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Painter Virginia Map

Explore Painter, 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 Painter, Virginia

How to Use This Painter, Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	37.585411
Longitude	-75.78493
Population	272
Density	161.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	23420
Area Code	757
County Seat	Accomac
School District	Accomack County Public Schools

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About Painter, Virginia

Painter is a locality in Accomack County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 272. The population density is 161.3 people per km². Painter is located at 37.5854°N, 75.7849°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Painter is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 23420.

Painter rises from the flat, industrious soil of the Eastern Shore, defined by the quiet passage of Taylor Branch as it carves a path through the low-lying fields. It lies 44.4 miles northeast of Poquoson, VA (from Poquoson, VA: bearing 44°T), and is situated 32.7 miles southwest of Chincoteague. Beyond the immediate reach of the fields, the land rises subtly toward the faint, shadowed silhouette of Ames Ridge, a gentle rise that breaks the horizon against the humid, heavy air. The light here clings to the moisture, turning the afternoon sky into a bruised violet that settles over Duer Pond, where the water remains undisturbed by the wind. Only four miles away, the salt-thickened air hints at the proximity of Wescott Cove, carrying the faint, briny suggestion of the incoming tide to those working the earth.

Painter serves as a persistent anchor for an agricultural economy, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of life among the rows of crops. Generations have labored in this soil, a legacy that lingers in the weathered siding of older storehouses and the quiet endurance of the local thoroughfares. While the modern world moves with a different velocity, the stillness of the landscape remains, mirrored by the preserved silence of Wachapreague Park, where the natural world asserts its own ancient claims. Even as the distance to the distant, marshy reaches of Walkers Tumps emphasizes the isolation of the peninsula, Painter maintains a grounded character, defined by the steady, unadorned work of its people and the slow, deliberate turn of the agricultural year.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Wachapreague Park (Local Park) — 5.1 mi, 076° E
Parramore Island State Natural Area Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 7.3 mi, 124° SE
Brownsville Farm (Conservation Area) — 7.9 mi, 192° S
Fowling Point (Conservation Area) — 9.6 mi, 190° S
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 9.7 mi, 073° E · 37k acres
Parkers Marsh Natural Area Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 9.9 mi, 346° N
Parkers Marsh State Natural Area Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 9.9 mi, 346° N
Martin National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.1 mi, 338° N · 8,559 acres
Glenn Martin National Wildlife Refuge (Marine Protected Area) — 15.1 mi, 338° N
Town of Parksley War Memorial (Monument) — 15.5 mi, 028° NE
Eastern Shore Railway Museum (Museum) — 15.5 mi, 028° NE
Makemie Monument (Monument) — 25.4 mi, 019° N
Historic Palace Theatre (Theatre) — 25.4 mi, 210° SW
At Altitude Gallery (Gallery) — 25.4 mi, 210° SW
Janes Island Sp (State Park) — 27.0 mi, 349° N
Assateague Island National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 27.8 mi, 045° NE · 96k acres
Nature Center (Museum) — 29.6 mi, 353° N
Crossing the Bar (Monument) — 30.0 mi, 043° NE
Kiptopeke State Park (State Park) — 30.2 mi, 200° S
Mathews Historical Museum (Museum) — 31.2 mi, 251° W
Reedville Fishermen's Museum (Museum) — 32.2 mi, 304° NW
Cape Charles Light (Attraction) — 32.6 mi, 192° S
Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 32.9 mi, 197° S
Half Shell Stage (Theatre) — 33.8 mi, 286° W
Pocomoke Fair Grounds (Theme Park) — 35.2 mi, 019° N
Lockheed T-33 (Attraction) — 35.7 mi, 021° N
Booker Taliaferro Washington School (historical) (Historic Ruins) — 39.1 mi, 295° NW
Mary Ball Washington Museum & Library (Museum) — 39.3 mi, 289° W
Redoubt 10 (Registered Battlefield) — 46.2 mi, 238° SW
Redoubt 9 (Registered Battlefield) — 46.3 mi, 238° SW

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