Free Printable Maps

How the printable maps work

Each map shows a whole country, so the region it is about is always seen in its place, between its neighbors. That region is hatched with diagonal lines, and the rest stays white, ready to be colored or named.

• Labeled map: every region carries its abbreviation, and the smallest ones are labeled just outside their borders, at the end of a short line.
• Blank map: the same map without any letters, to name the regions from memory, with the labeled map as its answer key.
• Black and white: thin black lines only, clear on any printer and easy to color.

All the maps on these pages are free to print, for the classroom, homeschooling or a family trip.

Maps in the collection

• United States: every state, from Alabama to Wyoming, has its own page. Its two maps hatch that state among all the others, and the labeled one gives every state its two-letter postal abbreviation. Alaska and Hawaii sit in the lower left corner, away from their real position, with Alaska reduced to fit the page.

Map terms explained

• Abbreviation: a short code for the name of a region; each US state has two capital letters from the US Postal Service, such as TX for Texas or NY for New York.
• Hatching: parallel diagonal lines that fill an area to set it apart, here the region of the page.
• Inset: a small map placed in a corner of a larger one, used for lands that lie far from the rest of the country.
• Border: the line between two regions or two countries.
• Blank map: a map with borders but no names, used for quizzes and practice.

Printing the free maps

• Each page shows its labeled map first and its blank map second.
• Maps are laid across an A4 sheet in portrait; download them in PDF to print, or in SVG and WebP to use on screen.
• A mapbook on every page joins its maps in a single PDF.
• Black lines on white give a clear copy on any printer, and the white areas take crayons, colored pencils or markers.