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Cheshire Ohio Map

Explore Cheshire, 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 Cheshire, Ohio

How to Use This Cheshire, Ohio Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Cheshire, 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 Cheshire.

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	Cheshire
State	Ohio (OH)
County	Gallia County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	38.951093
Longitude	-82.114291
Population	123
Density	61.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	43021, 45620
Area Code	614, 937
County Seat	Gallipolis
School District	Gallia County Local School District

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About Cheshire, Ohio

Cheshire is a locality in Gallia County, Ohio, United States. It is a small community with a population of 123. The population density is 61.7 people per km². Cheshire is located at 38.9511°N, 82.1143°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Cheshire is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 43021, 45620.

Cheshire occupies a low-lying stretch of land defined by the persistent, heavy presence of the Ohio River, which carves a deep, deliberate path along the edge of the landscape. It lies 26.6 miles south of Athens, OH (from Athens, OH: bearing 181°T), and is situated 7.1 miles north-northeast of Point Pleasant. Beyond the riverbank, the terrain rises into the quiet, wooded shadows of Mission Ridge, while the land behind the settlement holds the industrial stillness of the Gavin Bottom Ash Pond. The air in Cheshire often carries a thin, metallic sharpness, a remnant of the heavy industry that has long defined the horizon, casting long, gray silhouettes against the evening sky. At the Chesire Boat Park, the water moves with a sluggish, powerful gravity, reflecting the sky in a way that makes the earth feel vast and heavy, as if the soil itself holds the weight of the water it keeps.

Cheshire exists in a state of quiet transition, shaped by the cycles of coal and the slow, steady reclamation of the land by the Appalachian foothills. The local economy and the physical footprint of the place have been irrevocably altered by the industrial demands of the last century, leaving behind a landscape that feels both emptied and enduring. To the east, the rugged creases of Oil Hollow suggest a geography that has been worked and re-worked, where the remnants of past labor sit silently beneath the encroaching wildness of the trees. Life in Cheshire remains tethered to the river and the rhythm of the changing seasons, a place where the light at dusk settles deep into the valley, turning the exposed earth and the rusted iron into shades of bruised copper and slate.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Chesire Boat Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 145° SE
Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 184° S
McClintic Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.6 mi, 132° SE
Wilson Wetlands Wilderness Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 035° NE
The White Falcon (Public Artwork) — 5.8 mi, 046° NE
Silver Bridge Memorial Plaque (Monument) — 7.5 mi, 190° S
Tu-Endie-Wei State Park (State Park) — 7.8 mi, 191° S
Battle of Point Pleasant Monument (Monument) — 7.9 mi, 190° S
Cliffside Golf Club (Park) — 8.5 mi, 200° S
Meigs County Fairgrounds (Local Recreation) — 9.1 mi, 035° NE
Golf Course (Park) — 9.9 mi, 205° SW
Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 10.7 mi, 112° E · 6,562 acres
General John Hunt Morgan Memorial Plaque (Monument) — 14.4 mi, 307° NW
Mound Cemetery Mound (Historic Ruins) — 15.2 mi, 042° NE
Wayne National Forest (National Forest) — 15.8 mi, 214° SW · 243k acres
Washington's Western Lands Museum (Museum) — 19.1 mi, 092° E
Vinton Furnace Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 21.2 mi, 313° NW
Broken Aro Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 21.7 mi, 286° W
Trisolini Gallery (Gallery) — 25.8 mi, 001° N
Jackson Lake State Park (State Park) — 25.9 mi, 263° W
The School of Visual Communication Gallery (Gallery) — 26.0 mi, 002° N
Athena Cinema (Cinema) — 26.1 mi, 002° N
Cube 4 Gallery (Gallery) — 26.1 mi, 002° N
Passionworks (Arts Centre) — 26.3 mi, 002° N
Lookout Point (Viewpoint) — 27.2 mi, 004° N
Devils Tea Table (Attraction) — 27.3 mi, 342° N
Hope Furnace (Historic Ruins) — 29.0 mi, 335° NW
Wayne Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 30.4 mi, 357° N · 1,082 acres
Southwood Stage (Theatre) — 36.2 mi, 056° NE
Mid-Ohio Railroad Museum (Museum) — 36.7 mi, 052° NE

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