Explore Bland, 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 Bland, 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 Bland.
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 | Bland |
| State | Virginia (VA) |
| County | Bland County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 37.102063 |
| Longitude | -81.116202 |
| Population | 383 |
| Density | 71.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 24315 |
| Area Code | 276 |
| County Seat | Bland |
| School District | Bland County Public Schools |
Bland anchors itself firmly within a landscape defined by the persistent, rhythmic movement of Crab Orchard Creek as it carves through the fertile earth. It lies 29.8 miles west of Radford, VA (from Radford, VA: bearing 266°T), and is situated 13.0 miles south-southeast of Bluefield. The air here holds a distinct, cool clarity, sharpened by the proximity of the Jefferson National Forest, which stands as a dense, verdant sentinel only a mile from the residential core. Water from the nearby Crab Orchard Lake mirrors the changing hues of the sky, casting long, bruised shadows across the valley floor when the afternoon sun dips toward the horizon. To the distant west, the silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains provides a permanent, jagged frame for the horizon, grounding the visual field in a sense of ancient, unmoving depth.
Bland maintains a quiet, deliberate pace of life that reflects its long-standing connection to the land and the modest industries that have sustained its people for generations. While the influence of the Jefferson National Forest draws those seeking the solitude of the outdoors, the local character remains tied to a heritage of self-reliance and the careful stewardship of the surrounding soil. The proximity of the Walker Mountain Trail offers a path for those wishing to traverse the higher elevations, yet the essence of the locality is found in the everyday interactions among those who work the timber and the smaller agricultural plots. This is a place where the passage of time is marked not by grand monuments, but by the steady, seasonal work that keeps the community bound to the rhythms of the earth.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bland, Virginia. Coordinates: 37.102063, -81.116202. 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 Bland includes the ZIP code (24315), telephone area code (276), county seat of Bland County (Bland), and school district assignment (Bland 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. |