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Buffalo Junction Virginia Map

Explore Buffalo Junction, 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 Buffalo Junction, Virginia

How to Use This Buffalo Junction, Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	36.604307
Longitude	-78.631669
Population	480
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	24529
Area Code	276
County Seat	Boydton

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About Buffalo Junction, Virginia

Buffalo Junction is a locality in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Buffalo Junction is located at 36.6043°N, 78.6317°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 24529.

Buffalo Junction emerges from the quiet intersection of red-clay tobacco fields and the persistent, low-slung hum of the Piedmont landscape. It lies 42.4 miles east of Danville, VA (from Danville, VA: bearing 88°T), and is situated 1.2 miles northwest of Henrico. Little Buffalo Creek carves a narrow, serpentine path through the terrain, its waters reflecting the heavy, golden light that settles over the meadows as the afternoon wanes. To the west, the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains marks the boundary of the visible world, while the immediate surroundings remain dominated by thickets of loblolly pine and the rhythmic, seasonal cycles of planting and harvest. Only two miles distant, the still, reflective surface of Mill Creek offers a respite for the local fauna, providing a cool, shadowed sanctuary where the air feels perpetually damp and heavy with the scent of pine needles and damp earth.

Buffalo Junction carries the weight of a long agricultural lineage, once defined by the labor of the flue-cured tobacco trade that shaped the local economy and the very layout of its aging rail-side architecture. The influence of the land remains profound, as the rhythm of daily life still bows to the requirements of the soil, even as the nearby John H. Kerr Reservoir provides a modern focal point for recreation and water management in the region. There is a specific stillness here, a quality of silence that descends when the wind dies down in the evening, leaving the woods to hold their breath until the next cycle of growth. Beyond the quiet industry of the fields, the legacy of this place endures in the weathered wood of old barns and the steady, unpretentious pace of those who walk its roads, tethered to a landscape that changes only by the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Clarksville Regional Museum (Museum) — 4.0 mi, 072° E
John H. Kerr Reservoir (Recreation Area) — 4.6 mi, 171° S
Prestwould Plantation (Museum) — 4.9 mi, 050° NE
Occoneechee State Park (State Park) — 5.5 mi, 071° E
Solitary Sentinel (Attraction) — 5.9 mi, 072° E
Staunton River State Park (State Park) — 6.4 mi, 350° N
Balthrope Marsh Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.2 mi, 308° NW
Difficult Creek State Natural Area Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 11.0 mi, 328° NW
Difficult Creek (State Wilderness) — 11.9 mi, 334° NW
Banister River Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 13.2 mi, 312° NW
Cinema I & II at the World of Sports (Cinema) — 15.0 mi, 293° NW
Kerr Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 15.0 mi, 124° SE
Blue Star Memorial (Monument) — 16.2 mi, 293° NW
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 16.6 mi, 299° NW
Thyne Institute Memorial (Monument) — 17.1 mi, 031° NE
Tar River Land Conservancy Preserve (Conservation Area) — 17.6 mi, 205° SW
Watchable Wildlife Platform (Viewpoint) — 18.5 mi, 090° E
Artillery Emplacement (Historic Ruins) — 19.7 mi, 348° N
Halifax Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 19.9 mi, 304° NW
Wade Archaeological Site Native American (Historic Ruins) — 20.1 mi, 348° N
Lake Connor Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 23.5 mi, 337° NW
Reminiscing (Public Artwork) — 24.6 mi, 148° SE
Noland Village at Providence (Museum) — 25.2 mi, 336° NW
Boars Nest a Dukes of Hazzard Museum (Museum) — 26.9 mi, 211° SW
South Hill Tobacco Museum (Museum) — 29.0 mi, 073° E
Colonial Theatre (Theatre) — 29.0 mi, 073° E
Castle Mont Rouge (Historic Castle / Fort) — 29.7 mi, 212° SW
Horton Grove (Attraction) — 35.1 mi, 199° S
George Washington National Forest (National Forest) — 75.0 mi, 330° NW · 1.1M acres
Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 77.0 mi, 324° NW · 733k acres

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