# Military Bases in Maryland: All 27 on a Map (List + Data) | InstaMaps

> Maryland has 27 military bases (3.5% of the US), #8 by count and #18 per person. From DoD Military Installations, Ranges and Training Areas. Map to embed, CSV download.

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# Military Bases in Maryland

Maryland has **27 military bases**: 3.5% of the US total of 767\. That ranks **#8 by count** and **#18 per person** (0.43 per 100,000 residents) of 51.

## Key takeaways

* Maryland has 27 military bases, 3.5% of the US total of 767.
* That ranks #8 of 51 by count and #18 per person (0.43 per 100,000 residents).
* California has the most, with 72.
* The largest is Aberdeen Proving Ground, at 72,280 acres.
* Source: DoD Military Installations, Ranges and Training Areas (MIRTA), via the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 2026.

#18

national rank (per capita)

27

military bases

0.43

per 100k residents

## The data

Source: [DoD Military Installations, Ranges and Training Areas (MIRTA), via the Bureau of Transportation Statistics](https://www.bts.gov/ntad), 2026\. Each active installation at the centre of its boundary, with its branch and its area in acres from the boundary. Large ranges are one dot each. Reserve and National Guard sites count with their branch. Sites the DoD doesn’t publish are not here.

Licence: U.S. government data: no copyright, free to reuse

[Maryland: 27 rows (CSV)](/downloads/military-bases/maryland.csv)[All of the US (CSV)](/downloads/military-bases/us.csv)

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## All 27 military bases in Maryland

| #  | Name                                      | Details                         |
| -- | ----------------------------------------- | ------------------------------- |
| 1  | Aberdeen Proving Ground                   | Army · 72,280 acres             |
| 2  | Adelphi Laboratory Center                 | Army · 206 acres                |
| 3  | Charles County USARC                      | Army Reserve · 15 acres         |
| 4  | Chesapeake Bay Detach                     | Navy · 161 acres                |
| 5  | Fort Detrick                              | Army · 810 acres                |
| 6  | Fort Detrick Forest Glen Annex            | Army · 125 acres                |
| 7  | Fort Detrick Glen Haven Annex             | Army · 20 acres                 |
| 8  | Fort Meade                                | Army · 5,115 acres              |
| 9  | Gambrills MD                              | Navy · 837 acres                |
| 10 | Joint Base Andrews                        | Air Force · 4,409 acres         |
| 11 | Martin State Airport                      | Air National Guard · 176 acres  |
| 12 | NAVACAD North Severn                      | Navy · 1,011 acres              |
| 13 | Naval Air Station Patuxent River          | Navy · 6,656 acres              |
| 14 | Naval Research Laboratory – Blossom Point | Army · 1,586 acres              |
| 15 | Naval Research Laboratory – Tilghman      | Navy · 3 acres                  |
| 16 | Naval Support Facility Carderock          | Navy · 182 acres                |
| 17 | Naval Support Facility Indian Head        | Navy · 1,980 acres              |
| 18 | NAVSUPPACT Annapolis                      | Navy · 188 acres                |
| 19 | NAVSUPPACT Bethesda MD                    | Navy · 238 acres                |
| 20 | NG Havre De Grace Military Res            | Army National Guard · 76 acres  |
| 21 | NG MTA Camp Fretterd                      | Army National Guard · 588 acres |
| 22 | NG MTA Gunpowder Military Reservation     | Army National Guard · 254 acres |
| 23 | NMIC Suitland                             | Navy · 41 acres                 |
| 24 | NRC Solomons                              | Navy · 300 acres                |
| 25 | Stump Neck Area                           | Navy · 928 acres                |
| 26 | Upper Yard Annapolis                      | Navy · 163 acres                |
| 27 | Webster Field                             | Navy · 973 acres                |

Names as the source gives them. Coordinates for every one are in the CSV.

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