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Charles City Virginia Map

Explore Charles City, 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 Charles City, Virginia

How to Use This Charles City, Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	37.348306
Longitude	-77.062955
Population	104
Density	14.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	23030
Area Code	804
County Seat	Charles City
School District	Charles City County Public Schools

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About Charles City, Virginia

Charles City is a locality in Charles City County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 104. The population density is 14.9 people per km². Charles City is located at 37.3483°N, 77.0630°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 23030.

Charles City holds its own against the weight of centuries, defined by the quiet persistence of Courthouse Creek as it winds through a landscape of deep, loamy soil and dense hardwood stands. It lies 12.1 miles east-northeast of Hopewell, VA (from Hopewell, VA: bearing 77°T), and is situated 19.8 miles east-northeast of Petersburg. The terrain here is flat, marked by a stillness that seems to gather in the hollows of the woods, where the light at dusk turns the pine needles a deep, burnished copper. Beyond the immediate canopy, the land stretches toward the distant, hazy suggestion of the Blue Ridge Mountains, though the horizon remains dominated by the immense, quiet presence of the local forests. Hill Side Park offers a modest clearing for the observant traveler, providing a vantage point to watch the slow, rhythmic transition of the seasons over the inland plains.

Generations of agriculture have shaped the economy and character of Charles City, leaving behind a legacy that is etched into the very dirt of the fields near Flowerdew Hundred. The local life moves at a deliberate pace, far removed from the frantic pulse of the modern tech-corridor, favoring the long-standing traditions of land management and rural stewardship. While the Diascund Creek Reservoir waits ten miles away, the daily rhythm here is governed by the cycles of the harvest and the maintenance of the ancestral estates that define the regional identity. It is a place where the weight of history is felt not in monuments, but in the enduring way the roads follow the contours of the old plantations, maintaining a quiet, stubborn continuity that refuses to be hurried by the passage of time.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hill Side Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 231° SW
Ruthville Gymnasium Complex (Local Park) — 1.6 mi, 031° NE
Kittewan Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 185° S
James River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 4.4 mi, 219° SW · 9,242 acres
Game Farm Marsh Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.2 mi, 026° NE
New Kent Forestry Center (State Resource Management Area) — 5.2 mi, 026° NE
Crawford State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 6.4 mi, 351° N
Diascund Creek Reservoir (Waterfowl Production Area) — 9.2 mi, 049° NE
Presquile National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 10.1 mi, 278° W · 2,590 acres
Parsonage Ruins (Attraction) — 11.2 mi, 296° NW
Lamb Center for Arts and Healing (Arts Centre) — 12.6 mi, 256° W
Box 5 Cabaret Theatre (Theatre) — 12.6 mi, 256° W
Beacon Theatre (Theatre) — 12.7 mi, 256° W
Cumberland Marsh Natural Area Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 13.2 mi, 019° N
Soldiers' Monument (Monument) — 13.2 mi, 257° W
Totem Pole (Public Artwork) — 14.3 mi, 136° SE
Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve - Virginia (Marine Protected Area) — 16.4 mi, 032° NE
Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 17.6 mi, 109° E
Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 18.1 mi, 282° W
York River State Park (State Park) — 18.2 mi, 075° E
Great Wolf Lodge (Theme Park) — 18.3 mi, 090° E
Old Towne (Historic Ruins) — 18.3 mi, 122° SE
Historic Jamestowne - Visitor Center (Attraction) — 18.4 mi, 121° SE
Governor Yeardly House (Historic Ruins) — 18.4 mi, 121° SE
Trimble Collection (Gallery) — 18.8 mi, 109° E
Accenture Matoaka Walk (Monument) — 19.7 mi, 106° E
Gaines Mill Battlefield (Registered Battlefield) — 20.1 mi, 321° NW
Tailor (Attraction) — 20.4 mi, 105° E
The Public Hospital of 1773 (Attraction) — 20.4 mi, 105° E
Grand Lodge of Virginia Library and Museum (Museum) — 21.8 mi, 307° NW

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