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Cana Virginia Map

Explore Cana, 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 Cana, Virginia

How to Use This Cana, Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	36.580614
Longitude	-80.667889
Population	1,243
Density	60.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	24317
Area Code	276
County Seat	Hillsville
School District	Carroll County Public Schools

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About Cana, Virginia

Cana is a locality in Carroll County, Virginia, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,243. The population density is 60.5 people per km². Cana is located at 36.5806°N, 80.6679°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 24317.

Cana reveals itself through the rhythmic murmurs of the Brushy Fork, which carves a persistent, liquid path through the red clay and stone of the landscape. It lies 7.2 miles north-northwest of Mount Airy, NC (from Mount Airy, NC: bearing 330°T), and is situated 14.8 miles east-southeast of Galax. The horizon is defined by the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains, their peaks rising sixty-four miles away like a jagged, ink-blue bruise against the afternoon sky. Sunlight here possesses a particular, heavy clarity, turning the fields of tall grass into sheets of burnished copper as the heat of the day recedes. The terrain is a collection of stubborn ridges and low-lying hollows, where the air holds the scent of damp earth and cooling timber long after the sun has slipped behind the western rise.

Cana bears the quiet weight of generations who carved a living from this stubborn soil, transforming the land through long-standing traditions of agriculture and local trade. While the rhythm of labor once centered on the seasonal harvest, the economy now persists through a blend of small-scale industry and the slow, deliberate pace of rural commerce. Residents often find their way toward the City of Mount Airy - Westwood Park for recreation, or perhaps traverse the quiet stretches of the Run Trail when the seasons allow. Life in Cana remains tethered to the land, an existence defined not by sudden change, but by the steady, cyclical endurance of a place that values the weight of a handshake and the patience required to watch a crop come to fruition.

Nearby Outdoor Places

City of Mount Airy - Westwood Park (Local Recreation) — 4.2 mi, 154° SE
Veterans Memorial Park (Local Recreation) — 5.1 mi, 149° SE
Scenic Overlook (Viewpoint) — 5.2 mi, 320° NW
Thunder Road Museum (Museum) — 5.8 mi, 203° SW
Hawks State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 5.9 mi, 284° W
Stewarts Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.0 mi, 280° W
Mount Airy Museum of Regional History (Museum) — 6.4 mi, 149° SE
Earle (Cinema) — 6.5 mi, 149° SE
Andy Griffith Playhouse (Theatre) — 6.6 mi, 150° SE
Blackmon Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 6.7 mi, 150° SE
Wally's Service Station (Attraction) — 6.9 mi, 148° SE
Piedmont Land Conservancy Preserve (Conservation Area) — 7.7 mi, 260° W
Crooked Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.3 mi, 306° NW
Blue Ridge Music Center (Attraction) — 10.1 mi, 267° W
Piedmont Land Conservancy Preserve - Fishers Peak (Local Conservation Area) — 10.2 mi, 259° W
Vaughn-Woltz Order of the Arrow Campfire Arena Time Capsule (Monument) — 12.4 mi, 234° SW
Crouse's Chimney (Historic Ruins) — 12.9 mi, 237° SW
Chestnut Creek School of the Arts (Arts Centre) — 15.3 mi, 292° W
New River Trail State Park (State Park) — 15.5 mi, 293° NW
Jeff Matthews Museum (Museum) — 15.5 mi, 290° W
Pilot Mountain State Park (State Park) — 17.8 mi, 148° SE
New River Outdoor Adventures (Attraction) — 18.6 mi, 300° NW
Mount Rogers National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 19.7 mi, 316° NW · 155k acres
Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 20.1 mi, 313° NW · 733k acres
Rider Falls (Attraction) — 20.7 mi, 128° SE
RM Collins Memorial (Monument) — 21.3 mi, 124° SE
John Harmon Gallery (Public Artwork) — 21.8 mi, 238° SW
Camp Branch Natural Area Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 22.0 mi, 020° N
Surry County Historical Farm Museum (Museum) — 23.0 mi, 157° SE
Little Dry Run Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 31.7 mi, 296° NW · 2,856 acres

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