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Matoaca Virginia Map

Explore Matoaca, 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 Matoaca, Virginia

How to Use This Matoaca, Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	37.230428
Longitude	-77.477485
Population	2,655
Density	398.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	23803
Area Code	804
County Seat	Chesterfield Court House
School District	Chesterfield County Public Schools

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About Matoaca, Virginia

Matoaca is a locality in Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,655. The population density is 398.9 people per km². Matoaca is located at 37.2304°N, 77.4775°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 23803.

Matoaca occupies a verdant stretch of land where the steady, dark flow of the Appomattox River defines the rhythm of the soil. It lies 3.8 miles west-southwest of Colonial Heights, VA (from Colonial Heights, VA: bearing 256°T), and is situated 4.2 miles west of Petersburg. The landscape here is characterized by an inland stillness, far removed from the brine of any coast, where the earth rises in modest, wooded swells that catch the amber light of late afternoon. At Appomattox Riverside Park (Ferndale), the riparian vegetation leans over the moving water, casting long, fractured shadows that mirror the quiet persistence of the current. Beyond the immediate banks, the land matures into dense groves, while the stillness of Pamplins Pond provides a mirror for the sky just a short distance away. Though the Blue Ridge Mountains remain a distant, hazy promise on the western horizon, the immediate ground feels grounded and ancient, holding a heavy, humid warmth that clings to the late summer leaves.

Matoaca carries the weight of a long, layered history, having served as a crossroads for trade and agriculture long before modern industry altered the character of the riverbanks. The local economy has shifted from the labor of the fields to the quiet pulse of a regional residential center, yet the echoes of previous centuries remain in the way the morning mist clings to the older structures. While Pocahontas State Forest offers a vast, protected expanse of wilderness only ten miles away, the character of Matoaca itself is defined by a slow, deliberate pace where the past is not so much studied as it is inhabited. Life here moves with the deliberate grace of the Appomattox River, a place where the modern world feels like a distant hum against the persistent, earthy reality of the Piedmont landscape.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Appomattox Riverside Park (Ferndale) (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 170° S
Matoaca Park (Local Park) — 1.3 mi, 359° N
CRLC Holding (Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 102° E
TPF Holding (Conservation Area) — 2.7 mi, 167° S
Confederate winter quarters (Historic Ruins) — 3.4 mi, 178° S
Sixth Maryland Infantry (Monument) — 3.6 mi, 178° S
Pocahontas State Park (State Park) — 8.4 mi, 326° NW
Petersburg National Battlefield Park (National Park) — 9.8 mi, 161° S · 212 acres
Soldiers' Monument (Monument) — 11.2 mi, 062° NE
Beacon Theatre (Theatre) — 11.7 mi, 064° NE
Box 5 Cabaret Theatre (Theatre) — 11.7 mi, 064° NE
Lamb Center for Arts and Healing (Arts Centre) — 11.7 mi, 064° NE
Dinwiddie County Confederate Soldiers Memorial (Monument) — 12.2 mi, 210° SW
River Overlook (Viewpoint) — 12.8 mi, 022° N
Presquile National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 14.0 mi, 053° NE · 2,590 acres
Children's Museum of Richmond (Museum) — 16.2 mi, 318° NW
Big Bike (Public Artwork) — 16.3 mi, 030° NE
James River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.7 mi, 076° E · 9,242 acres
Parsonage Ruins (Attraction) — 18.2 mi, 044° NE
Token Machine (Attraction) — 19.0 mi, 303° NW
Studio Two Three (Arts Centre) — 20.1 mi, 005° N
Abandoned Netherwood Quarry (Historic Ruins) — 20.3 mi, 000° N
Chimborazo Park (National Park) — 20.5 mi, 010° N · 43 acres
Fitzhugh Lee's Grave (Attraction) — 20.8 mi, 003° N
Eppa Hunton's Grave (Attraction) — 20.8 mi, 003° N
Edgar Allan Poe Museum (Museum) — 21.0 mi, 008° N
First Freedom Center (Museum) — 21.2 mi, 007° N

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