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Breaks Virginia Map

Explore Breaks, 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 Breaks, Virginia

How to Use This Breaks, Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	37.295942
Longitude	-82.280976
Population	144
Density	41.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	24607
Area Code	276
County Seat	Clintwood
School District	Buchanan County Public Schools

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About Breaks, Virginia

Breaks is a locality in Dickenson County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 144. The population density is 41.8 people per km². Breaks is located at 37.2959°N, 82.2810°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 24607.

Breaks defines itself through the persistent, rhythmic movement of the Middle Fork Hunts Creek as it carves a path through the dense, verdant terrain. It lies 48.6 miles north of Bristol, VA (from Bristol, VA: bearing 354°T), and is situated 18.2 miles southeast of Pikeville. This landscape is characterized by deep, shadowed ravines and sudden, vertical shifts in elevation that catch the shifting light of dusk in a bruised, amber glow. Only a mile distant, the waters of Laurel Lake offer a quiet stillness, acting as a reflective counterpoint to the restless energy of the nearby waterway. While the distant Appalachian Mountains provide a hazy, blue-toned silhouette against the horizon, the immediate topography of Breaks remains dominated by these rugged, earth-bound features that demand a slow, deliberate pace from anyone traversing the ground.

Breaks operates at the intersection of rugged independence and a legacy defined by the extraction of subterranean resources. The presence of Breaks Interstate Park transforms the local character, drawing those who seek to understand the scale of the earth’s geological history rather than the frantic pulse of a modern commercial center. Economic life here has long been tethered to the land, shifting from the labor-intensive demands of coal to a present focused on conservation and the quiet stewardship of the wilderness near Potter Flats. Life in Breaks moves in accordance with the seasons, where the cooling air of autumn brings a clarity to the woods, and the collective memory of the people is kept alive not through monuments, but through the enduring, shared reliance on the land that sustains them.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Breaks Interstate Park (State Park) — 0.0 mi, 235° SW
Towers Overlook (Viewpoint) — 1.0 mi, 217° SW
Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 1.5 mi, 207° SW · 733k acres
Elkhorn City Park (Local Park) — 3.9 mi, 274° W
Old Fashion Elk (Public Artwork) — 3.9 mi, 278° W
John W Flannagan Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 4.6 mi, 213° SW
Fishtrap Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 5.4 mi, 019° N
Fishtrap Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.5 mi, 011° N
Tnc Elk Reserve (Conservation Area) — 8.7 mi, 142° SE
Grundy Community Center Cinema (Cinema) — 9.9 mi, 096° E
Pine Mountain State Scenic Trail (State Recreation Area) — 12.5 mi, 247° SW
Jettie Baker Center (Cinema) — 13.9 mi, 224° SW
Ralph Stanley Museum and Traditional Mountain Music Center (Museum) — 14.0 mi, 224° SW
Dickenson County Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 14.0 mi, 224° SW
Shelby Valley Wildcats (Stadium) — 15.3 mi, 293° NW
Appalachian Wireless Arena (Stadium) — 18.1 mi, 314° NW
Panther Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 20.1 mi, 071° E
Leonard Woods Lynched (Monument) — 21.6 mi, 243° SW
Pound Gap (Monument) — 21.6 mi, 243° SW
Wise County (Monument) — 21.7 mi, 243° SW
Old Meade Homeplace (Historic Ruins) — 22.7 mi, 244° SW
Hatfield McCoy Feud Site Tours (Attraction) — 23.4 mi, 015° N
Clinch River State Park (State Park) — 24.6 mi, 158° S
Lay's Hardware Center for the Arts (Theatre) — 26.4 mi, 203° SW
St. Paul Small Art Gallery (Gallery) — 27.1 mi, 184° S
Spearhead Trails (Attraction) — 27.2 mi, 205° SW
Park Avenue Theatre (Theatre) — 31.5 mi, 218° SW
Appalachian Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 32.2 mi, 123° SE
Cherokee National Forest (National Forest) — 50.8 mi, 162° S · 662k acres
Mount Rogers National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 51.8 mi, 153° SE · 155k acres

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