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Willow Wood Ohio Map

Explore Willow Wood, 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 Willow Wood, Ohio

How to Use This Willow Wood, Ohio Map

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

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.

CityWillow Wood
StateOhio (OH)
CountyLawrence County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude38.561192
Longitude-82.467934
Population480
Density18.0 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code45696
Area Code937
County SeatIronton

About Willow Wood, Ohio

Willow Wood is a locality in Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Willow Wood is located at 38.5612°N, 82.4679°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 45696.

Willow Wood occupies a quiet expanse of the Ohio landscape where the earth settles into a tapestry of deep, forested ridges and fertile bottomlands. It lies 11.7 miles east of Ironton, OH (from Ironton, OH: bearing 82°T), and is situated 9.9 miles north of Huntington. Symmes Creek carves a winding path through this terrain, its slow-moving waters acting as a persistent pulse that dictates the drainage of the surrounding fields. To the west, the topography rises toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Sand Hill, while the nearby Crown City Wildlife Area serves as a sanctuary for local flora and fauna that thrive in the damp, shaded earth. Lake Forest remains a glass-like presence just a short distance away, reflecting the heavy, humid clouds that often gather before a summer storm. The air here carries the scent of damp loam and decaying leaves, a persistent reminder of the dense, wild growth that characterizes the nearby Wayne National Forest - Ironton Ranger District.

Willow Wood maintains a deliberate, measured pace that reflects its history as a place defined by the land’s natural bounty. Long before modern transit, the proximity to Fitch Hollow and the surrounding agricultural tracts established a rhythm dictated by the harvest and the changing seasons. The local economy remains tethered to these traditions, favoring small-scale operations and the stewardship of the soil over the rapid, metallic clamor of industrial centers. Life in Willow Wood is marked by the shifting light across the hollows at dusk, a time when the shadows lengthen and the sounds of the day recede into the steady, rhythmic chirping of the woods. It is a place where the stillness is not an absence of activity, but a heavy, comfortable presence that defines the character of those who remain.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Crown City Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.4 mi, 080° E
  • Sergeant Danny C. Hayes Memorial (Monument) — 2.3 mi, 103° E
  • Wayne National Forest (National Forest) — 3.7 mi, 351° N · 243k acres
  • Anderson Compass Plant Prairie Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 355° N
  • Golf Course (Park) — 8.2 mi, 173° S
  • Unknown Park (Local Park) — 9.2 mi, 177° S
  • Tub Boat (Public Artwork) — 9.6 mi, 172° S
  • Birke Art Gallery (Gallery) — 9.7 mi, 168° S
  • Charles W. & Norma C. Carroll Gallery (Gallery) — 9.7 mi, 172° S
  • Barnes Agency Design & Digital Media Studio (Arts Centre) — 9.7 mi, 172° S
  • Chad Pennington Hall of Fame (Attraction) — 9.7 mi, 164° S
  • 3rd Avenue Art Gallery (Gallery) — 9.7 mi, 173° S
  • The Marshall Beech Tree (Monument) — 9.7 mi, 168° S
  • Touma Museum of Medicine (Museum) — 9.7 mi, 172° S
  • Jeslyn Performing Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 9.8 mi, 171° S
  • Keith Albee (Theatre) — 9.8 mi, 172° S
  • Huntington Dance Theatre (Theatre) — 9.8 mi, 173° S
  • The Virginia State Road (Monument) — 9.9 mi, 173° S
  • Rotary Park (Local Park) — 10.3 mi, 158° S
  • Kaiser Hollow Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 10.4 mi, 303° NW
  • Camden Park Mound (Historic Ruins) — 11.8 mi, 197° S
  • Beech Fork Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 15.2 mi, 167° S
  • Beech Fork State Park (State Park) — 17.2 mi, 160° S
  • Greenbo Lake State Resort Park (State Park) — 21.9 mi, 256° W
  • Musketeer Field (Stadium) — 22.2 mi, 282° W
  • Baker Swamp State Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 28.2 mi, 343° N
  • Kentucky Roots Farm (Attraction) — 29.2 mi, 208° SW
  • Clark Planetarium (Museum) — 30.6 mi, 293° NW
  • Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 36.8 mi, 052° NE · 6,562 acres
  • Daniel Boone National Forest (National Forest) — 50.1 mi, 248° W · 564k acres

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About This Willow Wood Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Willow Wood, Ohio. Coordinates: 38.561192, -82.467934. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Willow Wood includes the ZIP code (45696), telephone area code (937), county seat of Lawrence County (Ironton), and school district assignment.

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.