diff --git a/cmd/geth/dbcmd.go b/cmd/geth/dbcmd.go
index ff4c06de267b7..4799a6388a9d5 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/dbcmd.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/dbcmd.go
@@ -34,9 +34,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/console/prompt"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/rawdb"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/state/snapshot"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethdb"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/trie"
+	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter"
 	"gopkg.in/urfave/cli.v1"
 )
 
@@ -69,6 +71,7 @@ Remove blockchain and state databases`,
 			dbDumpFreezerIndex,
 			dbImportCmd,
 			dbExportCmd,
+			dbMetadataCmd,
 		},
 	}
 	dbInspectCmd = cli.Command{
@@ -233,6 +236,21 @@ WARNING: This is a low-level operation which may cause database corruption!`,
 		},
 		Description: "Exports the specified chain data to an RLP encoded stream, optionally gzip-compressed.",
 	}
+	dbMetadataCmd = cli.Command{
+		Action: utils.MigrateFlags(showMetaData),
+		Name:   "metadata",
+		Usage:  "Shows metadata about the chain status.",
+		Flags: []cli.Flag{
+			utils.DataDirFlag,
+			utils.SyncModeFlag,
+			utils.MainnetFlag,
+			utils.RopstenFlag,
+			utils.SepoliaFlag,
+			utils.RinkebyFlag,
+			utils.GoerliFlag,
+		},
+		Description: "Shows metadata about the chain status.",
+	}
 )
 
 func removeDB(ctx *cli.Context) error {
@@ -685,3 +703,50 @@ func exportChaindata(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	db := utils.MakeChainDatabase(ctx, stack, true)
 	return utils.ExportChaindata(ctx.Args().Get(1), kind, exporter(db), stop)
 }
+
+func showMetaData(ctx *cli.Context) error {
+	stack, _ := makeConfigNode(ctx)
+	defer stack.Close()
+	db := utils.MakeChainDatabase(ctx, stack, true)
+	ancients, err := db.Ancients()
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error accessing ancients: %v", err)
+	}
+	pp := func(val *uint64) string {
+		if val == nil {
+			return "<nil>"
+		}
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%d (0x%x)", *val, *val)
+	}
+	data := [][]string{
+		{"databaseVersion", pp(rawdb.ReadDatabaseVersion(db))},
+		{"headBlockHash", fmt.Sprintf("%v", rawdb.ReadHeadBlockHash(db))},
+		{"headFastBlockHash", fmt.Sprintf("%v", rawdb.ReadHeadFastBlockHash(db))},
+		{"headHeaderHash", fmt.Sprintf("%v", rawdb.ReadHeadHeaderHash(db))}}
+	if b := rawdb.ReadHeadBlock(db); b != nil {
+		data = append(data, []string{"headBlock.Hash", fmt.Sprintf("%v", b.Hash())})
+		data = append(data, []string{"headBlock.Root", fmt.Sprintf("%v", b.Root())})
+		data = append(data, []string{"headBlock.Number", fmt.Sprintf("%d (0x%x)", b.Number(), b.Number())})
+	}
+	if h := rawdb.ReadHeadHeader(db); h != nil {
+		data = append(data, []string{"headHeader.Hash", fmt.Sprintf("%v", h.Hash())})
+		data = append(data, []string{"headHeader.Root", fmt.Sprintf("%v", h.Root)})
+		data = append(data, []string{"headHeader.Number", fmt.Sprintf("%d (0x%x)", h.Number, h.Number)})
+	}
+	data = append(data, [][]string{{"frozen", fmt.Sprintf("%d items", ancients)},
+		{"lastPivotNumber", pp(rawdb.ReadLastPivotNumber(db))},
+		{"len(snapshotSyncStatus)", fmt.Sprintf("%d bytes", len(rawdb.ReadSnapshotSyncStatus(db)))},
+		{"snapshotGenerator", snapshot.ParseGeneratorStatus(rawdb.ReadSnapshotGenerator(db))},
+		{"snapshotDisabled", fmt.Sprintf("%v", rawdb.ReadSnapshotDisabled(db))},
+		{"snapshotJournal", fmt.Sprintf("%d bytes", len(rawdb.ReadSnapshotJournal(db)))},
+		{"snapshotRecoveryNumber", pp(rawdb.ReadSnapshotRecoveryNumber(db))},
+		{"snapshotRoot", fmt.Sprintf("%v", rawdb.ReadSnapshotRoot(db))},
+		{"txIndexTail", pp(rawdb.ReadTxIndexTail(db))},
+		{"fastTxLookupLimit", pp(rawdb.ReadFastTxLookupLimit(db))},
+	}...)
+	table := tablewriter.NewWriter(os.Stdout)
+	table.SetHeader([]string{"Field", "Value"})
+	table.AppendBulk(data)
+	table.Render()
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/core/state/snapshot/journal.go b/core/state/snapshot/journal.go
index 5cfb9a9f2ad9a..6836a574090cd 100644
--- a/core/state/snapshot/journal.go
+++ b/core/state/snapshot/journal.go
@@ -66,6 +66,29 @@ type journalStorage struct {
 	Vals [][]byte
 }
 
+func ParseGeneratorStatus(generatorBlob []byte) string {
+	if len(generatorBlob) == 0 {
+		return ""
+	}
+	var generator journalGenerator
+	if err := rlp.DecodeBytes(generatorBlob, &generator); err != nil {
+		log.Warn("failed to decode snapshot generator", "err", err)
+		return ""
+	}
+	// Figure out whether we're after or within an account
+	var m string
+	switch marker := generator.Marker; len(marker) {
+	case common.HashLength:
+		m = fmt.Sprintf("at %#x", marker)
+	case 2 * common.HashLength:
+		m = fmt.Sprintf("in %#x at %#x", marker[:common.HashLength], marker[common.HashLength:])
+	default:
+		m = fmt.Sprintf("%#x", marker)
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`Done: %v, Accounts: %d, Slots: %d, Storage: %d, Marker: %s`,
+		generator.Done, generator.Accounts, generator.Slots, generator.Storage, m)
+}
+
 // loadAndParseJournal tries to parse the snapshot journal in latest format.
 func loadAndParseJournal(db ethdb.KeyValueStore, base *diskLayer) (snapshot, journalGenerator, error) {
 	// Retrieve the disk layer generator. It must exist, no matter the