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Onancock Virginia Map

Explore Onancock, 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 Onancock, Virginia

How to Use This Onancock, Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	37.711797
Longitude	-75.749097
Population	1,169
Density	431.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	23417
Area Code	757
County Seat	Accomac
School District	Accomack County Public Schools

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About Onancock, Virginia

Onancock is a locality in Accomack County, Virginia, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,169. The population density is 431.1 people per km². Onancock is located at 37.7118°N, 75.7491°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Onancock is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 23417.

Onancock breathes with the slow, deliberate inhalation of the tides, its streets defined by the quiet passage of the Central Branch Onancock Creek. It lies 51.8 miles northeast of Gloucester Point, VA (from Gloucester Point, VA: bearing 52°T), and is situated 19.6 miles south-southeast of Crisfield. The horizon remains low and level, interrupted only by the distant, hazy suggestion of Long Ridge far to the west, while the immediate landscape is a flat, verdant tapestry of fields and tidal marshes. To the east, the brackish fingers of Poplar Cove reach toward the land, tempering the air with a persistent, salt-heavy humidity that seems to slow the movement of the afternoon sun. The light here has a peculiar quality, turning the late-day sky a bruised, pearlescent gray that mirrors the surface of the water, while the nearby Parkers Marsh State Natural Area Preserve offers a wild, untamed fringe where the earth begins to dissolve into the sea.

Economic life in Onancock has long been tethered to the rhythm of the water and the fertility of the surrounding soil, shifting from the colonial-era labor of the fields to a modern dependence on the bounty of the creeks. Vessels still navigate the winding channels, carrying the echo of a maritime heritage that once made the harbor a vital artery for trade and transit. Beyond the docks, the legacy of the region lingers in the architecture and the deliberate, unhurried pace of the people who walk past the local storefronts. While Tobacco Island remains a quiet sentinel in the distance and Tankard Pond serves as a secluded inland anchor for the local ecology, the daily existence of Onancock is governed by the persistent, cyclical pulse of the seasons and the enduring influence of the coastal climate on every aspect of human industry.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Parkers Marsh Natural Area Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 3.2 mi, 298° NW
Parkers Marsh State Natural Area Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 298° NW
Doe Creek State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 007° N
Doe Creek (State Resource Management Area) — 4.1 mi, 014° N
Town of Parksley War Memorial (Monument) — 7.2 mi, 047° NE
Eastern Shore Railway Museum (Museum) — 7.3 mi, 047° NE
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 7.7 mi, 113° SE · 37k acres
Clam Marshes (Conservation Area) — 8.4 mi, 017° N
Cedar Island (Conservation Area) — 9.1 mi, 121° SE
Martin National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 9.3 mi, 304° NW · 8,559 acres
Glenn Martin National Wildlife Refuge (Marine Protected Area) — 9.3 mi, 304° NW
Makemie Monument (Monument) — 16.5 mi, 022° N
Chesapeake Forest Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 18.3 mi, 015° N
Janes Island Sp (State Park) — 19.2 mi, 338° N
Assateague Island National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 20.9 mi, 059° NE · 96k acres
Nature Center (Museum) — 21.4 mi, 345° N
Crossing the Bar (Monument) — 22.8 mi, 055° NE
Pocomoke Fair Grounds (Theme Park) — 26.3 mi, 022° N
Lockheed T-33 (Attraction) — 26.8 mi, 024° NE
Reedville Fishermen's Museum (Museum) — 30.2 mi, 288° W
Historic Palace Theatre (Theatre) — 34.1 mi, 206° SW
At Altitude Gallery (Gallery) — 34.1 mi, 206° SW
Half Shell Stage (Theatre) — 34.5 mi, 271° W
Mathews Historical Museum (Museum) — 36.7 mi, 239° SW
Booker Taliaferro Washington School (historical) (Historic Ruins) — 38.2 mi, 282° W
Mary Ball Washington Museum & Library (Museum) — 39.3 mi, 276° W
Cape Charles Light (Attraction) — 41.6 mi, 192° S
Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 41.9 mi, 196° S
Sammy the Seagull (Public Artwork) — 44.4 mi, 010° N
Naylor Mill Forest Trail (Attraction) — 49.2 mi, 010° N

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