Explore Hot Springs, 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 Hot Springs, 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 Hot Springs.
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 | Hot Springs |
| State | Virginia (VA) |
| County | Bath County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 37.99957 |
| Longitude | -79.831719 |
| Population | 524 |
| Density | 36.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 24445 |
| Area Code | 540 |
| County Seat | Warm Springs |
| School District | Bath County Public Schools |
Hot Springs reveals itself as a landscape defined by the persistent, rhythmic clarity of the Hot Springs Run, a waterway that serves as the lifeblood of this inland valley. It lies 42.6 miles west-southwest of Staunton, VA (from Staunton, VA: bearing 256°T), and is situated 16.8 miles north-northeast of Covington. The terrain is defined by the dense, verdant canopy of the nearby George Washington National Forest, which presses against the edges of the settlement, while the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains anchors the horizon. Travelers seeking the quietude of the interior often find their way along the Homestead Trail, an artery that winds through a topography marked by the deep, shadowed creases of Coles Hollow. The air here holds a distinct, mineral-rich weight, shifting in temperature as the light fades behind the ridges, casting long, bruised shadows across the valley floor.
Economy and tradition in Hot Springs remain tethered to the geothermal waters that have drawn visitors to these slopes for generations. The legacy of mineral-based wellness persists as a cornerstone of the local character, shaping an environment where the pace of life mimics the slow, deliberate percolation of groundwater through subterranean rock. Beyond the immediate reach of the village, the landscape opens toward the expanse of Lake Moomaw, providing a vast, still contrast to the activity found closer to the springs. Residents and visitors alike move through a cycle of days that acknowledge the industrial history of the region and the enduring influence of the James River Ranger District, maintaining a sense of place that is both solitary and deeply rooted in the geological peculiarities of the terrain.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hot Springs, Virginia. Coordinates: 37.99957, -79.831719. 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 Hot Springs includes the ZIP code (24445), telephone area code (540), county seat of Bath County (Warm Springs), and school district assignment (Bath 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. |