Explore Brunswick, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Brunswick, 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 Brunswick.
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 | Brunswick |
| State | Virginia (VA) |
| County | Brunswick County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 36.647647 |
| Longitude | -77.870546 |
| Population | 480 |
| Density | 8.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 23868, 23893 |
| Area Code | 804 |
| County Seat | Lawrenceville |
Brunswick occupies a landscape defined by the persistent, winding course of Edwards Creek, which carves its way through the verdant clay and dense timber of the Virginia Piedmont. It lies 17.6 miles northwest of Roanoke Rapids, NC (from Roanoke Rapids, NC: bearing 317°T), and is situated 18.4 miles west of Emporia. The terrain here rises and falls in long, rhythmic swells of earth, far removed from any coastal influence, as the air remains heavy with the scent of pine needles and damp, iron-rich soil. To the distant west, the hazy silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains occasionally manifest against the horizon during the clarity of a winter dawn, yet the immediate horizon is dominated by the expansive, quiet reaches of forest and field. Only four miles away, the waters of Lake Gaston provide a glassy, reflective stillness that anchors the surrounding woods, offering a cooling respite from the heat of the humid afternoons.
Brunswick maintains a character deeply rooted in the agricultural cycles of the past, where the legacy of tobacco cultivation informs the layout of the fields and the slow, deliberate pace of daily life. While the economy has transitioned toward modern demands, the landscape still bears the traces of an agrarian heritage, preserved in the weathered timber of older structures and the expansive, unhurried stretches of open land. Local recreation often gravitates toward Little League Park, a space that serves as a focal point for communal gatherings and the quiet persistence of youth athletics. Life in Brunswick continues with a steady, enduring grace, where the light at dusk settles in long, amber ribbons across the meadows, illuminating a world that values the endurance of its traditions over the frantic velocity of the present day.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Brunswick, Virginia. Coordinates: 36.647647, -77.870546. 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 Brunswick includes the ZIP code (23868, 23893), telephone area code (804), county seat of Brunswick County (Lawrenceville), and school district assignment.
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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |