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Bracey Virginia Map

Explore Bracey, 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 Bracey, Virginia

How to Use This Bracey, Virginia Map

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

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.

CityBracey
StateVirginia (VA)
CountyMecklenburg County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude36.581233
Longitude-78.113798
Population1,372
Density40.7 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code23919
Area Code276
County SeatBoydton
School DistrictMecklenburg County Public Schools

About Bracey, Virginia

Bracey is a locality in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,372. The population density is 40.7 people per km². Bracey is located at 36.5812°N, 78.1138°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 23919.

Bracey emerges from the verdant Piedmont landscape where the Long Branch carves a quiet, persistent path through the red-clay earth. It lies 23.5 miles northeast of Henderson, NC (from Henderson, NC: bearing 37°T), and is situated 8.8 miles south of South Hill. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness, thick with the scent of pine needles and damp soil that lingers long after the sun dips below the tree line. To the west, the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains frame the horizon, marking a boundary far removed from the immediate, intimate geography of the local woods. Only a mile away, the expansive waters of Lake Gaston shimmer under the midday heat, offering a cooling presence that defines the slow, deliberate pace of the summer months.

Tobacco fields once dominated the economy of Bracey, their broad leaves capturing the sunlight in a way that seemed to define the very prosperity of the region. While the cycles of agriculture have shifted, the area remains tethered to the land, with the Dick Cross Wildlife Management Area six miles distant providing a sanctuary for the native flora and fauna that thrive in the quiet spaces between homesteads. Life in Bracey moves in cadence with the seasons, favoring the steady work of the soil and the maintenance of the infrastructure that connects these scattered parcels of land. It is a place where the history of the Old Dominion is felt in the architecture of older farmsteads and the stubborn endurance of the local roads, maintaining a character shaped by the slow accumulation of quiet, purposeful days.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Tar River Land Conservancy Preserve (Conservation Area) — 7.2 mi, 134° SE
  • Unknown Park (Local Park) — 8.1 mi, 008° N
  • Dick Cross Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.3 mi, 285° W
  • Warren County - Buck Spring Park (Local Recreation) — 8.9 mi, 139° SE
  • John H. Kerr Reservoir (Recreation Area) — 9.2 mi, 253° W
  • Lake Gordon Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 9.3 mi, 324° NW
  • Colonial Theatre (Theatre) — 10.0 mi, 355° N
  • Model Railroad / Doll Museum / Chamber of Commerce (Museum) — 10.0 mi, 355° N
  • South Hill Tobacco Museum (Museum) — 10.1 mi, 354° N
  • Parker Park (Local Park) — 10.1 mi, 349° N
  • Warren County - Warren County Recreational Complex (Local Recreation) — 10.2 mi, 185° S
  • Watchable Wildlife Platform (Viewpoint) — 10.3 mi, 278° W
  • Kerr Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 11.1 mi, 254° W
  • Embro Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 11.4 mi, 181° S
  • Dr. L. Julian Haywood (Monument) — 12.9 mi, 192° S
  • Occoneechee State Park (State Park) — 18.3 mi, 274° W
  • Saint Paul’s Chapel School (Rosenwald Funded) (Monument) — 18.9 mi, 027° NE
  • Brunswick County Museum (Museum) — 19.2 mi, 050° NE
  • Solitary Sentinel (Attraction) — 23.3 mi, 279° W
  • Medoc Mountain State Park (State Park) — 24.1 mi, 150° SE
  • Clarksville Regional Museum (Museum) — 25.1 mi, 277° W
  • Reminiscing (Public Artwork) — 25.1 mi, 219° SW
  • Prestwould Plantation (Museum) — 25.4 mi, 281° W
  • Thyne Institute Memorial (Monument) — 25.7 mi, 309° NW
  • Medoc Mountain Canoe & Kayak access (Attraction) — 25.7 mi, 151° SE
  • Royal Palace Theatre (Cinema) — 29.0 mi, 115° SE
  • Jones Performing Arts Center, Louisburg College Auditorium (Theatre) — 34.5 mi, 197° S
  • Artillery Emplacement (Historic Ruins) — 38.8 mi, 303° NW
  • Wade Archaeological Site Native American (Historic Ruins) — 39.1 mi, 303° NW
  • Banister River Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 39.9 mi, 285° W

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About This Bracey Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bracey, Virginia. Coordinates: 36.581233, -78.113798. 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 Bracey includes the ZIP code (23919), telephone area code (276), county seat of Mecklenburg County (Boydton), and school district assignment (Mecklenburg 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.