Explore Meadows of Dan, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Meadows of Dan, 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 Meadows of Dan.
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 | Meadows of Dan |
| State | Virginia (VA) |
| County | Patrick County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 36.7386 |
| Longitude | -80.3973 |
| Population | 72 |
| Density | 23.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 24120 |
| Area Code | 276, 540 |
| County Seat | Stuart |
| School District | Patrick County Public Schools |
Meadows of Dan emerges as a high-altitude plateau where the air holds a crisp, thin clarity that defines the transition between the lower Piedmont and the rugged elevations of the Appalachian Mountains visible on the western horizon. It lies 27.0 miles south of Christiansburg, VA (from Christiansburg, VA: bearing 179°T), and is situated 18.8 miles east of Hillsville. Tuggle Creek carves a persistent path through the landscape, its waters cold and clear as they navigate the rocky terrain toward the broader reaches of the valley. Only a few miles away, the quiet waters of Mabry Mill Pond reflect the seasonal changes of the surrounding hardwoods, while the dramatic drop of Smith River Falls provides a rhythmic, percussive backdrop to the stillness. To the east, the rugged profile of Buffalo Mountain State Natural Area Preserve dominates the skyline, a geologic sentinel rising above the surrounding fields and the deep, silent shadows of Shingle Block Hollow.
Meadows of Dan maintains a character shaped by the slow, deliberate pulse of agrarian life and the legacy of mountain homesteading that persists in the local architecture and craft. The economy remains rooted in the soil and the seasonal arrival of travelers drawn to the enduring traditions of milling and rural industry that once sustained the earliest settlers. Life here moves in accordance with the turning of the seasons, where the primary labor involves the cultivation of the land and the preservation of a way of life that values self-reliance over rapid expansion. The silence of the morning is often broken only by the sound of wind moving through the tall grasses or the distant, steady flow of water, marking a pace of existence that prioritizes the steady rhythms of the earth over the urgency of the modern world.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Meadows of Dan, Virginia. Coordinates: 36.7386, -80.3973. 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 Meadows of Dan includes the ZIP code (24120), telephone area code (276, 540), county seat of Patrick County (Stuart), and school district assignment (Patrick 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. |