditions that have sustained this region for generations. The community centers itself around the modest, functional space of Willards Park, a place where the local focus shifts from the labor of the fields to the quiet social life of the neighborhood. While history here is marked by the slow accumulation of seasons rather than grand, headline-grabbing events, the influence of the nearby maritime environment remains a constant, subtle pressure on the local character. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the landscape offers pockets of quiet solitude, such as the distant, secluded shores of Steves Island or the still, reflective surface of Raccoon Pond. This is a place where the daily effort of cultivation and the proximity to the coastal tide define the experience of living, maintaining a steady, grounded existence far removed from the frantic pace of the larger world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Willards Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 046° NE
  • Pocomoke River Sf (State Resource Management Area) — 1.0 mi, 119° SE
  • Chesapeake Forest Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 1.3 mi, 179° S
  • Whaleyville Park (Local Park) — 2.5 mi, 075° E
  • Bethel Church (Monument) — 4.2 mi, 355° N
  • Great Cypress Swamp (Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 012° N
  • Nassawango Creek Preserve (Conservation Area) — 5.6 mi, 250° W
  • Pocomoke River Corridor Heritage Conservation (State Conservation Area) — 6.3 mi, 186° S
  • The Mermaid Museum (Museum) — 8.4 mi, 123° SE
  • Trap Pond State Park (State Park) — 8.6 mi, 320° NW
  • Louis H. Taylor Stadium (Stadium) — 9.3 mi, 112° E
  • Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 10.0 mi, 095° E
  • James Branch Nature Preserve (State Park) — 12.0 mi, 323° NW
  • Naylor Mill Forest Trail (Attraction) — 13.2 mi, 277° W
  • Assateague Island National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 14.0 mi, 121° SE · 96k acres
  • Sammy the Seagull (Public Artwork) — 14.3 mi, 257° W
  • Salisbury University Richard A. Henson School of Science & Technology Planetarium (Museum) — 14.3 mi, 257° W
  • Theatre and Web Development House (Theatre) — 14.4 mi, 258° W
  • Blackwater Presbyterian Church (Monument) — 14.7 mi, 043° NE
  • Freak Out (Attraction) — 14.8 mi, 107° E
  • Speedway (Attraction) — 14.8 mi, 107° E
  • Happy Swing (Attraction) — 14.8 mi, 107° E
  • Trimpers Rides (Theme Park) — 14.8 mi, 107° E
  • Selfie Point (Viewpoint) — 14.8 mi, 108° E
  • Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum (Museum) — 14.9 mi, 107° E
  • Military Exhib Site (Registered Battlefield) — 16.9 mi, 314° NW
  • Chesapeake Fire Museum (Museum) — 17.8 mi, 275° W
  • Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.0 mi, 300° NW · 96k acres
  • Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.8 mi, 165° S · 37k acres
  • Cinema Art Theater (Arts Centre) — 26.5 mi, 023° NE

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About This Willards Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Willards, Maryland. Coordinates: 38.391227, -75.348527. 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 Willards includes the ZIP code (21874), telephone area code (410, 443), county seat of Wicomico County (Salisbury), and school district assignment (Wicomico 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.