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Rayland Ohio Map

Explore Rayland, 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 Rayland, Ohio

How to Use This Rayland, Ohio Map

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

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

Latitude	40.182571
Longitude	-80.69119
Population	395
Density	322.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	43943
Area Code	740
County Seat	Steubenville
School District	Buckeye Local School District

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About Rayland, Ohio

Rayland is a locality in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. It is a small community with a population of 395. The population density is 322.4 people per km². Rayland is located at 40.1826°N, 80.6912°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Rayland is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 43943.

Rayland occupies a singular stretch of earth where the persistent, silt-heavy currents of Short Creek carve a low, deliberate path through the landscape. It lies 13.3 miles south-southwest of Steubenville, OH (from Steubenville, OH: bearing 193°T), and is situated 8.3 miles north of Wheeling. The air here holds the weight of the Appalachian foothills, a heavy stillness that settles over the ground long before the sun dips behind the distant, shadowed silhouette of Apple Pie Ridge. To the west, the terrain drops away into the quiet, forgotten contours of Stop 28 Hollow, while the proximity of Mazeroski Park offers a green, reclaimed margin where the earth feels less burdened by the passage of heavy industry. When the light fades, the atmosphere in Rayland takes on a bruised, metallic violet, casting long, sharp shadows across the cracked asphalt and the stubborn patches of wild grass that refuse to yield to the encroaching gray of the infrastructure.

History in Rayland is written in the rusted skeletons of coal tipples and the rhythmic, hollow echoes of trains that once moved the wealth of the interior toward the northern markets. The local economy, having long outgrown its reliance on the deep-earth extraction that defined its early settlement, now drifts through the quiet uncertainty of a post-industrial transition. Residents often seek the solitude of the woods toward Fernwood State Forest or the stillness near the dark, reflective surface of Dorothy Mine Pond, where the water mirrors the clouds with a clarity that defies the town’s utilitarian reputation. There is a specific, melancholy grace in the way the local life adheres to its own schedule, indifferent to the demands of the wider world, favoring the slow, steady endurance of a place that has learned to survive on its own terms.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mazeroski Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 180° S
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 1.5 mi, 209° SW
Betty Zane Community Center (Local Recreation) — 3.4 mi, 149° SE
Oglebay Mansion Museum (Museum) — 5.7 mi, 168° S
Concord Hicksite Friends Meeting House (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 234° SW
Josiah Fox (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 234° SW
Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 7.0 mi, 197° S · 6,562 acres
Fernwood State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 7.3 mi, 352° N
Aetnaville Public School (Monument) — 7.3 mi, 200° S
McColloch’s Leap Monument (Public Artwork) — 7.3 mi, 193° S
Castlemans Run Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.4 mi, 083° E
Studio 66 (Gallery) — 8.1 mi, 191° S
Heritage Port Amphitheater (Theatre) — 8.2 mi, 193° S
Bennett Memorial Museum (Museum) — 8.5 mi, 191° S
Suicide Hill (Viewpoint) — 8.6 mi, 190° S
State Game Land 232 (State Resource Management Area) — 9.9 mi, 094° E
West Alexander Fairgrounds (Attraction) — 10.8 mi, 118° SE
AMC CLASSIC Ohio Valley Mall 11 (Cinema) — 12.2 mi, 230° SW
Meadowcroft Rockshelter (Historic Ruins) — 12.8 mi, 056° NE
Fort Steuben (Attraction) — 12.8 mi, 019° N
Clark Gable (Museum) — 17.0 mi, 291° W
Grave Creek Indian Mound (Historic Ruins) — 18.6 mi, 189° S
Barkcamp State Park (State Park) — 18.9 mi, 241° SW
Jefferson Lake State Park (State Park) — 19.7 mi, 345° N
Jets Stadium (Stadium) — 20.7 mi, 247° SW
Kaul Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 20.9 mi, 011° N
Pepsi Roadhouse (Theatre) — 21.6 mi, 041° NE
Wayne National Forest (National Forest) — 35.4 mi, 209° SW · 243k acres
Cuyahoga Valley National Park (National Park) — 76.2 mi, 326° NW · 19k acres

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