Map of Hanover, Maryland, United States

Hanover is a city in Maryland, United States, with a population of about 38,088. It lies at 39.1929°N, 76.7241°W, about 32 m above sea level. Hanover is about 43 km (27 mi) northeast of Washington, D.C., the capital. The nearest city on our map is Severn, 7 km to the south.

Hanover at a glance

Where is Hanover?

• Located in the Northern and Western hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 24 min on the shortest day to 14 h 56 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Hanover

• Severn — 7 km south
• Catonsville — 9 km north
• Glen Burnie — 9 km east
• Ellicott City — 10 km northwest
• Columbia — 11 km northwest
• Odenton — 12 km south
• Woodlawn — 14 km north
• Baltimore — 15 km northeast
• Gwynn Oak — 16 km north
• Dundalk — 19 km east

Largest cities in Maryland

• Baltimore — 585,708
• Columbia — 99,615
• Germantown — 86,395
• Silver Spring — 71,452
• Frederick — 69,479
• Waldorf — 67,752
• Glen Burnie — 67,639
• Gaithersburg — 67,456
• Rockville — 66,980
• Ellicott City — 65,834

Largest cities in United States

• New York City — 8,804,190
• Los Angeles — 3,820,914
• Brooklyn — 2,736,074
• Chicago — 2,664,452
• Queens — 2,316,841
• Houston — 2,314,157
• Phoenix — 1,650,070
• Philadelphia — 1,573,916
• San Antonio — 1,526,656
• Manhattan — 1,487,536

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Other places named Hanover

• Hanover — Lower Saxony, Germany

Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.