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Mountain Lake Virginia Map

Explore Mountain Lake, 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 Mountain Lake, Virginia

How to Use This Mountain Lake, Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	37.355403
Longitude	-80.537838
Population	480
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	24150, 24136
Area Code	276, 540
County Seat	Pearisburg

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About Mountain Lake, Virginia

Mountain Lake is a locality in Giles County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Mountain Lake is located at 37.3554°N, 80.5378°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 24150, 24136.

Mountain Lake remains a high-altitude curiosity where the air thins and cools against the rugged skin of the Appalachian Mountains. It lies 11.0 miles northwest of Blacksburg, VA (from Blacksburg, VA: bearing 322°T), and is situated 17.1 miles north-northwest of Christiansburg. Doe Creek meanders through the landscape, its persistent, low-frequency murmur serving as the primary soundtrack to the shifting shadows cast by dense stands of timber. Beyond the immediate canopy, the terrain opens into the basin of Little Meadows, a verdant depression that catches the morning mist before the sun can burn it away. The light here possesses a particular, silver-edged clarity, illuminating the moss-slicked stones and the deep, damp loam that defines the character of the woods.

Mountain Lake sustains a quiet existence, defined more by the patient observations of researchers at the Mountain Lake Biological Station than by the frantic pace of modern industry. Scholars and curious hikers frequent the nearby War Spur Trail, stepping lightly over ground that has long been shaped by the slow, geological clock of the interior highlands. While Big Pond sits in the distance as a quiet witness to the seasons, the local economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the earth and the preservation of the surrounding wilderness. The stillness of the afternoon is often punctuated by the sharp, sudden call of a raptor circling above the ridges, a reminder that the land belongs to the forest and the persistent, unhurried cycles of the Jefferson National Forest.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Bald Knob Overlook (Viewpoint) — 0.4 mi, 186° S
Mountain Lake Biological Station (Local Recreation) — 0.6 mi, 092° E
Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 0.6 mi, 113° SE · 733k acres
Mountain Lake Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 0.6 mi, 113° SE · 17k acres
Clover Hollow State Natural Area Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 104° E
Peters Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 5.3 mi, 329° NW · 4,520 acres
Potts Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.9 mi, 026° NE
Chestnut Ridge Natural Area Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 6.1 mi, 042° NE
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 6.2 mi, 087° E · 110k acres
George Washington and Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 6.9 mi, 164° S · 865 acres
Niday Place State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 7.7 mi, 071° E
Coal Mining Memorial Coal Carts (Public Artwork) — 8.9 mi, 164° S
Keffer Oak (Attraction) — 9.0 mi, 092° E
Winfrey’s Rock (Monument) — 10.5 mi, 139° SE
April 16th Memorial (Monument) — 10.8 mi, 144° SE
Haymarket Theatre (Cinema) — 10.9 mi, 143° SE
XYZ Gallery (Gallery) — 11.0 mi, 142° SE
New River Art & Fiber Gallery (Gallery) — 11.1 mi, 142° SE
Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation (Museum) — 11.1 mi, 142° SE
Eastern Continental Divide (Attraction) — 13.3 mi, 081° E
Falls Ridge Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 16.3 mi, 133° SE
African American Memory & Storyboard (Monument) — 17.1 mi, 155° SE
Sapphire Ballroom & Dance Center (Attraction) — 17.2 mi, 156° SE
Claytor Lake State Park (State Park) — 20.5 mi, 194° S
Dixie Caverns (Attraction) — 21.1 mi, 109° E
Second Creek Mill (Museum) — 22.0 mi, 012° N
Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley (Arts Centre) — 25.1 mi, 212° SW
Bluestone National Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 27.1 mi, 305° NW · 3,035 acres
Battle of Hanging Rock (Registered Battlefield) — 27.4 mi, 094° E
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 29.4 mi, 321° NW · 53k acres

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