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Lake Caroline Virginia Map

Explore Lake Caroline, 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 Lake Caroline, Virginia

How to Use This Lake Caroline, Virginia Map

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

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.

CityLake Caroline
StateVirginia (VA)
CountyCaroline County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude37.9856
Longitude-77.5244
Population2,511
Density341.6 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code22546
Area Code540
County SeatBowling Green
School DistrictCaroline County Public Schools

About Lake Caroline, Virginia

Lake Caroline is a locality in Caroline County, Virginia, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,511. The population density is 341.6 people per km². Lake Caroline is located at 37.9856°N, 77.5244°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 22546.

Lake Caroline unfolds as a secluded expanse where the quiet persistence of Stevens Mill Run defines the local topography. It lies 20.4 miles north-northeast of Wyndham, VA (from Wyndham, VA: bearing 14°T), and is situated 2.9 miles southeast of Lake Land'Or. The land here consists of dense, temperate woodlands and persistent thickets that soften the perimeter of the water, creating a landscape that feels less like a frontier and more like a private, verdant sanctuary. In the distance, the faint, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains marks the western horizon, a reminder of the vast, folded interior of the continent that stretches far beyond these immediate wooded hollows. The air possesses a heavy, sweet humidity in the summer months, carrying the scent of damp earth and pine needles, while the light at dusk turns the water into a sheet of hammered pewter, reflecting the encroaching shadows of the surrounding trees.

History in Lake Caroline is measured not in grand monuments, but in the slow, deliberate transition from agrarian roots to the measured pace of modern residential life. The local economy remains tethered to the quiet rhythms of the Piedmont, where the legacy of the soil still influences the way space is organized and maintained. Residents often venture toward the nearby Unknown Park, a space that preserves the quietude of the region, or look toward the distant James Pond as a point of reference in the wider geography. Life here favors a certain stillness, a deliberate rejection of the frantic velocity found in more urbanized corridors, allowing the day-to-day existence of those in Lake Caroline to be shaped by the turning of the seasons and the steady, unhurried flow of the local watercourses.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Unknown Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 273° W
  • Lake Caroline Recreation Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 085° E
  • CWT Holding (Conservation Area) — 4.7 mi, 182° S
  • Mattaponi Bluffs Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.4 mi, 094° E
  • American Battlefield Trust Holding (Conservation Area) — 7.3 mi, 156° SE
  • Mattaponi Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.6 mi, 061° NE
  • Terror on the Farm (Attraction) — 9.0 mi, 183° S
  • Booger Woods (Attraction) — 9.1 mi, 185° S
  • Dominion Raceway (Attraction) — 10.6 mi, 006° N
  • Campaign of 1781 (Monument) — 10.6 mi, 065° NE
  • 1864 Union Occupation of Bowling Green (Monument) — 10.6 mi, 065° NE
  • Stonewall Jackson Shrine (Monument) — 12.1 mi, 022° N
  • Poor Farm Amphitheater (Theatre) — 14.1 mi, 184° S
  • Flippo Gallery (Gallery) — 15.7 mi, 171° S
  • Ashland Train Museum (Museum) — 15.8 mi, 169° S
  • RED VEIN Haunt (Theme Park) — 17.2 mi, 190° S
  • Lake Anna State Park (State Park) — 17.6 mi, 297° NW
  • Alexander Berger Memorial Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 17.6 mi, 022° N
  • Garrett Farm site, John Wilkes Booth Killed after killing Lincoln (Attraction) — 19.4 mi, 056° NE
  • Fredericksburg and Spot. National Military Park (National Park) — 20.8 mi, 338° N · 48 acres
  • Lee's Hill (Viewpoint) — 20.9 mi, 007° N
  • Iconic Art (Public Artwork) — 21.1 mi, 002° N
  • Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.8 mi, 055° NE · 24k acres
  • Catharines Furnace Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 22.0 mi, 342° N
  • Port Royal Museum of American History (Museum) — 22.0 mi, 055° NE
  • George Washington Masonic Museum (Museum) — 22.1 mi, 009° N
  • National Bank Museum (Museum) — 22.2 mi, 009° N
  • Caledon State Park (State Park) — 30.0 mi, 038° NE
  • Mallows Bay-Potomac National Marine Sanctuary (Marine Protected Area) — 30.7 mi, 022° N
  • Shenandoah National Park (National Park) — 55.3 mi, 306° NW · 197k acres

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About This Lake Caroline Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lake Caroline, Virginia. Coordinates: 37.9856, -77.5244. 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 Lake Caroline includes the ZIP code (22546), telephone area code (540), county seat of Caroline County (Bowling Green), and school district assignment (Caroline 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.