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Clifton Virginia Map

Explore Clifton, 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 Clifton, Virginia

How to Use This Clifton, Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	38.780128
Longitude	-77.38599
Population	243
Density	383.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	24609, 20124
Area Code	571, 703
County Seat	Fairfax
School District	Fairfax County Public Schools

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About Clifton, Virginia

Clifton is a locality in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 243. The population density is 383.0 people per km². Clifton is located at 38.7801°N, 77.3860°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Clifton is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 24609, 20124.

Clifton occupies a quiet corner of the Piedmont where the earth holds the deep, rusted iron colors of the Culpeper Basin. It lies 3.6 miles west-southwest of Fairfax Station, VA (from Fairfax Station, VA: bearing 246°T), and is situated 4.7 miles south-southeast of Centreville. Popes Head Creek carves a winding path through the heavy clay, its waters moving with a deliberate, low-voiced persistence toward the Occoquan Reservoir. In the humid light of late afternoon, the shadows of hardwoods stretch long across the uneven ground, cooling the air and drawing a veil of silence over the small, historic structures that define the local center. Clifton Park serves as a modest green lung for the village, its grass and open space offering a pause in the transition between the dense, tangled undergrowth of the nearby woodlands and the encroaching pace of modern suburban life.

History persists in Clifton not as a museum relic, but as a stubborn architecture of brick and timber that has survived the shifting tides of regional commerce. Where once the iron rails hummed with the labor of a bustling merchant outpost, the economy has folded itself into the quiet professional rhythms of the present day, leaving the older storefronts to house the slow, deliberate work of local artisans and cafes. The distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains marks the western horizon, a reminder of the vast, folded landscape that separates this inland expanse from the coast. Residents here navigate a life bound by the memory of the tracks and the persistent, seasonal cycle of the woods, finding a particular stillness in the way the morning mist clings to the low-lying fields before the sun fully clears the canopy.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Webb Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 0.3 mi, 237° SW
Railroad Trestle (Historic Ruins) — 0.7 mi, 084° E
Johnny Moore Stream Valley Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 259° W
Hemlock Overlook Regional Park (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 249° W
Brick Spring House (Historic Ruins) — 1.4 mi, 262° W
Blooms Park (Local Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 251° W
Civil War Monument - Signal Hill (Monument) — 3.4 mi, 236° SW
Seniors 2020 Rock (Monument) — 3.4 mi, 336° NW
Battle of Blackburn's Ford (1861) (Registered Battlefield) — 3.8 mi, 295° NW
Lake Burke Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 4.2 mi, 100° E
Uv Hotbox Graff (Public Artwork) — 4.8 mi, 051° NE
University Mall Theatres (Theatre) — 5.0 mi, 051° NE
Bull Run Special Events Center (Attraction) — 5.0 mi, 300° NW
Manassas Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 5.1 mi, 245° SW
Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 5.1 mi, 246° SW
Lanes Mill Ruins (Viewpoint) — 5.1 mi, 311° NW
Antique Railroad Cars (Museum) — 5.2 mi, 246° SW
Fluffy Rides (Attraction) — 5.9 mi, 015° N
Ellanor C. Lawrence Amphitheater (Theatre) — 6.1 mi, 336° NW
Regal Fairfax Towne Center 10 (Cinema) — 6.1 mi, 010° N
National Firearms Museum (Museum) — 6.3 mi, 025° NE
Fairfax Museum and Visitors Center (Museum) — 6.4 mi, 046° NE
Bells Bird Sanctuary Park (Nature Reserve) — 6.4 mi, 041° NE
Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.8 mi, 141° SE · 1,268 acres
Mason Neck State Park (State Park) — 13.4 mi, 137° SE
Leesylvania State Park (State Park) — 13.7 mi, 153° SE
Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 14.3 mi, 134° SE · 2,944 acres
George Washington Memorial Parkway (National Park) — 15.6 mi, 035° NE · 2,795 acres
Shenandoah National Park (National Park) — 41.2 mi, 273° W · 197k acres

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