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North Garden Virginia Map

Explore North Garden, 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 North Garden, Virginia

How to Use This North Garden, Virginia Map

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

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	North Garden
State	Virginia (VA)
County	Albemarle County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	37.962708
Longitude	-78.631109
Population	461
Density	62.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	22959
Area Code	540
County Seat	Charlottesville
School District	Albemarle County Public Schools

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About North Garden, Virginia

North Garden is a locality in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 461. The population density is 62.9 people per km². North Garden is located at 37.9627°N, 78.6311°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 22959.

North Garden occupies a quiet stretch of Piedmont terrain where the land rises in long, deliberate swells of pasture and red clay. It lies 10.6 miles southwest of Charlottesville, VA (from Charlottesville, VA: bearing 235°T), and is situated 9.6 miles south-southeast of Crozet. The Jumping Branch carves a narrow, serpentine path through the low ground, its waters moving with a deliberate clarity that reflects the overarching sky. To the west, the distant silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains offer a jagged, violet boundary against the horizon, marking the limit of the view. Beyond the immediate fields, the landscape shifts into dense, tangled timber that feels ancient and undisturbed, save for the occasional clearing where the light lingers in a pale, amber haze during the late afternoon. This is a place defined by its inland stillness, where the air carries the dry scent of sun-warmed grass and the cooling dampness rising from the creek bed.

North Garden maintains a character shaped by the slow cycles of agriculture and the quiet persistence of its inhabitants. While Walnut Creek Park provides a nearby space for those seeking the shade of hardwood canopies, the local economy remains tied to the rhythms of small-scale farming and the stewardship of the surrounding acreage. The history of the area is held in the fence lines and the old, weathered foundations that mark early patterns of settlement, long before the modern pace of the nearby corridors began to exert its influence. A few miles away, the waters of Red Hill Orchard Lake hold a mirror to the clouds, while the deeper depressions like Quick Hollow suggest the hidden complexities of the local topography. Life in North Garden moves with a steady, unforced cadence, favoring the quiet observation of the seasons over the clamor of wider, more frantic worlds.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Walnut Creek Park (Local Park) — 2.6 mi, 139° SE
Ragged Mountain Natural Area (Local Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 035° NE
Biscuit Run State Park (State Park) — 5.1 mi, 082° E
Heyward Community Forest (Local Park) — 5.9 mi, 042° NE
3 Owl Statue (Public Artwork) — 5.9 mi, 036° NE
W181 Birthplace of Meriwether Lewis (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 016° N
Locust Hill (Monument) — 7.2 mi, 015° N
Observatory Hill (Local Conservation Area) — 7.2 mi, 052° NE
Beaver Creek Watershed Project (Monument) — 7.6 mi, 352° N
Charlottesville Center forthe Arts (Arts Centre) — 8.3 mi, 043° NE
Lambeth Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 8.4 mi, 052° NE
Lake Albemarle Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 8.7 mi, 001° N
Performing Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 8.7 mi, 052° NE
Culbreth and Helms Theatre (Theatre) — 8.7 mi, 052° NE
Carter Overlook (Viewpoint) — 9.0 mi, 072° E
Jefferson School African American Heritage Center (Museum) — 9.2 mi, 059° NE
Lighthouse Studio at Vinegar Hill Theatre (Theatre) — 9.4 mi, 059° NE
Second Street Gallery (Gallery) — 9.4 mi, 060° NE
Arts of the Albemarle (Gallery) — 9.5 mi, 061° NE
Free Speech Wall (Attraction) — 9.5 mi, 061° NE
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 10.8 mi, 316° NW · 110k acres
Shenandoah National Park (National Park) — 11.1 mi, 308° NW · 197k acres
Shenandoah Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 13.1 mi, 325° NW · 82k acres
Sawmill Run Shelter (Historic Ruins) — 13.6 mi, 321° NW
George Washington National Forest (National Forest) — 14.8 mi, 286° W · 1.1M acres
Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center (Museum) — 15.6 mi, 250° W
Ridgely's Fun Park (Theme Park) — 17.1 mi, 259° W
Virginia Distillery Museum (Museum) — 17.7 mi, 226° SW
Big Levels National Game Refuge (National Conservation Area) — 18.5 mi, 267° W · 12k acres
Three Ridges Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 19.2 mi, 250° W · 4,607 acres

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