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Rochelle Virginia Map

Explore Rochelle, 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 Rochelle, Virginia

How to Use This Rochelle, Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	38.290408
Longitude	-78.272505
Population	480
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	22738
Area Code	540
County Seat	Madison

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About Rochelle, Virginia

Rochelle is a locality in Madison County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Rochelle is located at 38.2904°N, 78.2725°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 22738.

Rochelle emerges from the quiet intersection of rural road and earth, defined by the persistent, low-slung movement of the Skinner Branch as it carves a path through the landscape. It lies 19.6 miles southwest of Culpeper, VA (from Culpeper, VA: bearing 230°T), and is situated 9.3 miles west-northwest of Orange. The air here carries a heavy, terrestrial stillness, untempered by any maritime breeze, as the horizon is instead anchored by the distant, violet-hued silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Beyond the immediate banks of the creek, the land unfolds into a series of modest elevations and fertile depressions, including the sunken expanse of John Lambs Bottom, where the light at dusk pools like spilled ink, turning the grasses a bruised, metallic gold. The quietude is absolute, broken only by the mechanical hum of local transit or the sudden, sharp rustle of wind moving through the hardwoods that edge toward the nearby Clontz.

Rochelle maintains a rhythm dictated by the land’s long memory, where the agrarian foundations of the region continue to inform the quiet industry of the present day. While the proximity to Malvern Lake provides a localized focus for the surrounding topography, the identity of Rochelle remains tied to the slow, deliberate cultivation of the Piedmont soil and the historical legacy of homesteading families. The economy functions with a muted efficiency, favoring the preservation of open acreage over the frantic sprawl often found closer to the urban centers of the commonwealth. Life in Rochelle moves with a gravity that acknowledges the weight of its colonial past, where the structures of daily existence—the fences, the barns, and the narrow lanes—have been shaped by generations who understood that the true character of the place is found in the way the sunlight catches the dust of an unpaved road rather than in any grand monument.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Clontz (Local Park) — 2.7 mi, 192° S
Madison County Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 6.2 mi, 007° N
Madison County Confederate Memorial (Monument) — 6.2 mi, 007° N
Madison County Historical Society (Museum) — 6.5 mi, 009° N
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 7.3 mi, 236° SW
Rapidan Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.8 mi, 310° NW
Shenandoah National Park (National Park) — 10.8 mi, 327° NW · 197k acres
Henry Wingate Studio (Gallery) — 11.2 mi, 358° N
Bloomsbury (Monument) — 12.4 mi, 105° E
Bear Church Rock Overlook (Viewpoint) — 13.0 mi, 329° NW
Upper Pocosin Mission (Historic Ruins) — 13.7 mi, 304° NW
Lake Orange Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 13.8 mi, 107° E
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 15.2 mi, 276° W · 110k acres
Shenandoah Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 16.0 mi, 344° N · 82k acres
Five Tents (Historic Ruins) — 16.1 mi, 330° NW
Iron Mike (Public Artwork) — 18.1 mi, 331° NW
Wine & Design (Arts Centre) — 19.6 mi, 050° NE
Cleopatra Vaughn (Arts Centre) — 19.6 mi, 050° NE
Museum of Culpeper History (Museum) — 19.7 mi, 050° NE
Free Speech Wall (Attraction) — 21.2 mi, 212° SW
Lighthouse Studio at Vinegar Hill Theatre (Theatre) — 21.2 mi, 213° SW
Arts of the Albemarle (Gallery) — 21.2 mi, 212° SW
The Jefferson Theatre (Theatre) — 21.3 mi, 212° SW
Second Street Gallery (Gallery) — 21.3 mi, 212° SW
Jefferson School African American Heritage Center (Museum) — 21.3 mi, 213° SW
Biscuit Run State Park (State Park) — 23.8 mi, 214° SW
George Washington National Forest (National Forest) — 24.3 mi, 302° NW · 1.1M acres
Lake Anna State Park (State Park) — 25.6 mi, 115° SE
Appalachian Trail Corridor (National Park) — 43.5 mi, 014° N · 572 acres
Saint Mary'S Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 48.8 mi, 240° SW · 9,827 acres

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