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Petersburg Virginia Map

Explore Petersburg, 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 Petersburg, Virginia

How to Use This Petersburg, Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	37.20473
Longitude	-77.392368
Population	33,458
Density	568.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	22642, 23803
Area Code	540, 804
County Seat	Warrenton
School District	Petersburg City Public Schools

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About Petersburg, Virginia

Petersburg is a locality in Fauquier County, Virginia, United States. It has a population of 33,458. The population density is 568.6 people per km². Petersburg is located at 37.2047°N, 77.3924°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Petersburg is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 22642, 23803.

Petersburg carries the weight of its inland geography, defined by the steady, unpretentious flow of Goose Creek as it carves through the red-clay earth. It lies 7.6 miles east of Front Royal, VA (from Front Royal, VA: bearing 95°T), and is situated 5.1 miles south-southeast of Shenandoah Farms. The air here holds a particular heaviness in the late afternoons, a humid stillness that seems to suspend the golden light against the weathered brickwork of older warehouses. To the west, the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains marks the horizon, serving as a silent sentinel over the plains that stretch outward toward Trumbo Hollow. The landscape remains grounded and ancient, marked by the presence of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail, which winds through the verdant corridors of the region, while the quiet waters of Pickett Lake offer a reflective stillness just a short distance from the primary thoroughfares.

Petersburg maintains an economy shaped by the echoes of its industrial foundations and the quiet persistence of its modern trade corridors. Walking the Belle Meade Linden Trail, one notices how the path traverses terrain that has witnessed the slow transformation of tobacco fields into the quiet, everyday commerce of the twenty-first century. The character of the place is etched not in grand monuments, but in the deliberate pace of the streets and the enduring resilience of its architecture, which holds the memory of generations within its crumbling mortar. Life here moves with the measured cadence of a clock that has kept time through eras of profound change, leaving Petersburg to exist as a site of quiet contemplation where the past is not merely remembered, but felt in the texture of the soil and the cooling shadows of the evening.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lee Memorial Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 230° SW
Sports Complex (Local Park) — 1.4 mi, 186° S
CWT Holding (Conservation Area) — 1.5 mi, 037° NE
ABT Holding (Conservation Area) — 1.7 mi, 198° S
Confederate winter quarters (Historic Ruins) — 4.9 mi, 250° W
Sixth Maryland Infantry (Monument) — 4.9 mi, 248° W
Petersburg National Battlefield Park (National Park) — 7.3 mi, 187° S · 212 acres
Soldiers' Monument (Monument) — 8.7 mi, 037° NE
Beacon Theatre (Theatre) — 9.0 mi, 040° NE
Box 5 Cabaret Theatre (Theatre) — 9.0 mi, 040° NE
Lamb Center for Arts and Healing (Arts Centre) — 9.1 mi, 040° NE
Presquile National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.8 mi, 035° NE · 2,590 acres
Pocahontas State Park (State Park) — 12.8 mi, 313° NW
River Overlook (Viewpoint) — 13.6 mi, 001° N
James River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.8 mi, 065° NE · 9,242 acres
Dinwiddie County Confederate Soldiers Memorial (Monument) — 13.9 mi, 231° SW
Big Bike (Public Artwork) — 16.3 mi, 012° N
Parsonage Ruins (Attraction) — 16.8 mi, 028° NE
Children's Museum of Richmond (Museum) — 20.7 mi, 312° NW
Studio Two Three (Arts Centre) — 22.0 mi, 352° N
Chimborazo Park (National Park) — 22.0 mi, 357° N · 43 acres
C&O Church Hill Tunnel Eastern Entrance (Historic Ruins) — 22.3 mi, 357° N
Edgar Allan Poe Museum (Museum) — 22.7 mi, 355° N
Triple Crossing (Attraction) — 22.7 mi, 355° N
Fitzhugh Lee's Grave (Attraction) — 22.9 mi, 351° N
Eppa Hunton's Grave (Attraction) — 22.9 mi, 351° N
First Freedom Center (Museum) — 22.9 mi, 354° N

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