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Dahlgren Center Virginia Map

Explore Dahlgren Center, 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 Dahlgren Center, Virginia

How to Use This Dahlgren Center, Virginia Map

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

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	Dahlgren Center
State	Virginia (VA)
County	King George County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	38.34
Longitude	-77.0324
Population	724
Density	68.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	22448
Area Code	540
County Seat	King George
School District	Dahlgren Department of Defense School District

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About Dahlgren Center, Virginia

Dahlgren Center is a locality in King George County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 724. The population density is 68.2 people per km². Dahlgren Center is located at 38.3400°N, 77.0324°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 22448.

Dahlgren Center emerges from the damp, heavy silts of the inland plain, defined by the slow, deliberate turn of Gambo Creek as it carves a path through the dense undergrowth. It lies 20.3 miles southeast of Cherry Hill, VA (from Cherry Hill, VA: bearing 141°T), and is situated 9.8 miles west-southwest of Wicomico. The land here holds the quiet weight of the Piedmont, where the light at dusk slants long and amber across the low fields, catching the dust of a working day. A mile away, the dark, still waters of Hideaway Pond mirror the turning of the seasons, while the ground slopes toward the distant, hazy blue suggestion of the Blue Ridge Mountains that haunt the western horizon. Beyond the immediate reach of the clearing, the earth settles into the broad, flat reaches of Tetotum Flats, a landscape that keeps its own counsel under a wide and watchful sky.

Dahlgren Center maintains a steady, technical pulse, anchored by the rigorous demands of research and defense that have long defined the regional economy. This is a place where the legacy of colonial ambition has gradually surrendered to the hum of modern engineering, leaving the remnants of older, agrarian rhythms to fade into the encroaching foliage. The proximity of Barnsfield Park offers a small, preserved reprieve of green, while the distant, dense canopy of Doncaster State Forest marks the edge of the wilder, uncultivated interior. Life in Dahlgren Center moves with a mechanical precision, yet it remains tethered to the slow migration of the seasons, where the scent of turned soil and the sharp, metallic tang of industry coexist in the cooling air of the evening.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Barnsfield Park (Local Park) — 1.2 mi, 354° N
Chotank Creek Natural Area Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 3.6 mi, 299° NW
Chotank Creek State Natural Area Preserve (Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 300° NW
Caledon State Park (State Park) — 5.3 mi, 282° W
Caledon Natural Area (Marine Protected Area) — 5.3 mi, 282° W
Cedar Point Wma (State Conservation Area) — 6.3 mi, 341° N
Doncaster Demonstration Sf (State Resource Management Area) — 7.2 mi, 314° NW
Smallwood Sp (State Park) — 7.5 mi, 082° E
Nanjemoy Creek Project Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.8 mi, 288° W
Boarman Memorial (Monument) — 9.3 mi, 045° NE
Saint Francis of Assisi (Monument) — 9.3 mi, 046° NE
George Washington Birthplace National Monument (National Monument) — 11.0 mi, 151° SE · 556 acres
Milestone in Radio History (Monument) — 11.2 mi, 119° SE
Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.2 mi, 190° S · 24k acres
Chiles Homesite (Historic Ruins) — 13.9 mi, 301° NW
Overlook (Viewpoint) — 14.6 mi, 302° NW
Port Royal Museum of American History (Museum) — 14.7 mi, 217° SW
Garrett Farm site, John Wilkes Booth Killed after killing Lincoln (Attraction) — 17.3 mi, 218° SW
Alexander Berger Memorial Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 19.7 mi, 251° W
Daniel Bridge (Historic Ruins) — 20.5 mi, 281° W
Cross Country State Championship Rock (Public Artwork) — 23.2 mi, 274° W
George Washington Masonic Museum (Museum) — 23.3 mi, 264° W
National Bank Museum (Museum) — 23.4 mi, 264° W
Stafford County Museum (Museum) — 23.7 mi, 267° W
Pollinator Habitat (Nature Reserve) — 24.2 mi, 340° N
Klein Theatre (Theatre) — 24.2 mi, 264° W
Mansion Circle/Specialty Tours (Attraction) — 25.6 mi, 353° N
Mansion Line Entry (Attraction) — 25.6 mi, 353° N
Lives Bound Together: Slavery at Mount Vernon (Museum) — 25.7 mi, 353° N
George Washington Memorial Parkway (National Park) — 26.0 mi, 358° N · 2,795 acres

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