diff --git a/src/actions/index.js b/src/actions/index.js
index ae3939d..7378921 100644
--- a/src/actions/index.js
+++ b/src/actions/index.js
@@ -421,3 +421,13 @@ export function rehydrateState() {
     type: REHYDRATE_STATE,
   };
 }
+
+export const UPDATE_MAP_VIEW = "UPDATE_MAP_VIEW";
+export function updateMapView(lat, lng, zoom) {
+  return {
+    type: UPDATE_MAP_VIEW,
+    lat,
+    lng,
+    zoom,
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/components/space/carto/Map.jsx b/src/components/space/carto/Map.jsx
index 0b32999..bf6858f 100644
--- a/src/components/space/carto/Map.jsx
+++ b/src/components/space/carto/Map.jsx
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ class Map extends Component {
       clusters: [],
     };
     this.styleLocation = this.styleLocation.bind(this);
+    this.syncMapViewToUrl = this.syncMapViewToUrl.bind(this);
   }
 
   componentDidMount() {
@@ -75,6 +76,25 @@ class Map extends Component {
       this.loadClusterData(nextProps.domain.locations);
     }
 
+    // Update map view if anchor or zoom changed (e.g., from URL state rehydration)
+    const { anchor: nextAnchor, startZoom: nextZoom } = nextProps.app.map;
+    const { anchor: currAnchor, startZoom: currZoom } = this.props.app.map;
+    if (
+      this.map &&
+      (!isIdentical(nextAnchor, currAnchor) || nextZoom !== currZoom)
+    ) {
+      const currentCenter = this.map.getCenter();
+      const currentZoom = this.map.getZoom();
+      // Only update if the values actually differ from the current map state
+      if (
+        Math.abs(currentCenter.lat - nextAnchor[0]) > 0.00001 ||
+        Math.abs(currentCenter.lng - nextAnchor[1]) > 0.00001 ||
+        currentZoom !== nextZoom
+      ) {
+        this.map.setView(nextAnchor, nextZoom, { animate: false });
+      }
+    }
+
     // Set appropriate zoom for narrative
     const { bounds } = nextProps.app.map;
     if (!isIdentical(bounds, this.props.app.map.bounds) && bounds !== null) {
@@ -167,6 +187,7 @@ class Map extends Component {
     map.on("moveend", () => {
       this.alignLayers();
       this.updateClusters();
+      this.syncMapViewToUrl();
     });
 
     map.on("zoomend viewreset", () => {
@@ -205,6 +226,16 @@ class Map extends Component {
     return [bbox, zoom];
   }
 
+  syncMapViewToUrl() {
+    if (!this.map) return;
+    const center = this.map.getCenter();
+    const zoom = this.map.getZoom();
+    // Round to 5 decimal places for cleaner URLs
+    const lat = Math.round(center.lat * 100000) / 100000;
+    const lng = Math.round(center.lng * 100000) / 100000;
+    this.props.actions.updateMapView(lat, lng, zoom);
+  }
+
   updateClusters() {
     const [bbox, zoom] = this.getMapDetails();
     if (this.superclusterIndex && this.state.indexLoaded) {
diff --git a/src/reducers/app.js b/src/reducers/app.js
index 16e6c0c..37036ec 100644
--- a/src/reducers/app.js
+++ b/src/reducers/app.js
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import {
   SET_INITIAL_CATEGORIES,
   SET_INITIAL_SHAPES,
   UPDATE_SEARCH_QUERY,
+  UPDATE_MAP_VIEW,
 } from "../actions";
 
 function updateHighlighted(appState, action) {
@@ -310,6 +311,17 @@ function updateSearchQuery(appState, action) {
   };
 }
 
+function updateMapView(appState, action) {
+  return {
+    ...appState,
+    map: {
+      ...appState.map,
+      anchor: [action.lat, action.lng],
+      startZoom: action.zoom,
+    },
+  };
+}
+
 function app(appState = initial.app, action) {
   switch (action.type) {
     case UPDATE_HIGHLIGHTED:
@@ -368,6 +380,8 @@ function app(appState = initial.app, action) {
       return setInitialShapes(appState, action);
     case UPDATE_SEARCH_QUERY:
       return updateSearchQuery(appState, action);
+    case UPDATE_MAP_VIEW:
+      return updateMapView(appState, action);
     default:
       return appState;
   }
diff --git a/src/selectors/index.js b/src/selectors/index.js
index 435480f..7b15802 100644
--- a/src/selectors/index.js
+++ b/src/selectors/index.js
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ export const getEventRadius = (state) => state.ui.eventRadius;
 export const getTile = (state) => state.ui.tiles.current;
 export const isUsingSatellite = (state) =>
   state.ui.tiles.current === state.ui.tiles.satellite;
+export const getMapLat = (state) => state.app.map.anchor[0];
+export const getMapLng = (state) => state.app.map.anchor[1];
+export const getMapZoom = (state) => state.app.map.startZoom;
 
 export const selectSites = createSelector(
   [getSites, getFeatures],
diff --git a/src/store/plugins/urlState/schema.js b/src/store/plugins/urlState/schema.js
index 8acc2bd..b4ac325 100644
--- a/src/store/plugins/urlState/schema.js
+++ b/src/store/plugins/urlState/schema.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
   UPDATE_COLORING_SET,
   UPDATE_SELECTED,
   UPDATE_TIMERANGE,
+  UPDATE_MAP_VIEW,
 } from "../../../actions";
 import { ASSOCIATION_MODES } from "../../../common/constants";
 import { createFilterPathString } from "../../../common/utilities";
@@ -11,6 +12,9 @@ import {
   getTimeRange,
   selectActiveColorSets,
   selectActiveFilterIds,
+  getMapLat,
+  getMapLng,
+  getMapZoom,
 } from "../../../selectors";
 
 export const SCHEMA_TYPES = {
@@ -128,6 +132,54 @@ export const SCHEMA = Object.freeze({
       }
     },
   },
+  lat: {
+    key: "lat",
+    trigger: UPDATE_MAP_VIEW,
+    type: SCHEMA_TYPES.NUMBER,
+    dehydrate(state) {
+      return getMapLat(state);
+    },
+    rehydrate(state, { lat }) {
+      if (lat != null && state.app.map) {
+        state.app.map = {
+          ...state.app.map,
+          anchor: [lat, state.app.map.anchor[1]],
+        };
+      }
+    },
+  },
+  lng: {
+    key: "lng",
+    trigger: UPDATE_MAP_VIEW,
+    type: SCHEMA_TYPES.NUMBER,
+    dehydrate(state) {
+      return getMapLng(state);
+    },
+    rehydrate(state, { lng }) {
+      if (lng != null && state.app.map) {
+        state.app.map = {
+          ...state.app.map,
+          anchor: [state.app.map.anchor[0], lng],
+        };
+      }
+    },
+  },
+  zoom: {
+    key: "zoom",
+    trigger: UPDATE_MAP_VIEW,
+    type: SCHEMA_TYPES.NUMBER,
+    dehydrate(state) {
+      return getMapZoom(state);
+    },
+    rehydrate(state, { zoom }) {
+      if (zoom != null && state.app.map) {
+        state.app.map = {
+          ...state.app.map,
+          startZoom: zoom,
+        };
+      }
+    },
+  },
 });
 
 function mapFilterIdsToPaths(filters) {