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Greensville Virginia Map

Explore Greensville, 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 Greensville, Virginia

How to Use This Greensville, Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	36.605689
Longitude	-77.607787
Population	480
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	23879, 23847
Area Code	804
County Seat	Emporia

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About Greensville, Virginia

Greensville is a locality in Greensville County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Greensville is located at 36.6057°N, 77.6078°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 23879, 23847.

Greensville unfolds across a landscape of quiet, red-clay resilience, where the earth holds the warmth of the sun long after the light has begun to fail. It lies 10.3 miles north-northeast of Roanoke Rapids, NC (from Roanoke Rapids, NC: bearing 14°T), and is situated 6.6 miles south-southwest of Emporia. The horizon remains flat and expansive, save for the distant, hazy suggestion of the Appalachian Mountains that hover like a memory far to the west. Cattail Creek carves a slow, deliberate path through the undergrowth just a mile from the center, its surface mirroring the shifting greys of the sky. Three miles away, the still water of Smith Pond gathers the shadows of surrounding hardwoods, offering a sanctuary of stillness where the air feels heavy with the scent of damp soil and pine.

Greensville carries the weight of a long agricultural inheritance, its economy rooted in the silent labor of fields that have been tilled for generations. The legacy of the land is visible in the weathered barns and the modest, sturdy architecture that defines the local pace of life. Residents often seek the quiet borders of Meherrin Riber Park, where seven miles of protected woods provide a reprieve from the persistent hum of the modern world. Life here moves with a steady, unforced cadence, shaped by the cycles of the seasons and a deep, unspoken familiarity with the soil. It is a place where the passage of time is measured not by clocks, but by the slow deepening of the shadows as they stretch across the open, cultivated plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Greensville County-Emporia Historical Museum (Museum) — 6.6 mi, 033° NE
Meherrin Riber Park (Local Park) — 6.7 mi, 038° NE
Veterans Memorial Park (Local Park) — 6.8 mi, 033° NE
Town of Gaston - Grant/Copeland Park (Local Recreation) — 7.3 mi, 194° S
Town of Gaston - Dwight Hall Park (Local Recreation) — 7.9 mi, 192° S
Sam Patterson Statue (Monument) — 10.3 mi, 195° S
Confederate Cemetery (Monument) — 11.8 mi, 180° S
North Carolina Safe Harbor Agreement - Red-cockaded Woodpecker (State Conservation Area) — 13.0 mi, 152° SE
Lake Brunswick Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 13.8 mi, 331° NW
Royal Palace Theatre (Cinema) — 14.0 mi, 187° S
Tar River Land Conservancy Preserve (Conservation Area) — 14.4 mi, 198° S
Brunswick County Museum (Museum) — 16.9 mi, 309° NW
Joseph Montfort Burial Site (Monument) — 19.0 mi, 177° S
Roanoke River Wetlands Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 19.4 mi, 155° SE
Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia Community House and Interpretive Center (Museum) — 23.5 mi, 073° E
Medoc Mountain State Park (State Park) — 26.5 mi, 212° SW
Medoc Mountain Canoe & Kayak access (Attraction) — 28.7 mi, 213° SW
Model Railroad / Doll Museum / Chamber of Commerce (Museum) — 30.1 mi, 286° W
Colonial Theatre (Theatre) — 30.1 mi, 286° W
South Hill Tobacco Museum (Museum) — 30.2 mi, 286° W
Petersburg National Battlefield Park (National Park) — 35.2 mi, 017° N · 212 acres
Watchable Wildlife Platform (Viewpoint) — 38.3 mi, 270° W
Confederate winter quarters (Historic Ruins) — 40.4 mi, 010° N
Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 48.4 mi, 150° SE · 43k acres
Blount-Bridgers House (Gallery) — 48.7 mi, 175° S
Parkhill Cinema 3 (Cinema) — 48.7 mi, 177° S
Reminiscing (Public Artwork) — 48.8 mi, 245° SW
Solitary Sentinel (Attraction) — 51.2 mi, 272° W
Box 5 Cabaret Theatre (Theatre) — 51.4 mi, 020° N
Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 57.8 mi, 088° E · 228k acres

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