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Bowling Green Virginia Map

Explore Bowling Green, 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 Bowling Green, Virginia

How to Use This Bowling Green, Virginia Map

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

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	Bowling Green
State	Virginia (VA)
County	Roanoke (city)
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	38.053331
Longitude	-77.347528
Population	1,168
Density	281.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	24012, 22427
Area Code	540
School District	Caroline County Public Schools

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About Bowling Green, Virginia

Bowling Green is a locality in Roanoke (city), Virginia, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,168. The population density is 281.2 people per km². Bowling Green is located at 38.0533°N, 77.3475°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Bowling Green is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 24012, 22427.

Bowling Green occupies a quiet stretch of land where the earth rises in subtle, rhythmic swells, defined by the persistent passage of Carvin Creek. It lies 1.3 miles south-southwest of Hollins, VA (from Hollins, VA: bearing 197°T), and is situated 3.7 miles north of Roanoke. Sunlight filters through the canopy of the local woodlands, casting long, amber shadows across the fields that define the immediate horizon. To the west, the distant silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains anchor the view, providing a steady, blue-toned backdrop to the rural expanse. Within the immediate perimeter, Brookside Park offers a quiet interval of green space, while the terrain tilts gently toward the deeper geometry of Dark Hollow, five miles away. The air here carries a weight of damp soil and ancient growth, a stillness that seems to absorb the modern noise of the world beyond these borders.

Bowling Green serves as a persistent anchor for the surrounding agricultural landscape, its economy rooted in the legacy of the land and the steady work of those who cultivate it. Visitors often find their way toward the North Mountain Trail or the distant rush of Falling Rock Falls, yet the character of the place remains firmly grounded in its inland identity, far removed from the shifting moods of any coastline. The local pace is measured by the changing seasons rather than the frantic ticking of a clock, preserving a sense of continuity that has outlasted generations of change. Whether one is passing through the vicinity of the Carvin Cove Reservoir or walking the quiet lanes of the center, there is an enduring clarity to the atmosphere, a sense that Bowling Green exists precisely where it was meant to endure.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Campaign of 1781 (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 176° S
1864 Union Occupation of Bowling Green (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 172° S
Mattaponi Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.7 mi, 256° W
Mattaponi Bluffs Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 200° S
Stonewall Jackson Shrine (Monument) — 8.3 mi, 322° NW
Garrett Farm site, John Wilkes Booth Killed after killing Lincoln (Attraction) — 8.9 mi, 047° NE
Dominion Raceway (Attraction) — 10.3 mi, 305° NW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 11.0 mi, 245° SW
Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.3 mi, 048° NE · 24k acres
Alexander Berger Memorial Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 11.5 mi, 346° N
Port Royal Museum of American History (Museum) — 11.6 mi, 046° NE
Terror on the Farm (Attraction) — 17.0 mi, 217° SW
Booger Woods (Attraction) — 17.3 mi, 217° SW
Lee's Hill (Viewpoint) — 17.5 mi, 336° NW
Fredericksburg and Spot. National Military Park (National Park) — 17.9 mi, 339° N · 48 acres
George Washington Masonic Museum (Museum) — 18.2 mi, 341° N
National Bank Museum (Museum) — 18.3 mi, 340° N
Iconic Art (Public Artwork) — 18.7 mi, 331° NW
Klein Theatre (Theatre) — 18.8 mi, 338° N
Stafford County Museum (Museum) — 19.8 mi, 340° N
Caledon Natural Area (Marine Protected Area) — 20.9 mi, 025° NE
Caledon State Park (State Park) — 20.9 mi, 025° NE
Ashland Train Museum (Museum) — 21.2 mi, 198° S
Flippo Gallery (Gallery) — 21.4 mi, 200° S
Poor Farm Amphitheater (Theatre) — 21.6 mi, 210° SW
McLaw's Line (Registered Battlefield) — 22.4 mi, 319° NW
Mallows Bay-Potomac National Marine Sanctuary (Marine Protected Area) — 23.9 mi, 005° N
George Washington Birthplace National Monument (National Monument) — 24.5 mi, 066° NE · 556 acres
Lake Anna State Park (State Park) — 25.4 mi, 280° W
Shenandoah National Park (National Park) — 60.7 mi, 304° NW · 197k acres

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