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Fairfield Virginia Map

Explore Fairfield, 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 Fairfield, Virginia

How to Use This Fairfield, Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	37.882818
Longitude	-79.282871
Population	257
Density	146.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	22611, 24153, 24435
Area Code	276, 540
County Seat	Lexington
School District	Rockbridge County Public Schools

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About Fairfield, Virginia

Fairfield is a locality in Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 257. The population density is 146.6 people per km². Fairfield is located at 37.8828°N, 79.2829°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 22611, 24153, 24435.

Fairfield emerges from the landscape as a quiet intersection of open fields and shadowed hollows, defined by the persistent, rhythmic movement of the Falling Run as it carves a path through the earth. It lies 17.4 miles southwest of Stuarts Draft, VA (from Stuarts Draft, VA: bearing 233°T), and is situated 10.6 miles northeast of Lexington. The air here holds a particular weight, cooling quickly as dusk descends over the surrounding pastures and the distant silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains frame the horizon. To the west, the topography dips into the low, sheltered expanse of Dismal Hollow, while the nearby Blue Ridge Recreation Area offers a expanse of managed woodland that softens the transition between the working farmland and the wilder, wooded slopes. Light at this latitude catches the tall, drying grasses in the late afternoon, turning the fields to a muted copper that seems to hold the warmth of the day long after the sun has slipped behind the ridgeline.

Fairfield carries the quiet gravity of a place that has maintained its composure through generations of agricultural transition and regional change. While the local economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the soil and the steady commerce of the valley, the legacy of the nineteenth century lingers in the stone foundations and the enduring quietude of the backcountry roads. Travelers seeking the rugged terrain of the interior often venture toward the heights of the Jump Rock Trail or find respite in the managed silence of Lesesne State Forest, located a short distance away. Life in Fairfield moves with the deliberate pace of a pendulum, indifferent to the urgent pulse of modern industry, finding instead a steady continuity in the seasonal turn of the crops and the clear, cold water flowing toward the distant basin of Lake Merriweather.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Blue Ridge Recreation Area (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 094° E
George Washington National Forest (National Forest) — 2.6 mi, 161° S · 1.1M acres
Boston Knob Overlook (Viewpoint) — 5.7 mi, 149° SE
Saint Mary'S Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 7.0 mi, 079° E · 9,827 acres
Yankee Horse Ridge (Attraction) — 7.6 mi, 132° SE
Goshen and Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.6 mi, 321° NW
Goshen Pass State Natural Area Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 8.7 mi, 288° W
Mount Pleasant National Scenic Area (National Scenic Byway) — 10.1 mi, 157° SE
Big Levels National Game Refuge (National Conservation Area) — 10.4 mi, 060° NE · 12k acres
Colonel Claudius Crozet (Monument) — 10.4 mi, 232° SW
Knight Sports Arena (Stadium) — 10.4 mi, 201° S
Johnathan Daniels (Monument) — 10.4 mi, 233° SW
VMI World War II Memorial (Monument) — 10.5 mi, 233° SW
Virginia Military Institute Museum (Museum) — 10.5 mi, 233° SW
Peristyle (Public Artwork) — 10.5 mi, 201° S
Gillis Theatre (Theatre) — 10.8 mi, 233° SW
Rockbridge Historical Society (Museum) — 11.0 mi, 232° SW
The Cabell Gallery (Gallery) — 11.0 mi, 232° SW
Nelson Gallery (Gallery) — 11.0 mi, 232° SW
Crabtree Falls (Attraction) — 11.3 mi, 101° E
Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson (Attraction) — 11.3 mi, 232° SW
Priest Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 11.4 mi, 119° SE · 5,994 acres
Camp Thunderbird (Historic Ruins) — 11.5 mi, 051° NE
George Washington and Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 11.7 mi, 089° E · 865 acres
VOF Holding (State Recreation Area) — 14.1 mi, 257° W
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 15.7 mi, 088° E · 110k acres
Ridgely's Fun Park (Theme Park) — 18.9 mi, 083° E
Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center (Museum) — 20.9 mi, 089° E
Dinosaur Kingdom II (Attraction) — 21.4 mi, 220° SW
Shenandoah National Park (National Park) — 25.3 mi, 066° NE · 197k acres

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