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Modest Town Virginia Map

Explore Modest Town, 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 Modest Town, Virginia

How to Use This Modest Town, Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	37.812905
Longitude	-75.564928
Population	120
Density	78.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	23308, 23412
Area Code	757
County Seat	Accomac
School District	Accomack County Public Schools

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About Modest Town, Virginia

Modest Town is a locality in Accomack County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 120. The population density is 78.5 people per km². Modest Town is located at 37.8129°N, 75.5649°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 23308, 23412.

Modest Town resides upon a flat, humid expanse where the low-lying earth meets the salt-heavy air of the Atlantic. It lies 24.9 miles south-southwest of Worcester, MD (from Worcester, MD: bearing 197°T), and is situated 18.2 miles south of Pocomoke City. Gargathy Creek winds its narrow, rhythmic path through the surrounding fields, serving as a quiet artery that drains the moisture toward the nearby Kegotank Bay. To the east, the horizon is dominated by the marshy silhouettes of the coastline, while the distant, hazy rise of Bailey Ridge marks the far edge of the inland view. The sun often hangs heavy and golden over the tall grasses, casting long, amber shadows that turn the damp soil into a rich, dark tapestry of color. Roman Rock sits offshore as a lonely sentinel, watching over the tides that pulse through the landscape like a slow, steady heartbeat.

Agriculture and the quiet labor of the land define the daily cadence of Modest Town, where the economy remains tethered to the cycles of the harvest and the seasonal bounty of the water. Generations have worked these fields, their history inscribed in the weathered barns and the persistent, unpretentious spirit of the local folk who look toward the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge for the preservation of their wilder borders. Life here moves with a deliberate patience, far removed from the frantic pace of larger hubs, yet always aware of the brackish pull of the nearby bay. While Bundick Pond offers a calm, freshwater respite from the brine, the residents maintain a grounded existence, finding a simple, enduring beauty in the way the morning mist clings to the crops before the day’s work begins in earnest.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 1.8 mi, 100° E · 37k acres
Mutton Hunk Fen State Natural Area Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 2.7 mi, 188° S
Eastern Shore Railway Museum (Museum) — 5.2 mi, 247° SW
Town of Parksley War Memorial (Monument) — 5.2 mi, 247° SW
Saxis Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.1 mi, 291° W
Clam Marshes (Conservation Area) — 6.9 mi, 282° W
Assateague Island National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 8.7 mi, 064° NE · 96k acres
Wallops Island National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.8 mi, 031° NE · 1,092 acres
Makemie Monument (Monument) — 9.1 mi, 335° NW
Crossing the Bar (Monument) — 10.5 mi, 055° NE
Chesapeake Forest Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 11.9 mi, 334° NW
Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 12.4 mi, 059° NE
Chincoteague Bay Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Sanctuary (Marine Protected Area) — 13.6 mi, 050° NE
Parkers Marsh Natural Area Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 14.0 mi, 248° W
Pocomoke Fair Grounds (Theme Park) — 17.5 mi, 359° N
Lockheed T-33 (Attraction) — 17.5 mi, 003° N
Chincoteague Proposed Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 18.6 mi, 049° NE · 2,020 acres
Nature Center (Museum) — 20.6 mi, 312° NW
Pocomoke River Sp (State Park) — 21.5 mi, 010° N
Sammy the Seagull (Public Artwork) — 36.8 mi, 357° N
Salisbury University Richard A. Henson School of Science & Technology Planetarium (Museum) — 36.9 mi, 357° N
Theatre and Web Development House (Theatre) — 37.1 mi, 356° N
Reedville Fishermen's Museum (Museum) — 38.8 mi, 273° W
The Mermaid Museum (Museum) — 40.0 mi, 028° NE
Naylor Mill Forest Trail (Attraction) — 41.5 mi, 358° N
Louis H. Taylor Stadium (Stadium) — 41.7 mi, 029° NE
Selfie Point (Viewpoint) — 43.9 mi, 036° NE
Freak Out (Attraction) — 44.0 mi, 036° NE
Speedway (Attraction) — 44.0 mi, 036° NE
Half Shell Stage (Theatre) — 45.0 mi, 262° W

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