Fairview Virginia Map

About Fairview, Virginia

Fairview is a locality in Roanoke (city), Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 237. The population density is 86.0 people per km². Fairview is located at 36.8292°N, 78.4653°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 24244, 22454, 24382.

Fairview occupies a quiet expanse of the Piedmont where the earth settles into a rhythmic pattern of low rises and deepening shadows. It lies 3.0 miles west-northwest of Roanoke, VA (from Roanoke, VA: bearing 299°T), and is situated 4.6 miles north-northeast of Cave Spring. Peters Creek marks the eastern edge of the landscape, its waters carving a thin, silver vein through the soil just a mile from the center of Fairview. To the west, the distant jagged silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains hums against the horizon, a constant reminder of the high country that looms thirty-one miles away. Villa Heights Park provides a quiet green anchor within the immediate vicinity, offering a patch of managed woodland where the light filters through the canopy in muted, shifting shades of amber and moss. Four miles to the north, the terrain dips into the low-lying basin of Dark Hollow, where the humidity clings to the heavy, rich ground long after the morning sun has claimed the ridges.

Fairview retains a character forged by the steady persistence of inland trade and the slow, deliberate work of the regional economy. While the collective memory of the area leans into the long-standing agricultural traditions of the Virginia interior, the modern pulse of the locality shifts toward a blend of small-scale commerce and residential life. Residents often look toward the quiet surface of Spring Valley Lake for recreation, a three-mile journey that defines the rhythm of summer weekends for many families. Further out, the gravity of the landscape pulls toward the dramatic descent of Falling Rock Falls, a ten-mile trek that draws those seeking the raw, thunderous movement of water against stone. Life here proceeds with a practiced, internal gravity, grounded in the way the air cools as it rolls off the distant high ridges, ensuring that the pace of the day remains as steady and predictable as the flow of the local creeks.

About This Fairview Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Fairview, Virginia. Coordinates: 36.829244, -78.465344. 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 Fairview includes the ZIP code (24244, 22454, 24382), telephone area code (276), county seat of Roanoke (city), and school district assignment (Mecklenburg County Public Schools).

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.