Breaks Virginia Map

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.

About This Breaks Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Breaks, Virginia. Coordinates: 37.295942, -82.280976. 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 Breaks includes the ZIP code (24607), telephone area code (276), county seat of Dickenson County (Clintwood), and school district assignment (Buchanan County Public Schools).

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.