Explore Grundy, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Grundy, 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 Grundy.
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 | Grundy |
| State | Virginia (VA) |
| County | Buchanan County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 37.267179 |
| Longitude | -82.094599 |
| Population | 875 |
| Density | 67.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 24614 |
| Area Code | 276 |
| County Seat | Grundy |
| School District | Buchanan County Public Schools |
Grundy occupies a narrow, deep-set corridor where the earth rises sharply in steep embankments, confining the architecture to the tight, winding floor of the canyon. It lies 47.3 miles north of Bristol, VA (from Bristol, VA: bearing 6°T), and is situated 26.9 miles east-southeast of Pikeville. Slate Creek carves a persistent path through the center of Grundy, its dark waters reflecting the heavy, verdant shadows cast by the dense timber that clings to the vertical terrain. Sunlight here is a fleeting visitor, often blocked by the high ridges until mid-morning, leaving the air cool and damp with the scent of wet shale and decaying leaves. Beyond the immediate enclosure of the valley, the distant silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains provides a jagged, blue-tinted frame to the horizon, while the quiet solitude of Stillhouse Hollow offers a brief reprieve from the vertical intensity of the local geography.
Coal extraction once served as the singular heartbeat of the local economy, grounding the identity of Grundy in the heavy labor of the mines and the rhythmic movement of rail freight. Though the industry has receded from its former dominance, the legacy remains in the sturdy, utilitarian character of the buildings and the persistent, industrious spirit of the inhabitants. Life moves with a deliberate pace, punctuated by the occasional passage of traffic and the seasonal migration of elk toward the nearby Tnc Elk Reserve. Visitors seeking the stillness of the wilderness often venture toward the quiet waters of Laurel Lake or the deeper, protected timberland of Panther State Forest, where the silence is absolute and the influence of the modern world feels remarkably thin.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Grundy, Virginia. Coordinates: 37.267179, -82.094599. 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 Grundy includes the ZIP code (24614), telephone area code (276), county seat of Buchanan County (Grundy), and school district assignment (Buchanan County Public Schools).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |