Explore Moseley, 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 Moseley, 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 Moseley.
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 | Moseley |
| State | Virginia (VA) |
| County | Powhatan County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 37.475149 |
| Longitude | -77.778885 |
| Population | 8,200 |
| Density | 280.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 23120 |
| Area Code | 804 |
| County Seat | Powhatan |
Moseley occupies a verdant expanse of the Virginia Piedmont, where the land stretches out in quiet, undulating fields of tall grass and dense thickets. It lies 7.4 miles west-southwest of Midlothian, VA (from Midlothian, VA: bearing 253°T), and is situated 7.7 miles west-northwest of Brandermill. Turkey Creek winds its way through the landscape, acting as a persistent silver thread that gathers the runoff of summer storms and feeds the earth. The air here holds a distinct, heavy sweetness at dusk, when the light turns to a bruised copper and settles low over the soil. To the far west, the faint, hazy silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains occasionally pierce the horizon, reminding the observer of the great distance between these plains and the rugged peaks. Travelers might find the terrain marked by the quiet authority of older growth, standing in stark, shaded contrast to the open agricultural plots.
Moseley retains the lingering echoes of its agrarian origins, once defined by the rhythmic labor of tobacco farming that shaped the local temperament for generations. While the physical remnants of those fields persist in the fence lines and fallow meadows, the modern economy has drifted toward the steady pulse of suburban expansion and regional logistics. The shift from manual cultivation to a more sedentary, professional life has redefined the pace of the day, yet the attachment to the land remains a persistent, if muted, influence. Businesses here often serve the immediate needs of residents, providing a local stability that avoids the clamor of larger, more frantic urban centers. Economic growth in Moseley continues to favor residential development, slowly stitching new neighborhoods into the older, frayed edges of the countryside.
Moseley carries a character formed by the slow accretion of daily habits and a quiet, deliberate social grace. The Clover Hill Athletic Complex serves as a focal point for the energy of the youth, where the evenings are frequently punctuated by the sharp crack of bats and the low hum of sideline chatter. Those seeking a deeper immersion in the local environment often head toward the trails of Pocahontas State Forest, or spend a languid afternoon near the cooling banks of Swift Creek Reservoir. The culture here feels less like a performance and more like a collection of unspoken agreements, where neighbors recognize the importance of space and silence. While no singular figure of global renown claims this exact soil as their birthplace, the residents move with a steady, unpretentious confidence that marks them as people of the middle ground.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Moseley, Virginia. Coordinates: 37.475149, -77.778885. 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 Moseley includes the ZIP code (23120), telephone area code (804), county seat of Powhatan County (Powhatan), and school district assignment.
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. |