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Pantops Virginia Map

Explore Pantops, 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 Pantops, Virginia

How to Use This Pantops, Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	38.03379
Longitude	-78.45507
Population	4,682
Density	779.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	22911
Area Code	540
County Seat	Charlottesville
School District	Albemarle County Public Schools

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About Pantops, Virginia

Pantops is a locality in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,682. The population density is 779.5 people per km². Pantops is located at 38.0338°N, 78.4551°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 22911.

Pantops rises as a high, expansive plateau above the steady, winding currents of the Rivanna River. It lies 1.2 miles east-northeast of Charlottesville, VA (from Charlottesville, VA: bearing 75°T), and is situated 3.4 miles east of University of Virginia. This elevated ground commands the surrounding landscape, where the heavy, humid air of the afternoon often clings to the trees before the light softens into a pale, bruised gold. To the west, the jagged silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains marks the distant edge of the horizon, while the terrain closer at hand dips into the quiet, shaded depths of Rocky Hollow. The vegetation here is thick with hardwoods that turn a deep, rusted crimson when the season shifts, and the nearby Rivanna River offers a corridor of green space that anchors the locality to the wilder, unpaved edges of the Piedmont.

History lingers in Pantops through the quiet persistence of its land, which transitioned from early agricultural tracts into a modern center of medical infrastructure and professional commerce. The economy now turns on the rhythm of clinical shifts and the steady hum of regional enterprise, replacing the old tobacco rows with a landscape of glass and brick that serves the neighboring university and medical systems. A short distance away, the quiet surface of Baileys Pond reflects the stillness of a place that remains deeply connected to the older, agrarian character of the Commonwealth. Life in Pantops moves with a deliberate, measured pace, defined by the constant movement of people navigating the slopes and the enduring presence of the river that has carved its way through the bedrock long before the first surveyor arrived.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Giant Shad Fish (Public Artwork) — 0.6 mi, 011° N
Pen Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 001° N
Charlottesville Woolen Mills (Monument) — 0.8 mi, 186° S
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 333° NW
Belmont Arts Collaborative (Arts Centre) — 1.0 mi, 230° SW
DMR Adventures (Arts Centre) — 1.0 mi, 230° SW
Free Speech Wall (Attraction) — 1.3 mi, 257° W
Arts of the Albemarle (Gallery) — 1.3 mi, 257° W
Second Street Gallery (Gallery) — 1.4 mi, 259° W
Live Arts Theatre (Theatre) — 1.4 mi, 259° W
The Jefferson Theatre (Theatre) — 1.5 mi, 261° W
Jefferson School African American Heritage Center (Museum) — 1.7 mi, 265° W
Carter Overlook (Viewpoint) — 2.4 mi, 205° SW
November 13, 2022 Memorial Tree and Plaque (Monument) — 2.7 mi, 279° W
University of Virginia Historic Marker (Monument) — 2.7 mi, 273° W
Lambeth Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 3.0 mi, 273° W
Observatory Hill (Local Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 274° W
Biscuit Run State Park (State Park) — 3.9 mi, 236° SW
Costello Stadium (Stadium) — 17.3 mi, 146° SE
Shenandoah National Park (National Park) — 17.5 mi, 326° NW · 197k acres
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 18.5 mi, 343° N · 110k acres
Sawmill Run Shelter (Historic Ruins) — 19.0 mi, 287° W
Shenandoah Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 19.5 mi, 324° NW · 82k acres
George Washington National Forest (National Forest) — 23.7 mi, 268° W · 1.1M acres
Endless View Farms (Attraction) — 24.2 mi, 293° NW
Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center (Museum) — 26.3 mi, 247° SW

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