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Bolar Virginia Map

Explore Bolar, 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 Bolar, Virginia

How to Use This Bolar, Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	38.217347
Longitude	-79.676438
Population	480
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	24484, 24416
Area Code	540
County Seat	Monterey

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About Bolar, Virginia

Bolar is a locality in Highland County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Bolar is located at 38.2173°N, 79.6764°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 24484, 24416.

Bolar occupies a quiet basin in Little Valley, defined by the persistent, winding path of Bolar Run as it carves through the limestone earth. It lies 33.2 miles west of Staunton, VA (from Staunton, VA: bearing 278°T), and is situated 32.5 miles north-northwest of Lexington. The landscape here is defined by the dense, verdant expanse of the George Washington National Forest, which looms only two miles from the center, casting long, shifting shadows across the fields as the sun dips behind the distant Shenandoah Mountains. The light at dusk acquires a bruised, violet quality, settling into the hollows of the terrain and softening the jagged edges of the woodland canopy. Five miles to the east, the stillness of Browns Pond reflects the heavy, humid air of late summer, while those seeking the solitude of the woods often find their way toward the McGuffin Trail, where the earth is cool and damp underfoot.

Bolar bears the quiet weight of a long agrarian history, where the economy has shifted from the labor of early homesteading to a more measured, land-conscious existence. Life in Bolar moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, shaped by the cycles of the nearby woods and the necessity of maintaining the rugged, inland pastures. While the influence of larger industrial centers remains distant, the people here retain a distinct connection to the soil, favoring a life that values the preservation of natural boundaries over the expansion of modern development. Time here is marked not by clocks, but by the subtle migration of color across the forest foliage and the way the water in Bolar Run rises and falls with the rhythm of the mountain rains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

George Washington National Forest (National Forest) — 2.3 mi, 190° S · 1.1M acres
Highland Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 103° E
Monongahela National Forest (National Forest) — 7.1 mi, 300° NW · 922k acres
Rimel Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.1 mi, 300° NW
Warm Springs Mountain (Conservation Area) — 11.0 mi, 203° SW
Bath County Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 13.3 mi, 207° SW
Sounding Knob Fire Tower (Viewpoint) — 13.8 mi, 026° NE
Charles P. Jones Museum (Museum) — 14.5 mi, 021° N
Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard (Attraction) — 16.1 mi, 014° N
Green Bank Galley (Gallery) — 16.3 mi, 329° NW
Confederate Breastworks Interpretive Site (Monument) — 17.1 mi, 068° E
Fort Edward Johnson (1862) (Attraction) — 17.3 mi, 067° NE
Puffenbarger Sugar Camp (Attraction) — 17.6 mi, 017° N
Rough Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 17.6 mi, 179° S · 9,327 acres
Lake Moomaw Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 17.8 mi, 223° SW
Eagle’s Sugar Camp (Attraction) — 17.9 mi, 037° NE
Ramseys Draft Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 18.2 mi, 066° NE · 6,577 acres
Old Sexton Cabin (Historic Ruins) — 19.0 mi, 064° NE
Westlake Sundial (Monument) — 21.5 mi, 146° SE
Douthat State Park (State Park) — 21.6 mi, 195° S
4th Avenue Art Gallery (Gallery) — 22.6 mi, 271° W
Camp Bartow Historic Site (Historic Castle / Fort) — 22.7 mi, 347° N
Watoga State Park (State Park) — 23.3 mi, 254° W
MTN. Mystic Studio and Gallery (Gallery) — 27.9 mi, 089° E
Pearl S Buck Birthplace (Museum) — 29.1 mi, 260° W
Callie Furnace (Historic Ruins) — 31.5 mi, 195° S
Gillis Theatre (Theatre) — 32.2 mi, 156° SE
Francis Henney Smith (Public Artwork) — 32.2 mi, 156° SE
Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 32.4 mi, 012° N · 100k acres
Shenandoah National Park (National Park) — 46.1 mi, 106° E · 197k acres

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