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Powhatan Virginia Map

Explore Powhatan, 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 Powhatan, Virginia

How to Use This Powhatan, Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	37.542121
Longitude	-77.927083
Population	402
Density	74.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	24502, 23139
Area Code	276, 804
County Seat	Rustburg
School District	Powhatan County Public Schools

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About Powhatan, Virginia

Powhatan is a locality in Campbell County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 402. The population density is 74.8 people per km². Powhatan is located at 37.5421°N, 77.9271°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 24502, 23139.

Powhatan exists as a quiet expanse of Piedmont woodland and pasture, where the earth holds a deep, rusted hue and the air carries the dry scent of pine needles and turned soil. It lies 1.4 miles north-northeast of Timberlake, VA (from Timberlake, VA: bearing 22°T), and is situated 7.7 miles southwest of Lynchburg. The horizon remains low and broad, though on the clearest mornings, the faint, bruised silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains seem to ghost the western sky some seventy miles distant. A stillness occupies the landscape, broken only by the thin, melodic rush of Tomahawk Creek as it carves through the red clay, or the quiet ripple of Poplar Forest Lake nearby. Visitors often pause at the Rainbow Forest Recreation Center to watch the light filter through the canopy, catching the way the late afternoon sun turns the meadow grasses into filaments of pale copper.

Powhatan maintains a rhythm defined by its long agrarian memory, echoing a time when tobacco fields dictated the pulse of the local economy. While modern life has brought a steady migration of commuters and small businesses, the land itself retains a stubborn, traditional character, marked by white-fenced paddocks and long-standing homesteads. The architecture of the region—sturdy brick and weathered timber—speaks to a colonial heritage that remains visible in the preservation of its older thoroughfares. Life in Powhatan moves with a deliberate, measured pace, favoring the solitude of the woods and the continuity of the seasons over the haste of the neighboring metropolitan centers, ensuring that the legacy of the Old Dominion persists in the quiet manners and slow, steady growth of the neighborhood.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Fighting Creek Park (Local Park) — 0.0 mi, 258° W
Powhatan Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 303° NW
Powhatan Ponds Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 3.9 mi, 308° NW
Amelia Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 176° S
Lake Amelia Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 4.9 mi, 177° S
Powhatan State Park (State Park) — 8.1 mi, 003° N
Jones Restaurant (Monument) — 9.1 mi, 120° SE
T. Brady Saunders Boy Scout Camp (Conservation Area) — 9.2 mi, 018° N
The Sysonby Eagle (Monument) — 9.8 mi, 021° N
Hill Family Flag Plaza (Monument) — 9.9 mi, 020° N
Goochland County Historical Society (Museum) — 9.9 mi, 013° N
Dover Mill (Historic Ruins) — 10.5 mi, 056° NE
Grandview Dog Pens (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 11.6 mi, 331° NW
Mary Mother of God (Public Artwork) — 14.1 mi, 079° E
Token Machine (Attraction) — 14.1 mi, 141° SE
Cumberland State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 14.4 mi, 280° W
Amelia Frightfest (Attraction) — 15.2 mi, 191° S
Children's Museum of Richmond (Museum) — 16.8 mi, 124° SE
HATtheatre (Theatre) — 17.1 mi, 077° E
Funny Bone (Theatre) — 19.4 mi, 088° E
Tin Pan (Arts Centre) — 20.0 mi, 077° E
Highest Point In Henrico County (Viewpoint) — 20.1 mi, 080° E
McCools of Bon Air (Gallery) — 20.1 mi, 091° E
Pocahontas State Park (State Park) — 20.6 mi, 120° SE
Lora Robins Gallery of Design from Nature (Gallery) — 21.4 mi, 083° E
Artspace (Gallery) — 22.4 mi, 090° E
RED VEIN Haunt (Theme Park) — 23.4 mi, 054° NE
Chimborazo Park (National Park) — 28.1 mi, 092° E · 43 acres
Presquile National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 38.1 mi, 110° E · 2,590 acres
Shenandoah National Park (National Park) — 62.0 mi, 318° NW · 197k acres

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