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Ararat Virginia Map

Explore Ararat, 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 Ararat, Virginia

How to Use This Ararat, Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	36.599025
Longitude	-80.510619
Population	480
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	24053
Area Code	540
County Seat	Stuart

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About Ararat, Virginia

Ararat is a locality in Patrick County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Ararat is located at 36.5990°N, 80.5106°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 24053.

Ararat occupies a quiet expanse of land where the earth rises and falls in long, muscular swells of soil and dense hardwood forest. It lies 35.9 miles west of Martinsville, VA (from Martinsville, VA: bearing 260°T), and is situated 8.7 miles northeast of Mount Airy. Sunlight here possesses a particular clarity, filtering through the canopy to illuminate the persistent, cool dampness of the undergrowth that defines the local topography. Only a mile away, the waters of Clarks Creek move with a steady, deliberate pace, carving a path through the landscape that eventually leads toward the broader contours of Kibler Valley. While the distant Appalachian Mountains appear as a faint, jagged violet line against the horizon, the immediate surroundings remain intimate, defined by the seasonal transformation of the woods and the quiet, pervasive influence of a climate that favors the slow growth of timber and forage.

Ararat maintains a character forged by the persistence of those who worked these fields long before the modern era, leaving a legacy of small-scale agriculture that remains etched into the local economy. The rhythms of life here are dictated by the land’s capacity for production, whether through the quiet maintenance of family farms or the careful stewardship of the surrounding terrain. Residents often find their way to the nearby Run Trail, a path that invites a slower engagement with the woods, or seek the relative stillness of Riverside Park, which serves as a communal anchor eight miles from the center. Though Kiser Lake lies eighteen miles away, the community relies less on such landmarks than on the daily, unadorned work of the present, where the tradition of self-reliance continues to shape the social fabric and the modest, enduring pace of the day.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Pilot Mountain Overlook (Viewpoint) — 3.3 mi, 336° NW
Veterans Memorial Park (Local Recreation) — 8.2 mi, 225° SW
City of Mount Airy - Westwood Park (Local Recreation) — 8.3 mi, 230° SW
Hill Farm Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 8.5 mi, 122° SE
Mount Airy Museum of Regional History (Museum) — 8.6 mi, 219° SW
Earle (Cinema) — 8.7 mi, 218° SW
Wally's Service Station (Attraction) — 8.8 mi, 216° SW
Blackmon Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 8.8 mi, 218° SW
Andy Griffith Playhouse (Theatre) — 8.9 mi, 218° SW
Buffalo Mountain State Natural Area Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 12.2 mi, 008° N
Thunder Road Museum (Museum) — 12.8 mi, 239° SW
Carolina Ziplines Canopy Tour (Attraction) — 15.7 mi, 141° SE
Rider Falls (Attraction) — 15.9 mi, 151° SE
RM Collins Memorial (Monument) — 16.0 mi, 146° SE
Hanging Rock State Park (State Park) — 16.1 mi, 151° SE
Pilot Mountain State Park (State Park) — 16.4 mi, 177° S
Torys Falls (Attraction) — 17.9 mi, 139° SE
Camp Branch Natural Area Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 19.4 mi, 356° N
Vaughn-Woltz Order of the Arrow Campfire Arena Time Capsule (Monument) — 20.6 mi, 245° SW
Blue Star Memorial (Monument) — 20.8 mi, 166° S
Crouse's Chimney (Historic Ruins) — 21.2 mi, 247° SW
Stokes County Arts Council (Arts Centre) — 21.4 mi, 128° SE
Surry County Historical Farm Museum (Museum) — 22.5 mi, 180° S
Chestnut Creek School of the Arts (Arts Centre) — 23.4 mi, 281° W
Mount Rogers National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 25.9 mi, 300° NW · 155k acres
Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 26.5 mi, 301° NW · 733k acres
Little Dry Run Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 39.3 mi, 288° W · 2,856 acres
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 44.4 mi, 331° NW · 110k acres
Mountain Lake Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 51.8 mi, 359° N · 17k acres
Cherokee National Forest (National Forest) — 63.4 mi, 271° W · 662k acres

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