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Bethesda Ohio Map

Explore Bethesda, Ohio, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Bethesda, Ohio

How to Use This Bethesda, Ohio Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Bethesda, Ohio. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Ohio or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Bethesda.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Bethesda
State	Ohio (OH)
County	Belmont County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	40.016182
Longitude	-81.072601
Population	1,211
Density	749.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	43719
Area Code	740
County Seat	St. Clairsville
School District	Union Local School District

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About Bethesda, Ohio

Bethesda is a locality in Belmont County, Ohio, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,211. The population density is 749.3 people per km². Bethesda is located at 40.0162°N, 81.0726°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Bethesda is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 43719.

Bethesda rises from the undulating terrain of the Appalachian foothills, where the earth holds a quiet, heavy permanence. It lies 20.8 miles southeast of West Chester, OH (from West Chester, OH: bearing 136°T), and is situated 5.8 miles east-northeast of Barnesville. The landscape around Bethesda is defined by the steady presence of the Bethesda Reservoir, whose still waters reflect the shifting gray of the sky as if holding a memory of the clouds. A mile away, the Bend Fork carves a narrow, persistent path through the soil, its movement a low murmur against the backdrop of the silence. To the west, the long, serrated silhouette of Sandy Ridge commands the horizon, anchoring the view and reminding the eye of the deep, geological patience required to shape such a place. Here, the light at dusk settles over the fields in long, bruised purples, imbuing the woods and pastures with a solemn, ancient clarity that seems to slow the very pulse of the afternoon.

Epworth Park serves as the social anchor of Bethesda, a space where the architecture of the past persists in the shade of mature trees, offering a respite from the modern velocity of the world outside. The regional economy has long been tethered to the rhythmic demands of the earth, evolving from the early extraction industries that once defined the labor of the valley into a quieter, more introspective existence. Beyond the immediate reach of the village, the land drops away toward Sixteen Valley, a reminder of the vast, complex folds of the Ohio landscape that stretch toward the more distant Sunfish Creek State Forest. Life in Bethesda moves with the deliberate, unforced tempo of those who have learned to read the seasons in the changing color of the leaves and the cooling of the air. It is a place where the work of the day is measured not by the clock, but by the gradual lengthening of shadows across the porch, grounding the inhabitant in the solid, unyielding reality of the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Epworth Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 279° W
Crooked Creek Golf Course (Park) — 2.5 mi, 014° N
Barkcamp State Park (State Park) — 2.7 mi, 060° NE
Jets Stadium (Stadium) — 3.5 mi, 020° N
Egypt Valley Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.9 mi, 320° NW
Barnesville Parks And Recreation Center (Local Park) — 5.7 mi, 257° W
Belmont County Museum (Museum) — 5.8 mi, 254° W
Piedmont Lake (Recreation Area) — 7.0 mi, 327° NW
Country Club (Park) — 7.6 mi, 065° NE
Jockey Hollow Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.1 mi, 346° N
AMC CLASSIC Ohio Valley Mall 11 (Cinema) — 11.4 mi, 071° E
Senecaville Lake (Recreation Area) — 16.1 mi, 241° SW
Josiah Fox (Monument) — 16.5 mi, 063° NE
Concord Hicksite Friends Meeting House (Monument) — 16.5 mi, 063° NE
Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.0 mi, 121° SE · 6,562 acres
Salt Fork State Park (State Park) — 17.1 mi, 279° W
Blue Star Memorial Highway (Monument) — 17.1 mi, 275° W
Clark Gable (Museum) — 18.1 mi, 014° N
Grave Creek Indian Mound (Historic Ruins) — 18.7 mi, 111° E
Heritage Port Amphitheater (Theatre) — 18.7 mi, 079° E
Bennett Memorial Museum (Museum) — 18.8 mi, 080° E
Tortoise (Public Artwork) — 18.8 mi, 079° E
Studio 66 (Gallery) — 18.9 mi, 079° E
Suicide Hill (Viewpoint) — 18.9 mi, 081° E
Wayne National Forest (National Forest) — 19.3 mi, 191° S · 243k acres
Oglebay Mansion Museum (Museum) — 22.2 mi, 074° E
Degenhart Museum (Museum) — 26.2 mi, 275° W
West Alexander Fairgrounds (Attraction) — 30.3 mi, 078° E
Leesville Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 32.4 mi, 350° N
Fort Steuben (Attraction) — 33.8 mi, 046° NE

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