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Dendron Virginia Map

Explore Dendron, 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 Dendron, Virginia

How to Use This Dendron, Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	37.036415
Longitude	-76.924056
Population	251
Density	27.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	23839, 23888
Area Code	804
County Seat	Surry
School District	Surry County Public Schools

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About Dendron, Virginia

Dendron is a locality in Surry County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 251. The population density is 27.2 people per km². Dendron is located at 37.0364°N, 76.9241°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Dendron is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 23839, 23888.

Dendron reveals itself through a landscape of persistent green, where the flat, fertile earth of the interior absorbs the heavy, humid silence of summer afternoons. It lies 20.0 miles southwest of Williamsburg, VA (from Williamsburg, VA: bearing 219°T), and is situated 8.8 miles east of Waverly. Cypress Swamp winds its way through the dense undergrowth just a mile away, its dark waters mirroring the tangled limbs of hardwoods that guard the perimeter of the Dendron Swamp State Natural Area Preserve. Far beyond the horizon, the Appalachian Mountains remain a distant, mythic blue, leaving the immediate world defined by the quiet accumulation of pine needles and the patient, slow-moving growth of the canopy. The light here has a way of thickening as the day wanes, turning the open fields into pools of amber that seem to hold the heat long after the sun has retreated.

Dendron carries the weight of a former industrial vigor, once defined by the rhythmic clatter of the lumber mills that drew men and machines to these woods for generations. While the roar of the saw has faded into the local memory, the economy remains rooted in the deliberate stewardship of the land, with the nearby Big Woods State Forest serving as a reminder of the timber that shaped the early settlement. Life in Dendron maintains a steady, internal clock, indifferent to the frantic pace of the outside world and focused instead on the seasonal demands of the soil and the maintenance of the quiet roads. Even a brief visit to the banks of Spring Hill Pond reveals how the people here observe their surroundings—not with the urgency of progress, but with the measured attention of those who understand that the character of the place is built upon what is left behind.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Dendron Swamp State Natural Area Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 2.2 mi, 282° W
Blackwater Sandhills State Natural Area Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 6.5 mi, 146° SE
Blackwater River (Conservation Area) — 7.1 mi, 148° SE
Big Woods Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.3 mi, 229° SW
Big Woods State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 10.1 mi, 224° SW
Airfield Pond Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 10.4 mi, 214° SW
Chippokes Plantation State Park (State Park) — 11.3 mi, 060° NE
Totem Pole (Public Artwork) — 11.4 mi, 011° N
Old Towne (Historic Ruins) — 14.4 mi, 034° NE
Jackson House (Historic Ruins) — 14.4 mi, 035° NE
Hog Island Wildlife Management Area (Marine Protected Area) — 14.4 mi, 059° NE
Historic Jamestowne - Visitor Center (Attraction) — 14.5 mi, 034° NE
Ampitheatre (Theatre) — 15.1 mi, 029° NE
The Arts Center (Gallery) — 16.4 mi, 104° E
Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 18.3 mi, 029° NE
Trimble Collection (Gallery) — 18.3 mi, 033° NE
James River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 18.8 mi, 329° NW · 9,242 acres
Squirrel Point (Viewpoint) — 19.3 mi, 035° NE
Accenture Matoaka Walk (Monument) — 19.6 mi, 035° NE
Mary-Cook Branch Munford Plaza (Monument) — 19.8 mi, 035° NE
The Public Hospital of 1773 (Attraction) — 20.1 mi, 037° NE
Kimball Theatre (Theatre) — 20.1 mi, 036° NE
Williamsburg Bray School (Attraction) — 20.2 mi, 037° NE
Tailor (Attraction) — 20.2 mi, 037° NE
Capture of the Patriot (Registered Battlefield) — 24.0 mi, 089° E
Great Wolf Lodge (Theme Park) — 24.1 mi, 026° NE
Skirmish at Waters Creek (Registered Battlefield) — 24.1 mi, 089° E
York River State Park (State Park) — 26.5 mi, 027° NE
Petersburg National Battlefield Park (National Park) — 26.8 mi, 278° W · 212 acres
Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 29.1 mi, 135° SE · 228k acres

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