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Captains Cove Virginia Map

Explore Captains Cove, 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 Captains Cove, Virginia

How to Use This Captains Cove, Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	37.989957
Longitude	-75.422722
Population	1,544
Density	201.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	23356
Area Code	757
County Seat	Accomac
School District	Accomack County Public Schools

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About Captains Cove, Virginia

Captains Cove is a locality in Accomack County, Virginia, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,544. The population density is 201.9 people per km². Captains Cove is located at 37.9900°N, 75.4227°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 23356.

Captains Cove breathes with the humid, salt-heavy respiration of the Atlantic, defined by the winding presence of Swans Gut Creek that carves a liquid path through the low-lying terrain. It lies 11.7 miles south of Worcester, MD (from Worcester, MD: bearing 177°T), and is situated 9.9 miles southeast of Pocomoke City. The landscape here is a study in flatness and water, where the horizon dissolves into the hazy distance and the sky feels expansive, pressing down upon the marshy edges with a weight that shifts from brilliant azure to a bruised, violet gray by dusk. Two miles to the east, the tides pulse within Horntown Bay, while the Chincoteague Bay Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Sanctuary guards the fragile, emerald-green life thriving just beneath the surface of the shallows. Inland, the earth remains soft and alluvial, a stark contrast to the distant, jagged silhouette of Bailey Ridge that marks the far western limit of the imagination, far beyond the reach of the local tides.

Captains Cove persists as a quiet junction of land and water, its character shaped by the cyclical rhythms of the coastal economy and the lingering memory of those who first cast nets into these brackish veins. The pace of life is dictated by the turning of the water, a slow, deliberate movement that favors the stillness of the nearby Big Millpond over the restless energy of more crowded shores. While the Chincoteague Island horizon draws the eye toward the open sea, the local industry remains tethered to the stewardship of the wetlands and the quiet, pragmatic commerce of the Eastern Shore. Residents move through their days with a steady, unhurried grace, mindful of the thin line between the solid ground of the cove and the encroaching salt marsh that reminds every inhabitant of the fluid, ever-changing nature of the coast.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Chincoteague Bay Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Sanctuary (Marine Protected Area) — 0.8 mi, 094° E
Chesapeake Forest Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 2.3 mi, 348° N
Wallops Island National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 4.2 mi, 206° SW · 1,092 acres
E.A. Vaughn Wma (State Conservation Area) — 4.6 mi, 023° NE
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 5.0 mi, 110° E · 37k acres
Assateague Island National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 5.7 mi, 157° SE · 96k acres
Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 6.2 mi, 152° SE
Chincoteague Island Waterman's Memorial (Monument) — 6.2 mi, 172° S
SS Marine Electric (Monument) — 6.2 mi, 172° S
Crossing the Bar (Monument) — 6.2 mi, 172° S
Chincoteague Proposed Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 6.2 mi, 090° E · 2,020 acres
Pocomoke River Sf (State Resource Management Area) — 7.4 mi, 356° N
Pocomoke River Wma (State Conservation Area) — 8.2 mi, 334° NW
Lockheed T-33 (Attraction) — 8.6 mi, 308° NW
Pocomoke Fair Grounds (Theme Park) — 9.6 mi, 303° NW
Pocomoke River Sp (State Park) — 9.6 mi, 354° N
Milburn Landing State Park (State Park) — 9.8 mi, 336° NW
Eastern Shore Railway Museum (Museum) — 19.0 mi, 221° SW
Nature Center (Museum) — 23.2 mi, 274° W
The Mermaid Museum (Museum) — 25.6 mi, 026° NE
Sammy the Seagull (Public Artwork) — 26.5 mi, 338° N
Salisbury University Richard A. Henson School of Science & Technology Planetarium (Museum) — 26.5 mi, 338° N
Theatre and Web Development House (Theatre) — 26.7 mi, 338° N
Louis H. Taylor Stadium (Stadium) — 27.3 mi, 028° NE
Selfie Point (Viewpoint) — 29.5 mi, 038° NE
Freak Out (Attraction) — 29.6 mi, 038° NE
Speedway (Attraction) — 29.6 mi, 038° NE
Happy Swing (Attraction) — 29.6 mi, 038° NE
Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum (Museum) — 29.7 mi, 038° NE
Military Exhib Site (Registered Battlefield) — 40.3 mi, 348° N

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