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Buckingham Virginia Map

Explore Buckingham, 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 Buckingham, Virginia

How to Use This Buckingham, Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	37.550146
Longitude	-78.555561
Population	480
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	23921
Area Code	276
County Seat	Buckingham

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About Buckingham, Virginia

Buckingham is a locality in Buckingham County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Buckingham is located at 37.5501°N, 78.5556°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 23921.

Buckingham occupies a quiet stretch of the Virginia Piedmont, where the land rises and falls in long, rhythmic swells of clay and timber. It lies 28.5 miles south-southwest of Lake Monticello, VA (from Lake Monticello, VA: bearing 205°T), and is situated 19.3 miles north-northwest of Farmville. Horsepen Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the soil, its waters moving with a deliberate, muddy patience that defines the local drainage. To the west, the faint, hazy blue silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains sits anchored against the horizon, marking the limit of the view. The air here holds a heavy, earthen stillness, especially in the mornings when the dampness of the Lee Experimental Forest reaches out to chill the edges of the fields. A short distance away, the Horsepen Lake Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of tangled brush and quiet water, where the light at dusk turns the canopy into a bruised, metallic purple.

Buckingham carries the weight of a long agricultural inheritance, where the ghost of the old tobacco economy lingers in the alignment of fence lines and the weathered bones of abandoned outbuildings. The local character is forged by this slow, persistent labor, a way of life that values the deep-rooted stability of the land over the frantic pace of the modern corridor. Even the proximity to Fish Pond, eleven miles removed, serves as a reminder of the quiet, inland geography that keeps the world at a distance. Life in Buckingham moves according to the seasons rather than the clock, a steady, unadorned existence where the primary measure of progress remains the health of the timber and the endurance of the soil.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Horsepen Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.5 mi, 152° SE
Horsepen Lake Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 2.7 mi, 179° S
Appomattox-Buckingham State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 6.0 mi, 212° SW
Lee's Retreat: New Store (Registered Battlefield) — 9.7 mi, 180° S
Featherfin Farm Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.6 mi, 192° S
Holliday Lake State Park (State Park) — 10.7 mi, 205° SW
Lee's Retreat (Registered Battlefield) — 11.6 mi, 161° S
Cumberland State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 11.9 mi, 098° E
James River State Park (State Park) — 13.3 mi, 297° NW
Tye River Overlook (Viewpoint) — 14.9 mi, 294° NW
Confederate Cemetery (Attraction) — 18.1 mi, 228° SW
Raine Monument (Monument) — 18.2 mi, 228° SW
Joan of Arc (Monument) — 19.6 mi, 153° SE
The Appomattox Gallery (Gallery) — 20.2 mi, 228° SW
Appomattox Courthouse Theatre (Theatre) — 20.2 mi, 228° SW
Wolfbane Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 22.8 mi, 227° SW
Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting (Attraction) — 23.2 mi, 314° NW
Costello Stadium (Stadium) — 24.5 mi, 039° NE
Sailor’s Creek Battlefield Memorial (Monument) — 25.0 mi, 134° SE
Sweet Briar Museum (Museum) — 28.8 mi, 271° W
Train Station and Caboose (Museum) — 29.1 mi, 271° W
Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center (Museum) — 29.8 mi, 321° NW
Grandview Dog Pens (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 30.3 mi, 071° E
James Monroe (Public Artwork) — 30.4 mi, 010° N
Three Ridges Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 30.6 mi, 312° NW · 4,607 acres
George Washington National Forest (National Forest) — 30.6 mi, 312° NW · 1.1M acres
Priest Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 32.2 mi, 307° NW · 5,994 acres
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 32.7 mi, 326° NW · 110k acres
Ridgely's Fun Park (Theme Park) — 32.9 mi, 320° NW
Shenandoah National Park (National Park) — 37.7 mi, 340° N · 197k acres

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