Hinton Virginia Map

About Hinton, Virginia

Hinton is a locality in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Hinton is located at 38.4660°N, 78.9723°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 22831.

Hinton emerges from the landscape as a collection of quiet homesteads and pastures defined by the persistent, winding presence of Muddy Creek. It lies 5.7 miles west-northwest of Harrisonburg, VA (from Harrisonburg, VA: bearing 281°T), and is situated 5.8 miles north of Bridgewater. The land here acts as a slow transition between the low-lying fields and the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Shenandoah Mountains that anchor the horizon. Four miles to the west, the topography dips into the cool, shaded silence of Hughes Hollow, while the dense timber of Paul State Forest provides a dark, verdant perimeter to the local horizon. The air carries a heavy, terrestrial stillness, particularly at dusk when the light thins into a pale violet, casting long shadows across the fields and cooling the damp earth around the water’s edge.

History in Hinton remains tied to the cycles of the soil, grounded in an economy that has long favored the patient labor of agriculture and the maintenance of ancestral landholdings. Beyond the immediate reach of the pastures, the rugged terrain invites a more deliberate pace, with residents often seeking the quietude of Unknown Park or the marked paths of the Second Mountain Trail for a vantage over the valley floor. While the reach of the modern world presses against these borders, the rhythm of life remains tethered to the seasonal turn of the crops and the steady, unhurried flow of the creek. Those who traverse the local lanes find a landscape that values the permanence of the ridge and the deep, quiet utility of the valley over the frantic pulse of industrial expansion.

About This Hinton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hinton, Virginia. Coordinates: 38.465957, -78.972252. 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 Hinton includes the ZIP code (22831), telephone area code (540), county seat of Rockingham County (Harrisonburg), and school district assignment.

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.