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Alton Virginia Map

Explore Alton, 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.

Interactive Map of Alton, Virginia

How to Use This Alton, Virginia Map

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

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	Alton
State	Virginia (VA)
County	Halifax County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	36.573195
Longitude	-79.00279
Population	480
Density	12.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	24520
Area Code	276
County Seat	Halifax

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About Alton, Virginia

Alton is a locality in Halifax County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 12.0 people per km². Alton is located at 36.5732°N, 79.0028°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 24520.

Alton occupies a quiet expanse of the Piedmont where the Long Branch carves a persistent, shallow path through the red clay soil. It lies 21.8 miles east of Danville, VA (from Danville, VA: bearing 92°T), and is situated 12.4 miles north of Roxboro. The landscape here is characterized by a series of low, undulating rises that stretch toward the horizon, far from the influence of the Appalachian Mountains, which remain a distant, hazy suggestion in the west. Sunlight in Alton often takes on a heavy, golden quality during the late afternoon, catching the amber dust kicked up from unpaved shoulders and illuminating the dense, scrubby foliage that lines the water’s edge. Two miles to the east, the stillness of Blanes Millpond offers a mirror to the sky, its quiet surface undisturbed by the quick, purposeful movement of the creek nearby.

The history of Alton is written in the geometry of its fields and the lingering presence of tobacco barns that stand as skeletal reminders of a former agrarian order. While the local economy has transitioned away from the intensive labor of the past, the rhythm of daily life remains tethered to the land and the changing seasons. Residents find a familiar solitude in the proximity of the Hyco Game Land, a sprawling sanctuary that preserves the native character of the woods and provides a vital corridor for local wildlife. There is a particular, understated dignity in how Alton persists, balancing the quiet remnants of its rural heritage with the slow, deliberate pace of modern existence, where the sound of the wind through the hardwoods often carries more weight than the passing of cars on the nearby road.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hyco Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 2.3 mi, 197° S
Mayo Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 4.8 mi, 117° SE
Blue Star Memorial (Monument) — 10.1 mi, 034° NE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 10.2 mi, 032° NE
Cinema I & II at the World of Sports (Cinema) — 10.5 mi, 040° NE
Halifax Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 14.0 mi, 017° N
Banister River Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 15.3 mi, 044° NE
Staunton River State Park (State Park) — 17.8 mi, 064° NE
Difficult Creek (State Wilderness) — 20.0 mi, 050° NE
Carrington Pavilion (Stadium) — 21.1 mi, 272° W
Danville Science Center (Museum) — 21.2 mi, 272° W
John H. Kerr Reservoir (Recreation Area) — 21.4 mi, 098° E
Buccaneer Stadium (Stadium) — 21.5 mi, 237° SW
Boars Nest a Dukes of Hazzard Museum (Museum) — 21.8 mi, 162° S
Richmond-Miles History Museum (Museum) — 21.9 mi, 238° SW
Swanson Studio (Gallery) — 22.0 mi, 271° W
Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History (Museum) — 22.0 mi, 272° W
Shangri-La Stone Village (Attraction) — 22.3 mi, 212° SW
Brockton Pl. (Viewpoint) — 22.8 mi, 270° W
Family Fun Zone (Attraction) — 23.5 mi, 272° W
Castle Mont Rouge (Historic Castle / Fort) — 23.6 mi, 168° S
Clarksville Regional Museum (Museum) — 24.7 mi, 082° E
Occoneechee State Park (State Park) — 26.1 mi, 081° E
Solitary Sentinel (Attraction) — 26.5 mi, 081° E
Artillery Emplacement (Historic Ruins) — 27.0 mi, 038° NE
Kerr Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 33.6 mi, 101° E
Falls Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 39.1 mi, 156° SE
Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 68.5 mi, 337° NW · 733k acres
George Washington National Forest (National Forest) — 69.0 mi, 345° N · 1.1M acres
James River Face Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 72.0 mi, 342° N · 8,849 acres

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