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Laymantown Virginia Map

Explore Laymantown, 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 Laymantown, Virginia

How to Use This Laymantown, Virginia Map

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

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	Laymantown
State	Virginia (VA)
County	Botetourt County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	37.365691
Longitude	-79.857539
Population	1,867
Density	246.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	24175
Area Code	276, 540
County Seat	Fincastle
School District	Botetourt County Public Schools

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About Laymantown, Virginia

Laymantown is a locality in Botetourt County, Virginia, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,867. The population density is 246.5 people per km². Laymantown is located at 37.3657°N, 79.8575°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 24175.

Laymantown occupies a quiet expanse of land where the earth rises in slow, deliberate swells toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains. It lies 5.0 miles east-northeast of Hollins, VA (from Hollins, VA: bearing 70°T), and is situated 8.0 miles northeast of Roanoke. Laymantown Creek carves a persistent path through the local topography, its waters feeding directly into the stillness of Rainbow Forest Lake. The air here holds a particular weight in the late afternoon, cooling rapidly as the shadows stretch long and thin across the meadows. Within a mile of the perimeter, the dense, untamed timber of Jefferson National Forest begins, offering a deep green contrast to the open fields. Beyond the immediate reach of the creek, the land dips into the shaded quiet of Pocket Hollow, where the soil stays damp and the light filters down in muted, charcoal tones.

Laymantown carries the imprint of generations who worked the limestone-rich earth, their labor defining the slow, steady pulse of the local economy. Agriculture remains the primary anchor of the region, though the proximity to the forest and the rugged terrain of the nearby ridges have long dictated the pace of industry. Residents often traverse the Curry Creek Trail, a route that winds through the brush and connects the labor of the past to the quiet routine of the present. The character of Laymantown is found in these persistent rhythms—the sound of water moving over stone and the heavy, damp smell of leaf mold rising from the woods at dusk. It is a place that demands a certain patience, where the history is not written in monuments but in the way the fences follow the lines of the ground and the way the seasons turn the fields from gold to gray.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 1.2 mi, 341° N · 733k acres
Read Mountain Preserve (Local Park) — 2.6 mi, 227° SW
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 2.8 mi, 327° NW · 110k acres
Boxley Fields (Local Park) — 2.9 mi, 077° E
Buzzards Rock (Viewpoint) — 2.9 mi, 233° SW
Carvins Cove Reservoir (Waterfowl Production Area) — 4.3 mi, 286° W
Old tobacco barn style cabin (half demolished) (Historic Ruins) — 4.3 mi, 172° S
Eleanor D Wilson Museum (Museum) — 4.7 mi, 260° W
The Rock (Monument) — 4.8 mi, 259° W
Vinton War Memorial (Monument) — 6.2 mi, 197° S
O. Winston Link Museum (Museum) — 7.8 mi, 215° SW
28 Wells Avenue, N.w. (Monument) — 7.8 mi, 217° SW
Roanoke Pinball Museum (Museum) — 7.9 mi, 215° SW
Jupiter Missile (Attraction) — 8.0 mi, 217° SW
Norfolk Southern 8661 (Attraction) — 8.0 mi, 217° SW
Roanoke Firefighter statue (Public Artwork) — 8.0 mi, 217° SW
Roanoke Star (Attraction) — 8.9 mi, 207° SW
Roanoke Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 9.7 mi, 212° SW
Battle of Hanging Rock (Registered Battlefield) — 10.3 mi, 255° W
Havens Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.9 mi, 265° W
Poor Mountain (State Wilderness) — 14.6 mi, 237° SW
Piper L-4 Grasshopper (Attraction) — 17.9 mi, 098° E
Caboose (Museum) — 17.9 mi, 196° S
Booker T. Washington National Monument (National Monument) — 18.1 mi, 158° S · 244 acres
Brush Mountain East Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 18.5 mi, 274° W · 3,745 acres
Westlake Cinema (Cinema) — 18.7 mi, 156° SE
Eagle Rock Lime Kilns (Historic Ruins) — 19.3 mi, 009° N
George Washington National Forest (National Forest) — 19.9 mi, 004° N · 1.1M acres
Barbours Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 20.3 mi, 323° NW · 5,507 acres
Smith Mountain Lake State Park (State Park) — 23.0 mi, 144° SE

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