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Mecklenburg Virginia Map

Explore Mecklenburg, 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 Mecklenburg, Virginia

How to Use This Mecklenburg, Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	36.642172
Longitude	-78.384223
Population	480
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	23917
Area Code	276
County Seat	Boydton

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About Mecklenburg, Virginia

Mecklenburg is a locality in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Mecklenburg is located at 36.6422°N, 78.3842°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 23917.

Mecklenburg occupies a landscape where Eastland Creek cuts a quiet, persistent furrow through the Piedmont soil, carving paths through red clay and dense patches of loblolly pine. It lies 21.6 miles north of Henderson, NC (from Henderson, NC: bearing 2°T), and is situated 13.3 miles east-northeast of Henrico. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness in the afternoons, especially as the light begins to amber over the sprawling, placid expanse of John H. Kerr Reservoir. On the western horizon, the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains offers a faint reminder of the elevation changes far beyond these low-slung, sun-warmed plains. Only four miles away, the Dick Cross Wildlife Management Area provides a sanctuary for the local fauna, maintaining a sprawl of managed woodlands and fields where the pace of life slows to match the rustle of dry leaves and the infrequent, sharp call of a hawk circling the canopy.

Mecklenburg carries the weight of a long agrarian tenure, where the ghosts of tobacco fields still linger in the architecture of weathered barns and the layout of old country roads. While the economy has shifted from the labor-intensive crops of the past toward modern logistical and regional commerce, the connection to the land remains the primary pulse of the inhabitants. The rhythm of the days is dictated by the slow, seasonal shifts of the reservoir and the quiet industry of a population that values a pragmatic, steady existence over the frantic velocity of larger hubs. Even as new technologies find their way into the local workspace, the character of Mecklenburg persists in the polite, measured speech of its residents and the unhurried way they navigate the intersections of a geography defined by its deep inland roots and the steady, dark flow of its creeks.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Dick Cross Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.4 mi, 110° E
Occoneechee State Park (State Park) — 4.5 mi, 226° SW
Watchable Wildlife Platform (Viewpoint) — 5.5 mi, 120° SE
John H. Kerr Reservoir (Recreation Area) — 6.9 mi, 185° S
Dick Cross State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.0 mi, 107° E
Kerr Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 7.3 mi, 171° S
Solitary Sentinel (Attraction) — 8.1 mi, 264° W
Lake Gordon Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 9.8 mi, 071° E
Clarksville Regional Museum (Museum) — 10.0 mi, 262° W
Prestwould Plantation (Museum) — 10.0 mi, 273° W
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 11.1 mi, 339° N
Thyne Institute Memorial (Monument) — 13.0 mi, 338° N
Parker Park (Local Park) — 14.1 mi, 066° NE
South Hill Tobacco Museum (Museum) — 15.2 mi, 067° NE
Colonial Theatre (Theatre) — 15.2 mi, 068° E
Model Railroad / Doll Museum / Chamber of Commerce (Museum) — 15.2 mi, 068° E
Staunton River State Park (State Park) — 15.3 mi, 284° W
Difficult Creek (State Wilderness) — 20.6 mi, 293° NW
Dr. L. Julian Haywood (Monument) — 20.9 mi, 144° SE
Reminiscing (Public Artwork) — 23.6 mi, 182° S
Artillery Emplacement (Historic Ruins) — 24.3 mi, 313° NW
Banister River Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 24.4 mi, 285° W
Wade Archaeological Site Native American (Historic Ruins) — 24.6 mi, 314° NW
Charlotte State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 26.4 mi, 327° NW
Saint Paul’s Chapel School (Rosenwald Funded) (Monument) — 26.7 mi, 062° NE
Cinema I & II at the World of Sports (Cinema) — 27.7 mi, 277° W
Brunswick County Museum (Museum) — 30.8 mi, 075° E
Jones Performing Arts Center, Louisburg College Auditorium (Theatre) — 37.5 mi, 172° S
Medoc Mountain Canoe & Kayak access (Attraction) — 38.4 mi, 134° SE
Petersburg National Battlefield Park (National Park) — 61.7 mi, 059° NE · 212 acres

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