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West Portsmouth Ohio Map

Explore West Portsmouth, 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 West Portsmouth, Ohio

How to Use This West Portsmouth, Ohio Map

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

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	West Portsmouth
State	Ohio (OH)
County	Scioto County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	38.766629
Longitude	-83.036423
Population	2,928
Density	240.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	45663
Area Code	937
County Seat	Portsmouth
School District	Washington-Nile Local School District

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About West Portsmouth, Ohio

West Portsmouth is a locality in Scioto County, Ohio, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,928. The population density is 240.3 people per km². West Portsmouth is located at 38.7666°N, 83.0364°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 45663.

West Portsmouth emerges from the dense, verdant corridor where the water of Nauvoo Run carves a quiet path toward the confluence of greater regional currents. It lies 2.5 miles northwest of Portsmouth, OH (from Portsmouth, OH: bearing 317°T), and is situated 9.6 miles west-northwest of Wheelersburg. The landscape here is defined by the heavy, humid weight of the inland air and the silhouette of Woods Ridge rising like a dark, serrated spine against the northern horizon. Within the immediate basin, the topography yields to the uneven floor of Crane Hollow, a depression that catches the low-hanging mist during the transition between day and night. Washington Township Park provides an open threshold to these woods, offering a space where the earth feels ancient and unhurried under the canopy of deciduous trees. When the light of late afternoon strikes the ground, the soil takes on a deep, bruised color, reflecting the quiet intensity of a region defined by its isolation from the distant, restless edges of the continent.

West Portsmouth retains the stubborn, utilitarian character of a place built upon the foundation of industrial labor and the rhythmic persistence of the seasons. The local economy has long been tethered to the shifting fortunes of the river valley, where the legacy of manufacturing remains etched into the brickwork of older buildings and the skeletal remnants of past commerce. To the east, the stillness of Elks Country Club Lake offers a singular point of focus for the community, a mirror for the sky that remains largely undisturbed by the frantic pace of larger, more crowded hubs. Life here moves with the deliberate gait of those who have seen the rise and fall of regional industry, finding a steady, private dignity in the maintenance of simple, enduring traditions. The people of West Portsmouth navigate their days with a stoic awareness of their placement between the encroaching Appalachian foothills and the fertile, flat stretches of the interior, creating a culture that values the permanence of the ground beneath their feet.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Washington Township Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 139° SE
Shawnee State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 257° W
Park (Local Park) — 2.8 mi, 109° E
Portsmouth Area Labor Unions (Public Artwork) — 2.8 mi, 148° SE
Elks Country Club (Park) — 2.9 mi, 021° N
The Kinney Spring (Monument) — 2.9 mi, 118° SE
Civil War Memorial (Monument) — 3.0 mi, 132° SE
Candyland Children's Museum (Museum) — 3.0 mi, 143° SE
Southern Ohio Museum and Cultural Center (Museum) — 3.1 mi, 135° SE
Portsmouth Stars Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 3.2 mi, 143° SE
Spock Memorial (Monument) — 3.2 mi, 139° SE
River Overlook (Viewpoint) — 3.4 mi, 139° SE
Clark Planetarium (Museum) — 3.5 mi, 136° SE
Stan Spence Baseball Complex (Local Recreation) — 4.8 mi, 125° SE
Shawnee State Park (State Park) — 6.6 mi, 214° SW
Brush Creek State Forest (State Conservation Area) — 9.2 mi, 343° N
Musketeer Field (Stadium) — 13.0 mi, 136° SE
Wayne National Forest (National Forest) — 14.3 mi, 103° E · 243k acres
Dogwood Pass (Attraction) — 18.4 mi, 025° NE
Lewis County Historical Society (Museum) — 19.1 mi, 233° SW
Greenbo Lake State Resort Park (State Park) — 19.5 mi, 160° S
Brush Creek Iron Furnace (Historic Ruins) — 19.6 mi, 282° W
John and Marion Becker Cedar Falls Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 19.6 mi, 282° W
Piketon Mounds (Historic Ruins) — 19.7 mi, 003° N
E. Lucy Braun Lynx Prairie Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 20.0 mi, 269° W
Ro-Na Cultural Center and Theater (Theatre) — 24.9 mi, 130° SE
Natural Bridge (Attraction) — 27.3 mi, 190° S
Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 29.1 mi, 260° W · 6,562 acres
Daniel Boone National Forest (National Forest) — 32.6 mi, 217° SW · 564k acres

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