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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	Roanoke (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 Roanoke (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 red clay and tangled thickets where the Roanoke River carves a deliberate, muscular arc through the landscape. It lies 1.9 miles southeast of Roanoke, VA (from Roanoke, VA: bearing 126°T), and is situated 5.8 miles east-northeast of Cave Spring. The Roanoke River Greenway provides a verdant corridor for the morning mist to linger, clinging to the sycamores long after the sun has climbed above the horizon. To the west, the Appalachian Mountains stand as a serrated silhouette against the bruised purple of an approaching dusk, while the cooling air carries the scent of damp earth and pine. Two miles to the north, the surface of Niagara Reservoir remains a flat, dark mirror, undisturbed save for the occasional ripple of a rising fish or the drift of a stray leaf. Beyond the immediate banks, the land rises into modest, stubborn ridges that cradle the quietude of the Virginia interior, far removed from the reach of any tide.

Riverdale holds the memory of a hard-wrought industrial heritage in its brick facades and the rusted iron skeletons of mills that once turned with the current. The regional economy, having shifted from the labor of the loom and the tobacco shed, now finds a steadier pulse in the commerce of the Piedmont, where the cadence of daily life is measured by the steady flow of the river rather than the frantic ticking of a clock. Seven miles away, the descent of Falling Rock Falls provides a sharp, percussive counterpoint to the sluggish pace of Cattail Hollow, where the shadows stretch long and thin across the dormant fields. People here walk with a deliberate gravity, acknowledging neighbors with a nod that honors a long, shared lineage of resilience. In the quiet transition between the afternoon heat and the evening cool, Riverdale settles into a stillness that feels less like an absence of motion and more like a patient, internal rhythm.

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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