MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

LAND

LENGTH & BREADTH (in miles)
Longest east-west: 198.6 miles-Fairfax Stone to Delaware Line.

Longest north-south: 125.5 miles-Pennsylvania line to Virginia line at Smith Point on south shore mouth of Potomac River.

Shortest north-south: 1.9 miles-Pennsylvania line to south bank of Potomac River near Hancock.

Farthest points: northwest corner to southeast corner at Atlantic Ocean, 254.7 miles.

Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene c. carolina), Glen Burnie, Maryland, June 2015. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Mallards, Annapolis, Maryland, May 2000. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

AREA BY COUNTY (in square miles)
Land Area		Water Area	Total Area
Allegany	424.16	5.77	429.93
Anne Arundel	414.90	172.90	587.80
Baltimore City	80.94	11.11	92.05
Baltimore	598.30	83.45	681.75
Calvert	213.15	131.92	345.07
Caroline	319.42	6.48	325.90
Carroll	447.59	5.09	452.68
Cecil	346.27	71.56	417.83
Charles	457.75	185.22	642.97
Dorchester	540.77	442.24	983.01
Frederick	660.22	7.16	667.38
Garrett	647.10	8.63	655.73
Harford	437.09	89.55	526.64
Howard	250.74	2.65	253.39
Kent	277.03	136.42	413.45
Montgomery	491.25	15.69	506.94
Prince George's	482.69	16.15	498.84
Queen Anne's	371.91	138.78	510.69
St. Mary's	357.18	407.07	764.25
Somerset	319.72	290.63	610.35
Talbot	268.54	208.27	476.81
Washington	457.78	9.56	467.34
Wicomico	374.44	25.79	400.23
Worcester	468.28	226.58	694.86