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Gargatha Virginia Map

Explore Gargatha, 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 Gargatha, Virginia

How to Use This Gargatha, Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	37.790901
Longitude	-75.57685
Population	415
Density	54.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	23421
Area Code	757
County Seat	Accomac
School District	Accomack County Public Schools

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About Gargatha, Virginia

Gargatha is a locality in Accomack County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 415. The population density is 54.2 people per km². Gargatha is located at 37.7909°N, 75.5768°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 23421.

Gargatha exhales a damp, salt-kissed breath as Whites Creek coils through the low-lying fields, its dark surface mirroring the shifting charcoal clouds that drift in from the Atlantic. It lies 26.3 miles south-southwest of Worcester, MD (from Worcester, MD: bearing 200°T), and is situated 19.1 miles south of Pocomoke City. The terrain is defined by a flat, patient horizon where the land yields slowly to the brackish marshes, creating a landscape that feels suspended between the solid earth and the fluid reach of Gargathy Bay. To the west, the faint, hazy silhouette of Bailey Ridge haunts the distance like a half-remembered dream, while the nearby Mutton Hunk Fen State Natural Area Preserve acts as a wild, verdant anchor for the local ecology. When the light fades, the air grows thick with the scent of pine needles and brine, and the stillness is broken only by the rhythmic, mournful calls of waterfowl navigating the reeds toward the open water.

Gargatha remains tethered to a quiet, cyclical economy, where the legacy of maritime trade and small-scale agriculture shapes the daily habits of those who dwell here. Generations have looked toward the shifting tides and the distant, lonely form of Roman Rock, finding a steadier rhythm in the harvest of the flats than in the frantic pace of the modern world. Life moves with the deliberate tempo of the seasons, occasionally interrupted by the tranquil reflection offered by the quiet waters of Bundick Pond, a place where the water settles into a glassy, obsidian stillness. There is a profound, unadorned honesty in the way the local character persists, a resilience forged in the salt air and the memory of a landscape that has always demanded a quiet, watchful reverence from its inhabitants.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mutton Hunk Fen State Natural Area Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 194° S
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 2.4 mi, 120° SE · 37k acres
Eastern Shore Railway Museum (Museum) — 4.2 mi, 263° W
Town of Parksley War Memorial (Monument) — 4.2 mi, 263° W
Saxis Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.3 mi, 307° NW
Clam Marshes (Conservation Area) — 6.8 mi, 296° NW
Assateague Island National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 10.0 mi, 058° NE · 96k acres
Makemie Monument (Monument) — 10.3 mi, 342° N
Wallops Island National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 10.4 mi, 030° NE · 1,092 acres
Crossing the Bar (Monument) — 12.0 mi, 051° NE
Parkers Marsh Natural Area Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 12.8 mi, 253° W
Chesapeake Forest Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 13.0 mi, 340° N
Chincoteague Bay Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Sanctuary (Marine Protected Area) — 15.1 mi, 047° NE
Pocomoke Fair Grounds (Theme Park) — 19.0 mi, 001° N
Lockheed T-33 (Attraction) — 19.1 mi, 005° N
Chincoteague Proposed Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 20.1 mi, 047° NE · 2,020 acres
Janes Island Sp (State Park) — 20.6 mi, 317° NW
Nature Center (Museum) — 21.2 mi, 316° NW
Pocomoke River Sp (State Park) — 23.1 mi, 011° N
Reedville Fishermen's Museum (Museum) — 38.3 mi, 276° W
Sammy the Seagull (Public Artwork) — 38.3 mi, 358° N
Salisbury University Richard A. Henson School of Science & Technology Planetarium (Museum) — 38.3 mi, 358° N
Theatre and Web Development House (Theatre) — 38.6 mi, 357° N
The Mermaid Museum (Museum) — 41.7 mi, 028° NE
Naylor Mill Forest Trail (Attraction) — 43.0 mi, 359° N
Louis H. Taylor Stadium (Stadium) — 43.4 mi, 029° NE
Historic Palace Theatre (Theatre) — 43.5 mi, 214° SW
At Altitude Gallery (Gallery) — 43.5 mi, 214° SW
Selfie Point (Viewpoint) — 45.5 mi, 036° NE
Freak Out (Attraction) — 45.6 mi, 035° NE

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