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New Castle Virginia Map

Explore New Castle, 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 New Castle, Virginia

How to Use This New Castle, Virginia Map

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

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	New Castle
State	Virginia (VA)
County	Craig County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	37.500129
Longitude	-80.110882
Population	125
Density	292.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	24127
Area Code	276, 540
County Seat	New Castle
School District	Craig County Public Schools

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About New Castle, Virginia

New Castle is a locality in Craig County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 125. The population density is 292.5 people per km². New Castle is located at 37.5001°N, 80.1109°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. New Castle is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 24127.

New Castle emerges from the quiet intersection of steep, wooded ridges where the earth folds into the deep shadows of Penny Hollow. It lies 14.3 miles northwest of Hollins, VA (from Hollins, VA: bearing 320°T), and is situated 18.4 miles north-northwest of Roanoke. Johns Creek carves a narrow, persistent path through the limestone-heavy soil, its waters mirroring the silvered light of an overcast sky as it winds past the valley floor. To the west, the distant peaks of the Appalachian Mountains hold the horizon in a jagged, hazy embrace, while the dense, shadowed canopy of the nearby Jefferson National Forest dictates the climate, keeping the air cool and thick with the scent of damp moss and hemlock. The landscape feels held in place by the weight of these ancient slopes, where the sunlight at dusk seems to sharpen the edges of the valley, casting long, violet silhouettes across the fields that follow the creek’s bend.

New Castle preserves an economy rooted in the deliberate pace of timber and agriculture, echoing a time when the rhythm of life was dictated by the seasonal clearing of land and the harvest of the valley bottom. Beyond the immediate reach of the local roads, the rugged terrain leads toward the solitude of Meadow Creek Falls, where the water’s constant percussion underscores the stillness of the surrounding woods. Residents often find their way toward the Fenwick Nature Trail, a path that offers a quiet perspective on the dense, unyielding growth of the Jefferson National Forest that borders the region. While the modern world presses in from the distance, New Castle maintains its character through a reliance on the land, where the persistence of the creek and the shadow of the mountains define the boundaries of the day-to-day.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 0.7 mi, 120° SE · 733k acres
Route 42 Overlook (Viewpoint) — 1.0 mi, 230° SW
Barbours Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 5.3 mi, 001° N · 5,507 acres
Shawvers Run Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 6.2 mi, 311° NW · 5,773 acres
George Washington National Forest (National Forest) — 7.1 mi, 348° N · 1.1M acres
Carvins Cove Reservoir (Waterfowl Production Area) — 7.4 mi, 124° SE
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 7.7 mi, 163° S · 110k acres
Havens Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.4 mi, 171° S
Udderly Chic(k) (Public Artwork) — 9.5 mi, 300° NW
Potts Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.1 mi, 276° W
Audie Murphy Memorial Monument (Monument) — 11.3 mi, 214° SW
Government Floyd Monument (Monument) — 11.5 mi, 320° NW
Battle of Hanging Rock (Registered Battlefield) — 12.5 mi, 162° S
Eastern Continental Divide (Attraction) — 13.0 mi, 232° SW
Beaverdam Falls (Nature Reserve) — 13.2 mi, 330° NW
Eleanor D Wilson Museum (Museum) — 13.7 mi, 138° SE
The Rock (Monument) — 13.8 mi, 138° SE
Moncove Lake State Park (State Park) — 15.3 mi, 302° NW
Poor Mountain (State Wilderness) — 17.3 mi, 175° S
Dixie Caverns (Attraction) — 17.5 mi, 192° S
Keffer Oak (Attraction) — 17.8 mi, 234° SW
Jupiter Missile (Attraction) — 18.2 mi, 150° SE
O. Winston Link Museum (Museum) — 18.3 mi, 149° SE
Roanoke Pinball Museum (Museum) — 18.4 mi, 149° SE
Eagle Rock Lime Kilns (Historic Ruins) — 19.5 mi, 060° NE
Roanoke Fine Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 19.6 mi, 153° SE
Old tobacco barn style cabin (half demolished) (Historic Ruins) — 19.8 mi, 133° SE
Chestnut Ridge Natural Area Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 20.1 mi, 254° W
Douthat State Park (State Park) — 29.4 mi, 034° NE

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