Explore Wittman, 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 Wittman, 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 Wittman.
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 | Wittman |
| State | Maryland (MD) |
| County | Talbot County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 38.793728 |
| Longitude | -76.294116 |
| Population | 480 |
| Density | 18.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 21676 |
| Area Code | 410, 443 |
| County Seat | Easton |
Wittman stretches across the low, flat expanse of the Eastern Shore, where the horizon is defined less by elevation than by the steady, rhythmic encroachment of the tide. It lies 8.8 miles west of Talbot, MD (from Talbot, MD: bearing 276°T), and is situated 6.5 miles south-southeast of Romancoke. The land here remains porous and soft, a landscape of salt-marsh grasses and tidal inlets that seem to breathe in unison with the water of Cummings Creek just a mile away. On clear days, the distant silhouette of Bacon Ridge serves as a faint, jagged reminder of the higher ground far to the west, though the immediate world is dominated by the expansive, shifting light reflecting off the Northwest Branch Harris Creek. At Wittman Park, the air carries a persistent brine, and the ground feels as though it might return to the water at any high tide, creating a sense of impermanence that shapes the way the light catches the reeds at dusk.
History in Wittman is measured in the seasonal shifts of the water and the quiet, steady persistence of those who work the landscape. The local economy has long been anchored by the patterns of the Chesapeake, with generations finding their livelihoods in the harvest of the shallows, a tradition that lingers in the weathered aesthetics of the shoreline. While the modern pace is quiet, the area retains a distinct character shaped by its isolation from the bustle of interior cities, favoring the slow, deliberate work of maintaining boat slips and tending to the edges of the marsh. Beyond the immediate reach of the shoreline, the landscape settles into a quiet, rural stillness, punctuated only by the occasional call of waterfowl or the distant hum of a skiff moving toward Goat Island, keeping the pulse of the place attuned to the water rather than the clock.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Wittman, Maryland. Coordinates: 38.793728, -76.294116. 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 Wittman includes the ZIP code (21676), telephone area code (410, 443), county seat of Talbot County (Easton), and school district assignment.
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. |