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Nelson Virginia Map

Explore Nelson, 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 Nelson, Virginia

How to Use This Nelson, Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	36.562363
Longitude	-78.704727
Population	480
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	24598, 24580, 22967
Area Code	276, 540
County Seat	Boydton

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About Nelson, Virginia

Nelson 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. Nelson is located at 36.5624°N, 78.7047°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 24598, 24580, 22967.

Nelson emerges from the red clay of the Virginia Piedmont, where the land holds the heat of the afternoon long after the sun has begun its descent. It lies 38.3 miles east of Danville, VA (from Danville, VA: bearing 92°T), and is situated 5.3 miles west-southwest of Henrico. The terrain here is defined by a slow, rhythmic subsidence of earth, giving way to dense thickets and clearings where the shadows lengthen in thin, violet lines across the soil. Perkins Branch carves a quiet, narrow path through the undergrowth, its movement barely audible against the steady hum of insects that defines the summer air. High above the horizon, the distant, hazy blue silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains seem like a fading memory, a suggestion of elevation that never quite reaches the stillness of the local fields.

Nelson carries the weight of a long agricultural inheritance, where the ghost of tobacco cultivation lingers in the architecture of weathered barns and the wide, open fallow fields. The economy remains tethered to the slow pulse of the land, though the proximity to the John H. Kerr Reservoir offers a different kind of commerce, drawing those who seek the stillness of the water's edge. At the John H. Kerr Reservoir, the water sits heavy and flat, reflecting the overcast sky with the dull luster of pewter. Life in Nelson moves with a deliberate, singular gravity, favoring the persistence of the harvest and the quiet maintenance of the land over the frantic pace of the modern corridor.

Nearby Outdoor Places

John H. Kerr Reservoir (Recreation Area) — 5.0 mi, 109° E
Balthrope Marsh Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.6 mi, 348° N
Mayo Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 7.8 mi, 256° W
Staunton River State Park (State Park) — 8.4 mi, 358° N
Clarksville Regional Museum (Museum) — 8.9 mi, 062° NE
Prestwould Plantation (Museum) — 9.9 mi, 052° NE
Occoneechee State Park (State Park) — 10.4 mi, 063° NE
Solitary Sentinel (Attraction) — 10.8 mi, 064° NE
Banister River Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 13.1 mi, 334° NW
Cinema I & II at the World of Sports (Cinema) — 13.1 mi, 312° NW
Tar River Land Conservancy Preserve (Conservation Area) — 13.5 mi, 194° S
Difficult Creek (State Wilderness) — 13.7 mi, 355° N
Blue Star Memorial (Monument) — 14.2 mi, 310° NW
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 15.1 mi, 316° NW
Kerr Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 17.4 mi, 109° E
Halifax Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 18.8 mi, 319° NW
Thyne Institute Memorial (Monument) — 21.8 mi, 036° NE
Artillery Emplacement (Historic Ruins) — 22.2 mi, 360° N
Boars Nest a Dukes of Hazzard Museum (Museum) — 22.4 mi, 206° SW
Wade Archaeological Site Native American (Historic Ruins) — 22.5 mi, 360° N
Watchable Wildlife Platform (Viewpoint) — 22.7 mi, 083° E
Reminiscing (Public Artwork) — 24.8 mi, 137° SE
Castle Mont Rouge (Historic Castle / Fort) — 25.1 mi, 208° SW
Noland Village at Providence (Museum) — 26.7 mi, 346° N
Horton Grove (Attraction) — 31.1 mi, 194° S
Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 33.2 mi, 172° S
Shangri-La Stone Village (Attraction) — 33.7 mi, 238° SW
Falls Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 34.6 mi, 178° S
George Washington National Forest (National Forest) — 75.6 mi, 333° NW · 1.1M acres
Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 77.1 mi, 328° NW · 733k acres

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