Leon Virginia Map
Explore Leon, 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 Leon, Virginia
How to Use This Leon, Virginia Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Leon, 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 Leon.
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 | Leon |
| State | Virginia (VA) |
| County | Madison County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 38.437627 |
| Longitude | -78.138334 |
| Population | 480 |
| Density | 8.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 22715, 22725 |
| Area Code | 540 |
| County Seat | Madison |
About Leon, Virginia
Leon is a locality in Madison County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Leon is located at 38.4376°N, 78.1383°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 22715, 22725.Leon anchors a landscape of quiet, agrarian persistence where the horizon is defined by the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It lies 8.0 miles west-southwest of Culpeper, VA (from Culpeper, VA: bearing 252°T), and is situated 13.4 miles north of Orange. The earth here holds a deep, ochre-tinted fertility, shaped by the slow movement of water through the Piedmont soil. Crooked Run carves a modest path through the fields just a mile from the center, its flow often muffled by thickets of sycamore and ash that catch the low, slanted light of late afternoon. A few miles further, the stillness of Swain Lake offers a mirror to the sky, its surface undisturbed by the reach of any bustling thoroughfare. The air in Leon carries a crispness that suggests the proximity of higher elevations, cooling rapidly as the sun retreats behind the western ridges.
Leon preserves a rhythm of life that favors the deliberate pace of small-scale agriculture and private land stewardship. History here is felt in the alignment of old fence lines and the architecture of barns that have weathered generations of seasonal change. The proximity of CWT Land Holding ensures that a portion of the surrounding wilderness remains dedicated to the slow growth of timber and the protection of local wildlife, preventing the encroachment of dense suburban sprawl. For those who live and work within the radius of Utz Hollow and the surrounding plains, the economy remains tethered to the land and the modest commerce of a rural crossroads. Life in Leon moves in concert with the turning of the fields, a quiet practice of continuity that values the weight of the soil over the fleeting demands of the modern world.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- CWT Land Holding (Conservation Area) — 3.9 mi, 121° SE
- CWT Holding (Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 121° SE
- Stonewall Brigade Monument (Monument) — 4.3 mi, 118° SE
- 3rd Wisconsin Monument (Monument) — 4.3 mi, 116° SE
- Cedar Mountain Battlefield (Monument) — 4.4 mi, 121° SE
- Mountain Run Lake Park (Local Park) — 4.7 mi, 051° NE
- Madison County Historical Society (Museum) — 7.3 mi, 239° SW
- Lions Glasses (Public Artwork) — 7.4 mi, 077° E
- Yowell Meadow Park (Local Park) — 7.4 mi, 073° E
- Henry Wingate Studio (Gallery) — 7.7 mi, 278° W
- Wine & Design (Arts Centre) — 8.1 mi, 073° E
- Cleopatra Vaughn (Arts Centre) — 8.1 mi, 073° E
- Museum of Culpeper History (Museum) — 8.2 mi, 073° E
- Shenandoah National Park (National Park) — 10.4 mi, 312° NW · 197k acres
- Shenandoah Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 10.4 mi, 311° NW · 82k acres
- Rapidan Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.8 mi, 266° W
- Bear Church Rock Overlook (Viewpoint) — 13.9 mi, 274° W
- Five Tents (Historic Ruins) — 15.8 mi, 284° W
- CCC Camp (Historic Ruins) — 16.8 mi, 289° W
- Amphitheater (Theatre) — 17.0 mi, 309° NW
- Peak View Stage (Theatre) — 17.1 mi, 310° NW
- C.F. Phelps Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.5 mi, 080° E
- Saunders Field (Registered Battlefield) — 22.2 mi, 112° E
- Grant's Headquarters (Registered Battlefield) — 23.3 mi, 110° E
- Luray Train Station Musuem (Museum) — 23.4 mi, 312° NW
- Darkwood Manor (Attraction) — 23.6 mi, 312° NW
- Lake Anna State Park (State Park) — 25.8 mi, 139° SE
- George Washington National Forest (National Forest) — 26.6 mi, 330° NW · 1.1M acres
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 28.1 mi, 357° N · 110k acres
- Appalachian Trail Corridor (National Park) — 32.1 mi, 006° N · 572 acres
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About This Leon Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Leon, Virginia. Coordinates: 38.437627, -78.138334. 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 Leon includes the ZIP code (22715, 22725), telephone area code (540), county seat of Madison County (Madison), and school district assignment.
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. |
