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Gratton Virginia Map

Explore Gratton, 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 Gratton, Virginia

How to Use This Gratton, Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	37.134728
Longitude	-81.426759
Population	865
Density	61.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	24651
Area Code	276
County Seat	Tazewell
School District	Tazewell County Public Schools

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About Gratton, Virginia

Gratton is a locality in Tazewell County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 865. The population density is 61.5 people per km². Gratton is located at 37.1347°N, 81.4268°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 24651.

Gratton emerges from the limestone-heavy earth as a quiet confluence of pasture and slope, defined by the persistent, rhythmic flow of the South Fork Clinch River. It lies 46.1 miles west of Radford, VA (from Radford, VA: bearing 271°T), and is situated 6.0 miles east-northeast of Tazewell. The landscape here is a study in terrestrial patience, where the land rises into the rugged profiles of the Appalachian Mountains visible on the far horizon, while closer to the center, the terrain dips into the shadowed, fertile depression of Crag Hollow. The air holds a particular, cool clarity, especially when the light of late afternoon catches the moisture rising from the nearby Tazewell County Sportsmen Club Lake, turning the meadows into a pale, shifting silver. To the west, the dense, untamed thickets of the Beartown Wilderness offer a stark contrast to the cleared fields, acting as a green bulwark against the encroaching silence of the deeper woods.

Gratton carries the weight of a long-settled interior, where the economic pulse has historically beat in tandem with the soil and the extraction of the earth’s hidden stores. The rhythm of daily life is dictated by the seasons of the harvest and the slow, deliberate work of those who maintain the surrounding acreage, far removed from the clamor of coastal centers. While the proximity to the Jefferson National Forest provides a sprawling backdrop of timber and wild growth, the local character remains anchored to the modest, enduring architecture of the valley floor. History here is not found in grand monuments, but in the persistent use of the land and the quiet, functional persistence of a community that has learned to thrive in the folds of the inland plateau, where the pace is measured by the steady, unceasing passage of the river.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 2.6 mi, 147° SE · 733k acres
Beartown Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 2.6 mi, 147° SE · 5,613 acres
Lincolnshire Park (Local Park) — 3.9 mi, 272° W
Climbing Tree Theather (Cinema) — 3.9 mi, 270° W
Cavitts Creek Park (Local Park) — 5.2 mi, 298° NW
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 5.4 mi, 165° S · 110k acres
Garden Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 6.2 mi, 157° SE · 3,331 acres
Lynn Camp Creek Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 7.7 mi, 163° S · 3,225 acres
Historic Crab Orchard Museum (Museum) — 8.2 mi, 263° W
Bluefield Love Sign (Public Artwork) — 11.8 mi, 046° NE
Anawalt Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.9 mi, 001° N
Bear Creek National Scenic Area (National Scenic Byway) — 12.4 mi, 169° S
Big Walker Lookout (Viewpoint) — 12.6 mi, 119° SE
Pinnacle Rock State Park (State Park) — 13.8 mi, 031° NE
This Way (Monument) — 16.9 mi, 089° E
Hungry Mother State Park (State Park) — 17.0 mi, 201° S
Broadway Cinemas (Cinema) — 18.9 mi, 256° W
Appalachian Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 21.1 mi, 252° W
The Lincoln Theater (Theatre) — 21.4 mi, 194° S
Space Shuttle Memorial (Monument) — 21.8 mi, 324° NW
Bartley Mine Disaster (Monument) — 22.4 mi, 310° NW
Cape Coalwood (Historic Ruins) — 22.7 mi, 322° NW
Stone Arch (Historic Ruins) — 23.1 mi, 047° NE
Mount Rogers National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 23.9 mi, 169° S · 155k acres
Wohlfahrt Haus Dinner Theatre (Theatre) — 24.3 mi, 122° SE
Big Pinnacle (Attraction) — 35.2 mi, 188° S
Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley (Arts Centre) — 36.1 mi, 099° E
New River Outdoor Adventures (Attraction) — 38.8 mi, 138° SE
Where Trails Cross (Attraction) — 40.0 mi, 210° SW
Wyoming County Historical Museum (Museum) — 40.2 mi, 344° N

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