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Prospect Virginia Map

Explore Prospect, 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 Prospect, Virginia

How to Use This Prospect, Virginia Map

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

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	Prospect
State	Virginia (VA)
County	Prince Edward County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	37.302928
Longitude	-78.559166
Population	480
Density	12.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	23960
Area Code	276
County Seat	Farmville

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About Prospect, Virginia

Prospect is a locality in Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 12.0 people per km². Prospect is located at 37.3029°N, 78.5592°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 23960.

Prospect emerges from the Piedmont landscape as a quiet intersection of earth and memory, defined by the persistent, rhythmic flow of Falling Creek that carves a path through the red clay soil. It lies 32.2 miles east-southeast of Madison Heights, VA (from Madison Heights, VA: bearing 106°T), and is situated 9.2 miles west of Farmville. The horizon remains wide and unencumbered, though the faint, hazy silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains occasionally assert themselves against the bruised purple of a fading afternoon sky. Here, the land holds the stillness of Brisentine Pond, a mirror for the changing seasons that sits motionless under the heavy, humid air of midsummer. The environment is defined by the expansive footprint of High Bridge Trail State Park, which dictates the pace of the surroundings, replacing the clamor of modern transit with the slow, deliberate crunch of gravel underfoot and the shifting shadows of hardwood canopies.

Prospect maintains a character forged by the iron rails of a vanished industrial era, now repurposed into a corridor for those who seek the solitude of the deep woods. While the distant influence of the Lee Experimental Forest colors the regional approach to land management, the local economy keeps its focus on the cyclical harvest of the fields and the maintenance of the corridor itself. The legacy of the region lingers in the quietude of the afternoons, where the scent of damp earth and pine needles dominates the air, reminding one that the rhythm of life here is dictated by the turning of the soil rather than the tick of a clock. Residents recognize the value in the way the light catches the tall grasses at dusk, a fleeting brilliance that illuminates the transition from the labor of the day to the deep, settled dark of a country night.

Nearby Outdoor Places

High Bridge Trail State Park (State Park) — locality lies within
Featherfin Farm Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 359° N
Featherfin (State Conservation Area) — 5.2 mi, 334° NW
Appomattox-Buckingham State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 6.8 mi, 340° N
Spring Creek Lake (Local Park) — 6.9 mi, 208° SW
Lee's Retreat (Registered Battlefield) — 7.3 mi, 033° NE
Holliday Lake State Park (State Park) — 7.3 mi, 326° NW
Lee's Retreat: New Store (Registered Battlefield) — 7.4 mi, 002° N
Joan of Arc (Monument) — 9.0 mi, 093° E
Briery Creek Lake (State Recreation Area) — 9.2 mi, 140° SE
Briary Wildlife Management (Viewpoint) — 9.4 mi, 139° SE
Sandy River Reservoir (Waterfowl Production Area) — 13.2 mi, 102° E
Prince Edward-Gallion State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 13.2 mi, 122° SE
Raine Monument (Monument) — 14.3 mi, 290° W
Confederate Cemetery (Attraction) — 14.3 mi, 291° W
The Appomattox Gallery (Gallery) — 15.1 mi, 283° W
Appomattox Courthouse Theatre (Theatre) — 15.3 mi, 284° W
Wolfbane Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 16.5 mi, 275° W
Sailor’s Creek Battlefield Memorial (Monument) — 18.1 mi, 091° E
Patrick Henry Museum (Museum) — 26.4 mi, 225° SW
Noland Village at Providence (Museum) — 29.0 mi, 210° SW
Wade Archaeological Site Native American (Historic Ruins) — 29.8 mi, 196° S
Artillery Emplacement (Historic Ruins) — 30.1 mi, 196° S
Amelia Frightfest (Attraction) — 31.7 mi, 087° E
Craddock Terry Shoe (Public Artwork) — 32.7 mi, 283° W
Studio 3 Gallery (Gallery) — 32.7 mi, 283° W
Art Spot (Gallery) — 32.8 mi, 284° W
George Washington National Forest (National Forest) — 43.6 mi, 328° NW · 1.1M acres
Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 48.5 mi, 293° NW · 733k acres
Shenandoah National Park (National Park) — 53.1 mi, 342° N · 197k acres

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