Explore Abbs Valley, Virginia, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Abbs Valley, Virginia. 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 Virginia 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 Abbs Valley.
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 | Abbs Valley |
| State | Virginia (VA) |
| County | Tazewell County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 37.235392 |
| Longitude | -81.460147 |
| Population | 299 |
| Density | 50.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 24605 |
| Area Code | 276 |
| County Seat | Tazewell |
| School District | Tazewell County Public Schools |
Abbs Valley unfolds as a long, narrow corridor of limestone and shale, defined by the persistent, quiet presence of the earth rising on either side. It lies 48.8 miles west of Radford, VA (from Radford, VA: bearing 279°T), and is situated 10.0 miles west of Bluefield. Laurel Fork threads through the low-lying pastures, its path dictated by the jagged geological shifts that define the floor of this basin. Further out, the distant silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains press against the horizon, their deep blues and soft grays anchoring the sky. To the west, the dense, verdant canopy of Jefferson National Forest marks the limit of the wilder terrain, while the nearby expanse of the Anawalt Lake Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary where the air remains thin and crisp, carrying the metallic scent of damp stone and turned soil.
Abbs Valley bears the weight of a frontier history, having served as a site of early settlement where the struggle for survival against the wilderness shaped the character of those who stayed. The economy of Abbs Valley remains tethered to the mineral wealth beneath its surface and the agricultural traditions that have persisted for generations. Life here moves in accordance with the turning of the seasons, far removed from the bustle of the distant coast, with the nearby terrain of Snag Hollow providing a stark, silent reminder of the landscape's rugged, unyielding nature. Small homesteads and barns stand as quiet sentinels against the encroaching woods, reflecting a way of existence that values the endurance of the land over the fleeting pace of modernity.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Abbs Valley, Virginia. Coordinates: 37.235392, -81.460147. 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 Abbs Valley includes the ZIP code (24605), telephone area code (276), county seat of Tazewell County (Tazewell), and school district assignment (Tazewell County Public Schools).
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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |