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Braddock Virginia Map

Explore Braddock, 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 Braddock, Virginia

How to Use This Braddock, Virginia Map

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

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	Braddock
State	Virginia (VA)
County	Alexandria (city)
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	38.831875
Longitude	-77.355031
Population	6,549
Density	396.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	22302, 22030
Area Code	703, 571
School District	Fairfax County Public Schools

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About Braddock, Virginia

Braddock is a locality in Alexandria (city), Virginia, United States. It has a population of approximately 6,549. The population density is 396.5 people per km². Braddock is located at 38.8319°N, 77.3550°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 22302, 22030.

Braddock emerges from the gentle undulations of the Piedmont landscape as a quiet intersection of suburban order and the persistent, earthen memory of the Virginia landscape. It lies 1.6 miles northwest of Alexandria, VA (from Alexandria, VA: bearing 314°T), and is situated 5.4 miles south-southwest of Washington. Timber Branch carves a narrow, serpentine path through the terrain, its waters drawing a thin, verdant line through the residential blocks where the light at dusk often takes on a bruised, violet quality, softening the sharp angles of the built environment. To the west, the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains occasionally assert themselves against the horizon, though the immediate geography remains defined by the cooling shade of the Timberbranch Parkway, which offers a quiet corridor of greenery for those who wander its paths. The air here holds a crisp, inland weight, untouched by the brackish humidity of the distant coast, and the earth beneath the local soil is a heavy, reddish clay that has long defined the character of the ground underfoot.

Braddock carries the quiet gravity of a region that has watched the slow transformation from colonial agrarian life to the dense, professional rhythms of the modern tech-corridor. While the local economy has pivoted toward the bustling demands of the capital’s administrative sphere, the lingering echoes of a slower era remain in the way the morning light catches the canopy of old-growth trees that survive in pockets near the outskirts. Residents often find their way toward the recreational stillness of Lake Barcroft or the more strenuous terrain of the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway Terminus, seeking a reprieve from the relentless pace of contemporary labor. There is a distinct, understated resilience in the way Braddock manages its growth, balancing the pressures of proximity to the seat of national power with the need to maintain a domestic, grounded existence that honors the ancient, silent passage of the local streams.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Piney Branch Stream Valley Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 301° NW
Patriot Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 170° S
Jester Property, 10735 West Drive (Local Recreation) — 2.0 mi, 077° E
Horse head (Public Artwork) — 2.1 mi, 344° N
Fluffy Rides (Attraction) — 2.2 mi, 356° N
University Mall Theatres (Theatre) — 2.2 mi, 102° E
National Firearms Museum (Museum) — 2.4 mi, 026° NE
Confucius (Monument) — 2.4 mi, 094° E
Kearny and Stevens Monuments (Monument) — 2.4 mi, 341° N
Regal Fairfax Towne Center 10 (Cinema) — 2.5 mi, 345° N
Bells Bird Sanctuary Park (Nature Reserve) — 2.9 mi, 063° NE
Fairfax Museum and Visitors Center (Museum) — 3.1 mi, 073° E
Seniors 2020 Rock (Monument) — 3.1 mi, 261° W
Railroad Trestle (Historic Ruins) — 3.5 mi, 194° S
Cinema Arts Theatre (Cinema) — 4.4 mi, 078° E
Ellanor C. Lawrence Amphitheater (Theatre) — 4.6 mi, 296° NW
Union Mills Historic Site (Historic Ruins) — 4.7 mi, 222° SW
Lake Burke Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 5.0 mi, 150° SE
Battle of Blackburn's Ford (1861) (Registered Battlefield) — 5.5 mi, 249° W
Lanes Mill Ruins (Viewpoint) — 5.6 mi, 268° W
Bull Run Special Events Center (Attraction) — 6.1 mi, 260° W
Kiln & Custard (Arts Centre) — 6.9 mi, 044° NE
George Washington Memorial Parkway (National Park) — 11.8 mi, 039° NE · 2,795 acres
Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 14.0 mi, 156° SE · 1,268 acres
Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 16.1 mi, 148° SE · 2,944 acres

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