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Riverdale Virginia Map

Explore Riverdale, 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 Riverdale, Virginia

How to Use This Riverdale, Virginia Map

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

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	Riverdale
State	Virginia (VA)
County	Chesapeake (city)
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	36.674848
Longitude	-78.894011
Population	949
Density	45.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	24014, 23324, 23851, 24592
Area Code	804, 276
School District	Halifax County Public Schools

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About Riverdale, Virginia

Riverdale is a locality in Chesapeake (city), Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 949. The population density is 45.1 people per km². Riverdale is located at 36.6748°N, 78.8940°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 24014, 23324, 23851.

Riverdale emerges from the damp, low-slung earth where the Indian River winds its steady, tea-colored path toward the distant salt of the coast. It lies 1.6 miles east-southeast of Chesapeake, VA (from Chesapeake, VA: bearing 113°T), and is situated 3.3 miles southeast of Norfolk. The air here holds a heavy, persistent moisture, softened by the proximity of the Middle Reach, which waits only two miles away as a gray, tidal expanse beneath the afternoon light. Beyond the immediate banks of the river, the ground stretches toward the modest, rounded rise of Mount Trashmore on the horizon, while the terrain dips into the quiet, sodden basins of Ludlow Flats. Residents often find their mornings defined by the mist clinging to the reeds of the Indian River, a cool vapor that obscures the nearby Forest Cove Apts, grounding the periphery of the neighborhood in a persistent, quiet dampness.

Riverdale carries the weight of a slow, agrarian inheritance, though its modern pulse is dictated by the steady logistics of the regional economy and the persistent needs of the nearby water. The trade that once relied on the currents flowing toward the coast has shifted, yet the rhythm of the day remains tethered to the tide and the turning of the seasons. Life here is measured by the distance to Lake James, a three-mile journey that serves as the local anchor for recreation, and the sight of distant Charters Island marking the limits of the reachable horizon. There is a singular, unadorned beauty in the way the light catches the surface of the Indian River at dusk, turning the water into a sheet of hammered pewter that reflects the simple, unhurried persistence of the people living along its banks.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cinema I & II at the World of Sports (Cinema) — 1.2 mi, 038° NE
Blue Star Memorial (Monument) — 1.4 mi, 345° N
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 1.5 mi, 345° N
Vaughn Street Park (Local Park) — 1.6 mi, 012° N
Banister River Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 6.1 mi, 050° NE
Halifax Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 6.6 mi, 343° N
Mayo Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 9.2 mi, 181° S
Difficult Creek State Natural Area Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 9.5 mi, 060° NE
Staunton River State Park (State Park) — 10.0 mi, 086° E
Difficult Creek (State Wilderness) — 10.9 mi, 057° NE
Lake Connor Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 17.3 mi, 016° N
Artillery Emplacement (Historic Ruins) — 17.8 mi, 036° NE
John H. Kerr Reservoir (Recreation Area) — 17.9 mi, 122° SE
Wade Archaeological Site Native American (Historic Ruins) — 18.0 mi, 035° NE
Prestwould Plantation (Museum) — 18.4 mi, 095° E
Noland Village at Providence (Museum) — 18.6 mi, 013° N
Clarksville Regional Museum (Museum) — 18.7 mi, 101° E
Occoneechee State Park (State Park) — 20.0 mi, 099° E
Solitary Sentinel (Attraction) — 20.4 mi, 098° E
Henry's Ferry Overlook (Viewpoint) — 23.3 mi, 359° N
Patrick Henry Museum (Museum) — 24.8 mi, 359° N
Thyne Institute Memorial (Monument) — 25.3 mi, 067° NE
Boars Nest a Dukes of Hazzard Museum (Museum) — 27.8 mi, 179° S
Carrington Pavilion (Stadium) — 27.8 mi, 257° W
Swanson Studio (Gallery) — 28.8 mi, 257° W
Castle Mont Rouge (Historic Castle / Fort) — 30.1 mi, 182° S
Kerr Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 30.1 mi, 116° SE
Family Fun Zone (Attraction) — 30.1 mi, 258° W
George Washington National Forest (National Forest) — 64.2 mi, 338° N · 1.1M acres
Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 65.1 mi, 332° NW · 733k acres

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