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Pamplin Virginia Map

Explore Pamplin, 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 Pamplin, Virginia

How to Use This Pamplin, Virginia Map

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

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.

CityPamplin
StateVirginia (VA)
CountyAppomattox County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude37.263482
Longitude-78.682505
Population480
Density12.0 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code23958
Area Code276
County SeatAppomattox

About Pamplin, Virginia

Pamplin is a locality in Appomattox County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 12.0 people per km². Pamplin is located at 37.2635°N, 78.6825°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 23958.

Pamplin manifests as a quiet intersection of red clay earth and verdant woodland, where the horizon remains defined by the distant, hazy blue of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It lies 26.8 miles east-southeast of Madison Heights, VA (from Madison Heights, VA: bearing 115°T), and is situated 5.2 miles north of Madisonville. The landscape surrounding Pamplin is defined by a slow, rhythmic slope of pastures and dense thickets, where the moisture of Vaughans Creek sustains a lush, emerald riparian corridor barely a mile from the center. Light here possesses a particular clarity during the transition of seasons, casting long, amber shadows across the fields that seem to hold the heat of the day long after the sun has dipped below the tree line. Though the terrain is inland and removed from the clamor of coastal life, the air carries a crisp, earthen weight, particularly when the breeze drifts from the direction of the Lee Experimental Forest.

High Bridge Trail State Park serves as the primary artery for local movement, tracing the remnants of a rail line that once dictated the economic pulse of Pamplin. This infrastructure remains a silent witness to the era when clay pipe manufacturing and agricultural trade formed the backbone of local industry, grounding the identity of the people in the soil they worked. Modern life here proceeds with a deliberate, unassuming pace, far removed from the rapid cycles of urban centers, while the proximity of Spring Creek Lake offers a modest, reflective surface for the surrounding woods to mirror. The legacy of the region endures in the way the architecture clings to the landscape, creating a sense of permanence that anchors the inhabitants to their heritage without the need for grand gestures or overt artifice.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • High Bridge Trail State Park (State Park) — 0.1 mi, 133° SE
  • Spring Creek Lake (Local Park) — 4.2 mi, 141° SE
  • Appomattox-Buckingham State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 6.6 mi, 360° N
  • Featherfin Farm Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.1 mi, 032° NE
  • Featherfin (State Conservation Area) — 8.6 mi, 029° NE
  • Holliday Lake State Park (State Park) — 8.9 mi, 015° N
  • American Battlefield Trust Holding (Conservation Area) — 9.2 mi, 324° NW
  • The Appomattox Gallery (Gallery) — 10.1 mi, 308° NW
  • Raine Monument (Monument) — 10.2 mi, 319° NW
  • Confederate Cemetery (Attraction) — 10.2 mi, 320° NW
  • Appomattox Court House Battlefield (Registered Battlefield) — 10.2 mi, 320° NW
  • Appomattox Courthouse Theatre (Theatre) — 10.3 mi, 308° NW
  • Wolfbane Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 10.5 mi, 293° NW
  • Lee's Retreat: New Store (Registered Battlefield) — 12.3 mi, 035° NE
  • Briery Creek Lake (State Recreation Area) — 13.0 mi, 116° SE
  • Briary Wildlife Management (Viewpoint) — 13.6 mi, 109° E
  • Joan of Arc (Monument) — 15.9 mi, 082° E
  • Cub Creek Church (Monument) — 16.5 mi, 195° S
  • Patrick Henry Museum (Museum) — 19.9 mi, 217° SW
  • Noland Village at Providence (Museum) — 23.7 mi, 198° S
  • Pannill's Bridge (Historic Ruins) — 25.8 mi, 236° SW
  • Wade Archaeological Site Native American (Historic Ruins) — 26.0 mi, 183° S
  • 29 Drive in (Cinema) — 26.9 mi, 275° W
  • Craddock Terry Shoe (Public Artwork) — 27.0 mi, 292° W
  • Studio 3 Gallery (Gallery) — 27.1 mi, 292° W
  • Art Spot (Gallery) — 27.2 mi, 292° W
  • George Washington National Forest (National Forest) — 39.4 mi, 322° NW · 1.1M acres
  • Priest Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 41.6 mi, 331° NW · 5,994 acres
  • Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 43.6 mi, 299° NW · 733k acres
  • Shenandoah National Park (National Park) — 54.1 mi, 350° N · 197k acres

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About This Pamplin Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pamplin, Virginia. Coordinates: 37.263482, -78.682505. 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 Pamplin includes the ZIP code (23958), telephone area code (276), county seat of Appomattox County (Appomattox), and school district assignment.

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

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.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.