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Cobbs Creek Virginia Map

Explore Cobbs Creek, 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 Cobbs Creek, Virginia

How to Use This Cobbs Creek, Virginia Map

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

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	Cobbs Creek
State	Virginia (VA)
County	Mathews County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	37.505692
Longitude	-76.39689
Population	480
Density	12.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	23035
Area Code	804
County Seat	Mathews

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About Cobbs Creek, Virginia

Cobbs Creek is a locality in Mathews County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 12.0 people per km². Cobbs Creek is located at 37.5057°N, 76.3969°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 23035.

Cobbs Creek defines a quiet expanse of inland territory where the earth holds the warmth of the sun long after the light begins to amber across the fields. It lies 18.2 miles north-northeast of Gloucester Point, VA (from Gloucester Point, VA: bearing 17°T), and is situated 9.7 miles northeast of Gloucester Courthouse. The landscape possesses a steady, measured stillness, characterized by thickets of hardwood that soften the transition between open agricultural patches and the winding path of the Piankatank River. Only a few miles away, the quiet waters of Conrad Pond offer a reflective stillness to the local geography, mirroring the heavy, humid sky. On the furthest horizon, the faint, jagged silhouette of Blackwalnut Ridge interrupts the sky, a distant reminder of the varied terrain that lies beyond the immediate, flatter reach of the countryside. The air here carries the scent of damp loam and pine needles, a heavy, vegetative weight that settles over the Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority Holding as the afternoon wanes.

Cobbs Creek maintains an economy deeply rooted in the slow, persistent cycle of the land, moving with a rhythm dictated by the seasons rather than the frantic pace of distant urban centers. The influence of early colonial settlement remains etched in the architecture of the older homesteads, which stand as weathered witnesses to generations of agrarian labor. While the proximity to Ships Hole provides a slight, basin-like depression in the local topography, the daily life of the residents remains focused on the cultivation of the soil and the management of timber. There is a distinct, unhurried gravity to the way the day unfolds here, where the passing of time is measured by the growth of crops and the subtle shifts in the canopy of the woods. This is a place where the history of the region is not merely a record of the past, but a living presence that informs the quiet, deliberate work of those who remain tethered to the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority Holding (Conservation Area) — 2.4 mi, 014° N
Mathews Historical Museum (Museum) — 6.5 mi, 140° SE
Mathews County Confederate Monument (Monument) — 6.5 mi, 140° SE
Thousand Island Campground (Conservation Area) — 7.3 mi, 291° W
Beaverdam Park (Local Park) — 7.8 mi, 243° SW
Lively Hunt Club (Local Park) — 8.1 mi, 015° N
Bethel Beach Natural Area Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 10.0 mi, 130° SE
Bethel Beach State Natural Area Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 10.0 mi, 130° SE
Half Shell Stage (Theatre) — 14.5 mi, 004° N
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail (National Trail) — 14.7 mi, 244° SW · 526 acres
Werowocomoco (Historic Ruins) — 15.3 mi, 245° SW
Machicomoco State Park (State Park) — 15.4 mi, 211° SW
Rosewell Plantation (Historic Ruins) — 15.7 mi, 219° SW
Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve - Virginia (Marine Protected Area) — 16.1 mi, 213° SW
York River State Park (State Park) — 17.7 mi, 244° SW
Mary Ball Washington Museum & Library (Museum) — 18.6 mi, 349° N
Fusiliers Redoubt (Registered Battlefield) — 19.5 mi, 200° S
Cornwallis' Cave (Attraction) — 19.6 mi, 198° S
Redoubt 10 (Registered Battlefield) — 19.9 mi, 196° S
Vintage CG Uniforms (Monument) — 20.3 mi, 193° S
Unit Commissioning Memorabilia (Monument) — 20.3 mi, 193° S
Aids to Navigation Museum (Museum) — 20.4 mi, 193° S
Bel Air Mansion And Guest House (Museum) — 21.2 mi, 331° NW
Great Wolf Lodge (Theme Park) — 21.3 mi, 239° SW
Meltdown (Attraction) — 21.3 mi, 218° SW
Presidents Park Statues (Public Artwork) — 21.4 mi, 247° SW
Big Daddy Falls (Attraction) — 21.4 mi, 218° SW
Bird Viewing Blind (Viewpoint) — 21.5 mi, 330° NW
Plum Tree Island National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.3 mi, 174° S · 9,195 acres
Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.9 mi, 330° NW · 24k acres

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