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Nassawadox Virginia Map

Explore Nassawadox, 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 Nassawadox, Virginia

How to Use This Nassawadox, Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	37.474857
Longitude	-75.858264
Population	533
Density	310.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	23413
Area Code	757
County Seat	Eastville
School District	Northampton County Public Schools

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About Nassawadox, Virginia

Nassawadox is a locality in Northampton County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 533. The population density is 310.9 people per km². Nassawadox is located at 37.4749°N, 75.8583°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Nassawadox is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 23413.

Nassawadox emerges from the low, damp flats of the peninsula where the dark, brackish waters of Upshur Creek carve a slow path through the loamy soil. It lies 36.2 miles northeast of Poquoson, VA (from Poquoson, VA: bearing 48°T), and is situated 43.5 miles north of Virginia Beach. The landscape here is defined by a heavy, humid air that carries the scent of salt marsh and turned earth, lingering over fields that stretch toward the horizon like an unspooled ribbon of green and brown. To the west, the distant elevation of Castle Ridge offers a faint, shadowed interruption to the otherwise level expanse, while the proximity to Holly Grove Cove keeps the atmosphere charged with the rhythmic influence of the tides. A short distance away, the quiet grounds of Brownsville Farm provide a sanctuary of managed wilderness, bridging the gap between the cultivated rows of the interior and the wild, salt-crusted edges of The Hammocks that sit out in the reach of the water.

Nassawadox preserves a character shaped by the steady, modest labor of the harvest and the persistent memory of a life tethered to the cycles of the Chesapeake coastline. The economy remains deeply rooted in the vitality of the land and the surrounding waterways, favoring a pace that values the patience of a seasonal yield over the frantic speed of larger centers. While Miller Pond sits further inland as a quiet reservoir for the local flora, the daily life of the people is dictated by the passage of light across the flat, open sky and the shifting currents of the nearby creeks. This is a place where history is not merely a record but a visible layer in the architecture of the modest storefronts and the enduring resilience of those who tend the fields, maintaining a legacy that is as quiet and essential as the water rising in the marsh.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Brownsville Farm (Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 122° SE
Fowling Point (Conservation Area) — 2.8 mi, 149° SE
Indiantown Recreation Park (Local Park) — 9.0 mi, 196° S
Parramore Island State Natural Area Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 10.7 mi, 071° E
Mockhorn Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.6 mi, 182° S
Savage Neck Dunes Natural Area Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 12.8 mi, 219° SW
Wreck Island Natural Area Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 12.8 mi, 166° S
Historic Palace Theatre (Theatre) — 16.8 mi, 211° SW
At Altitude Gallery (Gallery) — 16.8 mi, 211° SW
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 16.9 mi, 052° NE · 37k acres
Martin National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.7 mi, 355° N · 8,559 acres
Kiptopeke State Park (State Park) — 21.7 mi, 197° S
Town of Parksley War Memorial (Monument) — 24.1 mi, 028° NE
Eastern Shore Railway Museum (Museum) — 24.1 mi, 028° NE
Cape Charles Light (Attraction) — 24.5 mi, 186° S
Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 24.5 mi, 193° S
Mathews Historical Museum (Museum) — 25.5 mi, 264° W
Mathews County Confederate Monument (Monument) — 25.6 mi, 264° W
Half Shell Stage (Theatre) — 33.0 mi, 300° NW
Makemie Monument (Monument) — 33.9 mi, 021° N
Reedville Fishermen's Museum (Museum) — 34.2 mi, 318° NW
Assateague Island National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 36.1 mi, 041° NE · 96k acres
Nature Center (Museum) — 37.0 mi, 001° N
Aids to Navigation Museum (Museum) — 38.5 mi, 243° SW
François Joseph Paul de Grasse (Public Artwork) — 38.7 mi, 192° S
Redoubt 10 (Registered Battlefield) — 39.0 mi, 244° SW
Redoubt 9 (Registered Battlefield) — 39.1 mi, 244° SW
Cornwallis' Cave (Attraction) — 39.2 mi, 245° SW
Abandoned sand mine and dump (Historic Ruins) — 39.3 mi, 242° SW
First Landing State Park (State Park) — 39.5 mi, 191° S

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