Gore Virginia Map

About Gore, Virginia

Gore is a locality in Frederick County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 249. The population density is 109.6 people per km². Gore is located at 39.2640°N, 78.3319°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 22637.

Gore claims a quiet portion of the landscape where the land folds into itself, defined by the persistent, seasonal path of Dry Run as it carves a shallow, stony course through the earth. It lies 10.5 miles west-northwest of Winchester, VA (from Winchester, VA: bearing 301°T), and is situated 4.7 miles north of Shawneeland. Beyond the immediate basin, the terrain rises in rhythmic, verdant swells that obscure the distant, hazy silhouette of the Shenandoah Mountains on the horizon. The light here often settles in a pale, amber clarity during the late afternoon, catching the moisture that gathers near Fresh Water Pond, only a short distance away. To the west, the landscape deepens into the shadows of Big Hollow, where the air holds a cooler, heavier stillness that seems to linger long after the sun has retreated behind the jagged crests of the high ground.

Gore maintains a character shaped by the steady, unpretentious labor of those who have long worked these ridges and hollows. Economic life remains tethered to the land, echoing older patterns of trade and small-scale enterprise that favor the deliberate pace of the interior over the frantic pulse of the urban corridor. Residents often look toward the nearby Gainesboro for a sense of shared space, while the memory of the past persists in the weathered outbuildings and the winding, narrow roads that predate modern transit. Travelers seeking the rush of water might venture toward Mountain Falls, or trace the legacy of earlier transit along the Old Romney Grade, yet the true essence of Gore remains in the quiet endurance of its daily rhythms and the way the seasons slowly turn the color of the woods from a deep, somber green to a brittle, brilliant gold.

About This Gore Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Gore, Virginia. Coordinates: 39.263991, -78.331949. 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 Gore includes the ZIP code (22637), telephone area code (540), county seat of Frederick County (Winchester), and school district assignment (Frederick 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.