Jewell Ridge Virginia Map

About Jewell Ridge, Virginia

Jewell Ridge is a locality in Tazewell County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 149. The population density is 139.0 people per km². Jewell Ridge is located at 37.1848°N, 81.7884°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 24622.

Jewell Ridge occupies a rugged expanse of high plateau where the terrain is defined by the steady, persistent carve of Big Creek through the earth. It lies 46.3 miles north-northeast of Bristol, VA (from Bristol, VA: bearing 28°T), and is situated 6.3 miles north of Richlands. The air here holds a crisp, iron-scented weight, cooling quickly as shadows deepen in Fed Hollow just a mile away. While the Appalachian Mountains loom as a distant, hazy silhouette on the horizon, the immediate landscape is characterized by steep, jagged slopes and narrow ravines that demand a deliberate pace from any traveler. Light at dusk often pools in the low crevices, turning the thickets of local vegetation a bruised, deep purple before the stars assert themselves over the darkened timber.

Jewell Ridge remains a place where the memory of coal extraction lingers in the architecture and the quiet, industrious spirit of the inhabitants. Long ago, the economy relied entirely on the deep veins of fuel buried beneath the shale, and though the intensity of that industry has shifted, the physical imprint of the mines remains etched into the topography. Life moves with an unpretentious gravity, influenced by the proximity of sites like the Unknown Ball Park, which serves as a rare open clearing in a land dominated by dense, encroaching growth. Whether one is passing toward the deeper woods of Panther State Forest or looking toward the stillness of Lake Berwind, the character of Jewell Ridge is found in its resilience, a quiet endurance that persists long after the clamor of the heavy machinery has faded into the wind.

About This Jewell Ridge Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Jewell Ridge, Virginia. Coordinates: 37.184836, -81.788447. 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 Jewell Ridge includes the ZIP code (24622), telephone area code (276), county seat of Tazewell County (Tazewell), and school district assignment (Tazewell County Public Schools).

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.