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Birdsnest Virginia Map

Explore Birdsnest, 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 Birdsnest, Virginia

How to Use This Birdsnest, Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	37.439025
Longitude	-75.881042
Population	480
Density	12.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	23307
Area Code	757
County Seat	Eastville

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About Birdsnest, Virginia

Birdsnest is a locality in Northampton County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 12.0 people per km². Birdsnest is located at 37.4390°N, 75.8810°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 23307.

Birdsnest emerges from a flat, verdant expanse where the horizon line remains uninterrupted by the sharp silhouettes of Castle Ridge, which looms only as a distant suggestion in the west. It lies 33.6 miles northeast of Poquoson, VA (from Poquoson, VA: bearing 49°T), and is situated 34.6 miles east-northeast of Seaford. The air here holds a heavy, salt-sweet moisture, pulled inland by the tides from The Ramshorn, just three miles to the east. A mile away, the dark, tannin-stained waters of Church Creek carve through the silty soil, draining the surrounding fields with a sluggish, deliberate patience. Beyond the cultivated rows, the landscape yields to the protected stillness of Fowling Point, where the reeds lean perpetually toward the coast, and the geography shifts toward the marshy reach of The Hammocks. The light at dusk possesses a singular, bruised quality, turning the sky the color of a ripening plum and casting long, indigo shadows across the fields that seem to hold the heat of the day long after the sun has vanished.

Birdsnest maintains a quiet reliance on the land, its rhythm defined by the seasonal cycles of agrarian labor and the slow migration of birds that give the place its name. While Miller Pond offers a reflective, glassy stillness four miles to the north, the local economy remains tethered to the industrious cultivation of the fields and the quiet commerce of the Eastern Shore. The architecture here favors utility over ornamentation, with weathered wood and brick structures that have endured decades of Atlantic winds, standing as silent witnesses to a history of small-scale farming and maritime connection. Life in Birdsnest moves with a deliberate, unadorned focus, valuing the steady persistence of the harvest and the quiet dignity of a workday that begins well before the morning mist has lifted from the damp, dark earth.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Fowling Point (Conservation Area) — 2.4 mi, 125° SE
Brownsville Farm (Conservation Area) — 2.6 mi, 068° E
Indiantown Recreation Park (Local Park) — 6.3 mi, 191° S
Savage Neck Dunes Natural Area Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 10.1 mi, 222° SW
Mockhorn Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.1 mi, 178° S
Wreck Island Natural Area Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 10.8 mi, 157° SE
Wreck Island State Natural Area Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 10.8 mi, 157° SE
Historic Palace Theatre (Theatre) — 14.0 mi, 212° SW
At Altitude Gallery (Gallery) — 14.0 mi, 212° SW
Kiptopeke State Park (State Park) — 19.0 mi, 196° S
Eastern Shore Of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.0 mi, 191° S · 3,996 acres
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.4 mi, 048° NE · 37k acres
Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 21.8 mi, 192° S
Cape Charles Light (Attraction) — 21.9 mi, 184° S
Mathews Historical Museum (Museum) — 24.1 mi, 269° W
Mathews County Confederate Monument (Monument) — 24.2 mi, 269° W
Town of Parksley War Memorial (Monument) — 26.9 mi, 028° NE
Eastern Shore Railway Museum (Museum) — 26.9 mi, 028° NE
Half Shell Stage (Theatre) — 33.3 mi, 305° NW
Reedville Fishermen's Museum (Museum) — 35.3 mi, 322° NW
French British Naval Engagement Off the Virginia Capes (Monument) — 36.0 mi, 191° S
François Joseph Paul de Grasse (Public Artwork) — 36.0 mi, 191° S
Aids to Navigation Museum (Museum) — 36.3 mi, 245° SW
First Landing State Park (State Park) — 36.5 mi, 194° S
Redoubt 10 (Registered Battlefield) — 36.8 mi, 247° SW
Redoubt 9 (Registered Battlefield) — 37.0 mi, 247° SW
Cornwallis' Cave (Attraction) — 37.1 mi, 248° W
Abandoned sand mine and dump (Historic Ruins) — 37.1 mi, 245° SW
Assateague Island National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 38.8 mi, 040° NE · 96k acres
Rosewell Plantation (Historic Ruins) — 38.9 mi, 259° W

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