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Rose Hill Virginia Map

Explore Rose Hill, 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 Rose Hill, Virginia

How to Use This Rose Hill, Virginia Map

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

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	Rose Hill
State	Virginia (VA)
County	Albemarle County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	38.786916
Longitude	-77.108827
Population	21,045
Density	1446.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	24281, 22902, 22747, 22303
Area Code	540, 703, 571
County Seat	Charlottesville
School District	Fairfax County Public Schools

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About Rose Hill, Virginia

Rose Hill is a locality in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States. It has a population of 21,045. The population density is 1446.3 people per km². Rose Hill is located at 38.7869°N, 77.1088°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 24281, 22902, 22747.

Rose Hill occupies a basin of quiet, verdant land where the Jumping Branch carves a persistent, silver ribbon through the earth, marking the pulse of the local topography. It lies 4.1 miles southeast of Charlottesville, VA (from Charlottesville, VA: bearing 129°T), and is situated 6.6 miles northwest of Lake Monticello. The landscape rises in modest, grassy swells toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which stand as a ragged violet hem against the western sky. Only four miles away, the deep, shadowed depression of Rocky Hollow gathers the morning mist, holding the cool air until the sun can coax it toward the higher ground. A three-mile trek leads to the Albemarle County Greenway, a stretch of managed wildness that preserves the native timber and local flora, while the expansive, still waters of Lake Monticello sit a mere six miles to the east, reflecting the shifting moods of the sky in a mirror of dark glass.

Rose Hill maintains a rhythm dictated by the soil and the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons, echoing a legacy of agrarian labor that has long defined the character of the Piedmont. While the local economy has transitioned from the heavy reliance on traditional cultivation to a more modern, diversified pattern of trade and professional life, the shadow of the past remains visible in the sturdy, weathered architecture and the patient pace of those who walk its streets. The atmosphere carries the scent of damp earth and coming rain, a sensory reminder of the proximity to the Jumping Branch and the cycles of the nearby woods. Life in Rose Hill operates with a quiet, polite gravity, where the weight of history is not an ornament but a steadying influence on the daily work of its people.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Greendale Golf Course (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 233° SW
Chessie’s Carousel (Attraction) — 0.9 mi, 188° S
Huntley Meadows County Park (Local Park) — 1.3 mi, 194° S
Dead cyclist Intersection (Monument) — 1.4 mi, 075° E
Jeffrey C. Dietze Stadium (Stadium) — 2.1 mi, 117° SE
Springbank Arts Building (Arts Centre) — 2.2 mi, 115° SE
Observation Platform (Viewpoint) — 2.4 mi, 177° S
National Inventors Hall of Fame and Museum (Museum) — 2.6 mi, 067° NE
Carolltown Historical Marker (Monument) — 2.6 mi, 225° SW
Geodesic Dome (Attraction) — 2.7 mi, 066° NE
African American Heritage Park Sculpture (Attraction) — 2.8 mi, 069° E
Alexandria War Memorial (Monument) — 2.8 mi, 061° NE
George Washington Memorial Parkway (National Park) — 2.9 mi, 101° E · 2,795 acres
The Edmonson Sisters (Public Artwork) — 2.9 mi, 065° NE
Fort Ward - Northwest Bastion (Historic Castle / Fort) — 3.1 mi, 006° N
Versailles Art & Rugs (Gallery) — 3.4 mi, 068° E
World War I-Era Rudder (Attraction) — 3.6 mi, 084° E
Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Musuem (Museum) — 3.8 mi, 071° E
Hooray Art! (Arts Centre) — 4.1 mi, 137° SE
Nepenthe Gallery (Gallery) — 4.1 mi, 138° SE
Jackson M. Abbott Wetland Refuge (Nature Reserve) — 4.3 mi, 197° S
Mason Neck State Park (State Park) — 8.9 mi, 202° S
Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 9.5 mi, 196° S · 2,944 acres
Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.3 mi, 214° SW · 1,268 acres

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