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Bath Virginia Map

Explore Bath, 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 Bath, Virginia

How to Use This Bath, Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	38.111733
Longitude	-79.650211
Population	480
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	24460, 24416
Area Code	540
County Seat	Warm Springs

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About Bath, Virginia

Bath is a locality in Bath County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Bath is located at 38.1117°N, 79.6502°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 24460, 24416.

Bath occupies a quiet reach of land where the earth rises in slow, deliberate folds of limestone and shale. It lies 31.6 miles west of Staunton, VA (from Staunton, VA: bearing 265°T), and is situated 34.0 miles west of Stuarts Draft. The Cowpasture River threads through the landscape just a mile away, its current carving a steady, rhythmic path through the verdant floor of Donley Hollow. Beyond the immediate canopy, the vast expanse of George Washington National Forest blankets the terrain, ensuring that the air remains heavy with the scent of damp earth and cooling timber. On clear afternoons, the distant silhouette of the Shenandoah Mountains creates a jagged, violet ink-line against the horizon, anchoring the perspective of the observer. Sunlight here does not merely illuminate; it clarifies, sharpening the edges of every leaf and stone until the world feels startlingly present, as if drawn in charcoal on a pale, morning sky.

Bath carries a legacy of resourcefulness, where the economy has long been tethered to the timber and soil of the surrounding George Washington National Forest. Residents move with a measured pace, a habit born of seasons that dictate the rhythm of labor and harvest. Travelers often seek out the Tower Hill Mountain Trail to witness the way the forest floor shifts from dense thickets to open, moss-covered clearings, while others venture toward Browns Pond to watch the water hold the stillness of the afternoon. Local life remains tied to these physical markers, favoring the permanence of the landscape over the frantic noise of modern industry. There is a profound, unadorned honesty in the way the local architecture sits upon the hillside, constructed from materials pulled from the vicinity to withstand the biting chill of the mountain winters.

Nearby Outdoor Places

George Washington National Forest (National Forest) — 0.1 mi, 323° NW · 1.1M acres
Warm Springs Mountain (Conservation Area) — 6.4 mi, 244° SW
Highland Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.8 mi, 017° N
Bath County Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 8.8 mi, 239° SW
Rough Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 10.4 mi, 186° S · 9,327 acres
Goshen and Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.6 mi, 159° S
Rich Hole Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 13.2 mi, 172° S · 6,532 acres
Monongahela National Forest (National Forest) — 13.2 mi, 325° NW · 922k acres
Lake Moomaw Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 14.8 mi, 247° SW
Westlake Sundial (Monument) — 14.9 mi, 134° SE
Bob Seibert Memorial (Monument) — 14.9 mi, 134° SE
Douthat State Park (State Park) — 15.3 mi, 208° SW
Lookout Rock (Viewpoint) — 16.9 mi, 214° SW
Fort Edward Johnson (1862) (Attraction) — 20.1 mi, 046° NE
Charles P. Jones Museum (Museum) — 21.1 mi, 010° N
Old Sexton Cabin (Historic Ruins) — 22.1 mi, 045° NE
Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard (Attraction) — 23.0 mi, 006° N
Green Bank Galley (Gallery) — 23.5 mi, 335° NW
Eagle’s Sugar Camp (Attraction) — 23.5 mi, 023° NE
Watoga State Park (State Park) — 23.8 mi, 272° W
Puffenbarger Sugar Camp (Attraction) — 24.4 mi, 009° N
Callie Furnace (Historic Ruins) — 25.0 mi, 202° S
Gillis Theatre (Theatre) — 25.0 mi, 153° SE
Francis Henney Smith (Public Artwork) — 25.0 mi, 153° SE
Virginia Military Institute Museum (Museum) — 25.1 mi, 152° SE
Nelson Gallery (Gallery) — 25.2 mi, 153° SE
4th Avenue Art Gallery (Gallery) — 25.2 mi, 288° W
Rockbridge Historical Society (Museum) — 25.3 mi, 153° SE
Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 39.4 mi, 008° N · 100k acres
Shenandoah National Park (National Park) — 43.3 mi, 097° E · 197k acres

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