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Opal Virginia Map

Explore Opal, 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 Opal, Virginia

How to Use This Opal, Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	38.615731
Longitude	-77.8098
Population	678
Density	83.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	20187, 22712
Area Code	571, 703, 540
County Seat	Warrenton
School District	Fauquier County Public Schools

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About Opal, Virginia

Opal is a locality in Fauquier County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 678. The population density is 83.4 people per km². Opal is located at 38.6157°N, 77.8098°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 20187, 22712.

Opal emerges from the Piedmont landscape as a quiet junction where the air carries the dry, sweet scent of sun-warmed grasses and undisturbed earth. It lies 6.4 miles south of Warrenton, VA (from Warrenton, VA: bearing 182°T), and is situated 3.9 miles north-northwest of Bealeton. The terrain around Opal consists of broad, open fields and dense patches of timber that transition into the deeper canopy of Whitney State Forest just three miles away. To the west, the distant silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains fray against the horizon, providing a jagged, blue-tinted anchor to the sky. Bowens Run cuts a modest, winding path through the soil only one mile from the center, its waters moving with a deliberate, sluggish grace that reflects the changing light of the afternoon. In the cooler hours, the stillness of the surrounding woods feels absolute, broken only by the sharp, rhythmic snap of twigs or the sudden flight of a startled bird.

Opal maintains a tether to the agricultural heritage of the region, where the economy has long favored the patient labor of land management and local trade over the frantic pace of larger hubs. Memories of a slower, more deliberate era persist in the way the local roads skirt the old property lines, favoring the natural topography rather than forced geometry. While Germantown Lake waits four miles away, offering a glassy expanse of water that captures the gray moods of winter, the daily life of Opal remains tied to the steady, predictable cycles of the seasons. There is a particular clarity to the light here as it catches the dust motes in the late afternoon, illuminating a place that values its own seclusion and the quiet dignity of a well-tended fence line. The people of Opal move with a familiarity born of long residency, their lives shaped by the same iron-rich soil and the expansive, unhurried sky that defines the character of this inland space.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Whitney State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 3.4 mi, 354° N
C M Crockett Park (Local Park) — 4.3 mi, 088° E
CWT Holding (Conservation Area) — 5.2 mi, 210° SW
Haunted Hollow (Attraction) — 5.6 mi, 018° N
American Battlefield Trust Holding (Conservation Area) — 5.8 mi, 181° S
Weston Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.5 mi, 062° NE
Flying Circus Aerodrome (Attraction) — 6.9 mi, 132° SE
The Spilman Homestead (Historic Ruins) — 7.2 mi, 291° W
C.F. Phelps Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.5 mi, 173° S
Lake Brittle Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 11.1 mi, 034° NE
Battle of Buckland Mills (Monument) — 13.1 mi, 032° NE
White Hall Presbyterian Church (ruins) (Historic Ruins) — 13.8 mi, 073° E
Pine Mountain Overlook (Viewpoint) — 13.9 mi, 020° N
Museum of Culpeper History (Museum) — 14.0 mi, 225° SW
Cleopatra Vaughn (Arts Centre) — 14.1 mi, 225° SW
Wine & Design (Arts Centre) — 14.1 mi, 225° SW
Lions Glasses (Public Artwork) — 15.0 mi, 225° SW
Silo Pavilion (Attraction) — 16.4 mi, 028° NE
Cope Course (Attraction) — 16.5 mi, 029° NE
Cannon Branch Redoubt (Historic Castle / Fort) — 17.9 mi, 062° NE
Brawner Farm (Registered Battlefield) — 19.0 mi, 044° NE
New York Regiment (Monument) — 19.7 mi, 047° NE
14th Brooklyn Monument (Monument) — 19.7 mi, 046° NE
Antique Railroad Cars (Museum) — 20.4 mi, 063° NE
Grant's Headquarters (Registered Battlefield) — 20.7 mi, 169° S
Shenandoah National Park (National Park) — 20.9 mi, 297° NW · 197k acres
Shenandoah Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 21.2 mi, 296° NW · 82k acres
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 23.4 mi, 326° NW · 110k acres
Appalachian Trail Corridor (National Park) — 24.2 mi, 324° NW · 572 acres
George Washington National Forest (National Forest) — 32.3 mi, 302° NW · 1.1M acres

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