Opal Virginia Map

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.

About This Opal Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Opal, Virginia. Coordinates: 38.615731, -77.8098. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Opal includes the ZIP code (20187, 22712), telephone area code (571, 703, 540), county seat of Fauquier County (Warrenton), and school district assignment (Fauquier County Public Schools).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.