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Mathews Virginia Map

Explore Mathews, 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 Mathews, Virginia

How to Use This Mathews, Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	37.43708
Longitude	-76.319943
Population	525
Density	102.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	23109
Area Code	804
County Seat	Mathews
School District	Mathews County Public Schools

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About Mathews, Virginia

Mathews is a locality in Mathews County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 525. The population density is 102.2 people per km². Mathews is located at 37.4371°N, 76.3199°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 23109.

Mathews defines the low, salt-brined horizon where the land yields gracefully to the encroaching tides of the Chesapeake. It lies 16.0 miles northeast of Gloucester Point, VA (from Gloucester Point, VA: bearing 37°T), and is situated 11.5 miles east of Gloucester Courthouse. Put in Creek carves a winding path through the marshy perimeter, its brackish waters reflecting the bruised violet light that settles over the flats as evening approaches. Beyond the immediate reach of the shoreline, the landscape remains stubbornly flat, a mosaic of tangled cedar and scrub pine that stretches toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Blackwalnut Ridge. To the east, the silhouette of Rigby Island punctuates the gray expanse of the harbor, while the quiet expanse of Burke Pond offers a freshwater contrast to the pervasive influence of the brine. The air here holds a heavy, damp weight, carrying the scent of drying cordgrass and the rhythmic, hollow clatter of rigging against masts from the nearby Perrin Boat Yard.

Mathews preserves a character forged by the relentless necessity of the water, where the economy has long drifted between the harvest of the bay and the slow, deliberate pace of land-based trade. The Mathews Land Conservancy Holding serves as a quiet sentinel for this heritage, protecting the fragile edges of a geography that has seen centuries of maritime industry evolve from bustling schooner ports to the measured productivity of modern aquaculture. Life here follows the cadence of the tides, a continuity that remains indifferent to the frenetic pace of the world beyond the peninsula. In the quiet corners of the village, the architecture reflects a colonial endurance, with weather-worn siding and sturdy chimneys that seem to lean into the prevailing winds, suggesting a population that has learned to thrive by bending rather than breaking against the salt air.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mathews Historical Museum (Museum) — 0.2 mi, 198° S
Mathews County Confederate Monument (Monument) — 0.3 mi, 202° S
Mathews Land Conservancy Holding (Conservation Area) — 2.6 mi, 212° SW
Bethel Beach Natural Area Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 3.8 mi, 115° SE
Bethel Beach State Natural Area Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 3.8 mi, 115° SE
New Point Comfort Natural Area Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 8.3 mi, 166° S
New Point Comfort (Conservation Area) — 8.3 mi, 165° S
Guinea Marsh (State Resource Management Area) — 9.5 mi, 206° SW
Beaverdam Park (Local Park) — 11.2 mi, 276° W
Machicomoco State Park (State Park) — 14.7 mi, 233° SW
Rosewell Plantation (Historic Ruins) — 16.0 mi, 242° SW
Cornwallis' Cave (Attraction) — 17.3 mi, 216° SW
Redoubt 10 (Registered Battlefield) — 17.4 mi, 214° SW
Fusiliers Redoubt (Registered Battlefield) — 17.4 mi, 219° SW
GM3 Matthews Memorial (Monument) — 17.4 mi, 210° SW
Unit Commissioning Memorabilia (Monument) — 17.4 mi, 210° SW
Aids to Navigation Museum (Museum) — 17.5 mi, 210° SW
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail (National Trail) — 17.5 mi, 265° W · 526 acres
Werowocomoco (Historic Ruins) — 18.2 mi, 265° W
Plum Tree Island National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 18.4 mi, 185° S · 9,195 acres
Half Shell Stage (Theatre) — 19.5 mi, 350° N
At Altitude Gallery (Gallery) — 20.3 mi, 125° SE
York River State Park (State Park) — 20.3 mi, 261° W
Historic Palace Theatre (Theatre) — 20.3 mi, 125° SE
Meltdown (Attraction) — 21.1 mi, 235° SW
Big Daddy Falls (Attraction) — 21.2 mi, 235° SW
Festa Italia Games (Attraction) — 22.6 mi, 232° SW
Great Wolf Lodge (Theme Park) — 23.4 mi, 255° W
TRADOC Emblem (Public Artwork) — 23.8 mi, 216° SW
Eastern Shore Of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.5 mi, 133° SE · 3,996 acres

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