Madison Virginia Map
Explore Madison, 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 Madison, Virginia
How to Use This Madison, Virginia Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Madison, 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 Madison.
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 | Madison |
| State | Virginia (VA) |
| County | Madison County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 38.380406 |
| Longitude | -78.257504 |
| Population | 205 |
| Density | 335.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 22727 |
| Area Code | 540 |
| County Seat | Madison |
| School District | Madison County Public Schools |
About Madison, Virginia
Madison is a locality in Madison County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 205. The population density is 335.4 people per km². Madison is located at 38.3804°N, 78.2575°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Madison is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 22727.Madison reveals itself through the steady, rhythmic pulse of Whiteoak Run, which carves a path through the verdant landscape where the Piedmont meets the rising earth. It lies 15.5 miles west-southwest of Culpeper, VA (from Culpeper, VA: bearing 246°T), and is situated 12.3 miles northwest of Orange. The air here holds a distinct, crisp weight, cooling quickly as shadows lengthen toward Courtney Hollow and the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains marks the western horizon. Beyond the immediate reach of the stream, the terrain shifts into a series of quiet, undulating pastures and dense woodlands that serve as a sanctuary for the local flora. Those seeking the wilderness often look toward the Rapidan Wildlife Management Area, where the land retains an ancient, unbothered stillness, and the quiet waters of Malvern Lake reflect the shifting amber light of late afternoon.
Madison anchors its identity in the remnants of agrarian traditions that have defined this soil for generations, balancing a legacy of land stewardship with a modern, measured pace of life. The economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the earth, as small-scale farming and local trade sustain a culture that values the slow accretion of time over the clamor of rapid development. Residents often traverse the nearby Staunton River Trail, finding in those long, quiet stretches a connection to the geography that persists regardless of the changing century. History here is not a collection of dusty archives but a living texture, felt in the way the morning mist clings to the fields and the deliberate, courteous manner in which neighbors acknowledge one another at the day’s end.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Madison County Confederate Memorial (Monument) — 0.0 mi, 186° S
- Madison County Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 0.0 mi, 195° S
- Madison County Historical Society (Museum) — 0.3 mi, 049° NE
- Henry Wingate Studio (Gallery) — 5.1 mi, 346° N
- Rapidan Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.5 mi, 307° NW
- Shenandoah National Park (National Park) — 7.0 mi, 311° NW · 197k acres
- Bear Church Rock Overlook (Viewpoint) — 8.9 mi, 304° NW
- Cedar Mountain Battlefield (Monument) — 10.4 mi, 080° E
- Shenandoah Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 10.7 mi, 348° N · 82k acres
- Five Tents (Historic Ruins) — 11.8 mi, 311° NW
- Upper Pocosin Mission (Historic Ruins) — 12.2 mi, 277° W
- Iron Mike (Public Artwork) — 13.6 mi, 314° NW
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 16.5 mi, 254° W · 110k acres
- George Washington National Forest (National Forest) — 26.2 mi, 337° NW · 1.1M acres
- Appalachian Trail Corridor (National Park) — 37.3 mi, 015° N · 572 acres
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About This Madison Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Madison, Virginia. Coordinates: 38.380406, -78.257504. 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 Madison includes the ZIP code (22727), telephone area code (540), county seat of Madison County (Madison), and school district assignment (Madison 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. |
