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Centreville Virginia Map

Explore Centreville, 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 Centreville, Virginia

How to Use This Centreville, Virginia Map

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

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.

CityCentreville
StateVirginia (VA)
CountyLouisa County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude38.84065
Longitude-77.438462
Population73,518
Density2377.9 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Codes23117, 20120
Area Code804, 571, 703
County SeatLouisa
School DistrictFairfax County Public Schools

About Centreville, Virginia

Centreville is a locality in Louisa County, Virginia, United States. It has a population of 73,518. The population density is 2377.9 people per km². Centreville is located at 38.8406°N, 77.4385°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 23117, 20120.

Centreville emerges from the inland expanse of the Piedmont as a confluence of quiet woodland and persistent, modern growth. It lies 26.2 miles southwest of Fredericksburg, VA (from Fredericksburg, VA: bearing 228°T), and is situated 16.2 miles southwest of Spotsylvania Courthouse. The waters of Sedges Creek carve a path through the earth here, winding past the roots of oaks and maples that hold the soil against the seasonal rains. To the west, the silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains frame the sky in a faint, jagged indigo, standing as silent sentinels over the local terrain. The air carries the distinct weight of the interior, far from any salt-heavy wind, feeling instead like the dry, earthen breath of the forest floor and cooling fields. A few miles away, the quiet basin of Lake Anna offers a mirror to the shifting clouds, while the nearby grounds of Lake Anna State Park provide a sanctuary where the undergrowth remains undisturbed by the steady hum of commerce.

Centreville bears the weight of a long memory, where the scars of past conflicts have softened under the steady accumulation of suburban lanes and sprawling technology corridors. The local economy has shifted from the old rhythms of agriculture to the swift, digital pulse of a professional class, yet the character of the place remains anchored in the remnants of its colonial roots. Old stone foundations occasionally surface in the tall grass, silent witnesses to a time when travel was measured in the gait of a horse rather than the speed of a highway. Life here moves with the duality of the rapid and the ancient, where commuters disappear into the morning haze to serve the industries of the present, only to return to a landscape defined by the patient, enduring endurance of the land itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Rocky Run Stream Valley Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 349° N
  • Ellanor C. Lawrence Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 009° N
  • Lanes Mill Ruins (Viewpoint) — 1.3 mi, 232° SW
  • Seniors 2020 Rock (Monument) — 1.8 mi, 127° SE
  • Bull Run Special Events Center (Attraction) — 2.2 mi, 222° SW
  • Battle of Blackburn's Ford (1861) (Registered Battlefield) — 2.6 mi, 193° S
  • Girl with Dog (Public Artwork) — 3.0 mi, 062° NE
  • Elklick Woodlands State Natural Area Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 292° W
  • Colonel John Singleton Mosby (Monument) — 3.9 mi, 001° N
  • Yellow Chair Meeting Point (Attraction) — 4.0 mi, 316° NW
  • Kearny and Stevens Monuments (Monument) — 4.1 mi, 065° NE
  • Cox Mountain Slide (Attraction) — 4.1 mi, 316° NW
  • Miners Slide (Attraction) — 4.1 mi, 316° NW
  • Regal Fairfax Towne Center 10 (Cinema) — 4.3 mi, 064° NE
  • Union Mills Historic Site (Historic Ruins) — 4.3 mi, 162° S
  • Robinson House (Historic Ruins) — 4.6 mi, 251° W
  • National Firearms Museum (Museum) — 5.7 mi, 074° E
  • Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 6.5 mi, 196° S
  • Antique Railroad Cars (Museum) — 6.5 mi, 197° S
  • University Mall Theatres (Theatre) — 6.8 mi, 099° E
  • Brawner Farm (Registered Battlefield) — 7.1 mi, 254° W
  • George Washington Memorial Parkway (National Park) — 14.7 mi, 054° NE · 2,795 acres
  • Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 16.8 mi, 142° SE · 1,268 acres
  • Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.3 mi, 137° SE · 2,944 acres
  • Shenandoah National Park (National Park) — 38.3 mi, 271° W · 197k acres

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About This Centreville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Centreville, Virginia. Coordinates: 38.84065, -77.438462. 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 Centreville includes the ZIP code (23117, 20120), telephone area code (804, 571, 703), county seat of Louisa County (Louisa), and school district assignment (Fairfax County Public Schools).

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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.