Explore Cross Junction, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Cross Junction, 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 Cross Junction.
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 | Cross Junction |
| State | Virginia (VA) |
| County | Frederick County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 39.320378 |
| Longitude | -78.293338 |
| Population | 1,200 |
| Density | 22.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 22625 |
| Area Code | 540 |
| County Seat | Winchester |
Cross Junction emerges from the landscape as a quiet intersection of land and memory, where the terrain shifts through steady, earthen swells. It lies 11.6 miles northwest of Winchester, VA (from Winchester, VA: bearing 323°T), and is situated 9.0 miles north-northeast of Shawneeland. The topography here avoids the dramatic peaks of the distant Shenandoah Mountains, favoring instead the modest, grounded relief of Woodpile Hollow, where the shadows lengthen early against the slopes. Nearby, the stillness of Lake Holiday mirrors the pale, expansive sky, while the rhythmic passage of Little Isaacs Creek carves a narrow, persistent path through the limestone-rich soil. Light in this corridor often holds a translucent, amber quality, catching the edges of hardwood groves and defining the boundaries of fields that have long defined the reach of the horizon.
Economic life in Cross Junction remains tethered to the slow, deliberate pulse of the land, moving with an industry that values the utility of the acreage and the maintenance of its ancestral boundaries. The local character is shaped by a persistent, agrarian memory that predates the modern transit of the Old Romney Grade, a route that once served as a vital artery for travelers moving through the interior. While the nearby Gainesboro area offers a protected sense of space, the daily rhythm here is defined by the routine of those who work the soil or attend to the modest commerce of the crossroads. There is a perceptible dignity in the way the local residents navigate their days, maintaining a life that feels both independent of the wider world and deeply observant of the changing seasons as they settle over the Virginia countryside.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cross Junction, Virginia. Coordinates: 39.320378, -78.293338. 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 Cross Junction includes the ZIP code (22625), telephone area code (540), county seat of Frederick County (Winchester), and school district assignment.
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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |