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Ruther Glen Virginia Map

Explore Ruther Glen, 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 Ruther Glen, Virginia

How to Use This Ruther Glen, Virginia Map

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

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	Ruther Glen
State	Virginia (VA)
County	Caroline County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	37.928749
Longitude	-77.455815
Population	3,200
Density	55.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	22546
Area Code	540
County Seat	Bowling Green

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About Ruther Glen, Virginia

Ruther Glen is a locality in Caroline County, Virginia, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,200. The population density is 55.0 people per km². Ruther Glen is located at 37.9287°N, 77.4558°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 22546.

Ruther Glen unfurls across a landscape defined by the persistent, rhythmic push of Reedy Creek, which carves a quiet path through the dense, tangled undergrowth of the Piedmont. It lies 18.1 miles north-northeast of Wyndham, VA (from Wyndham, VA: bearing 28°T), and is situated 8.3 miles southeast of Lake Land'Or. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness, particularly as the afternoon light thickens into a bruised, golden amber that settles over the low-lying pastures and thickets of pine. While the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains occasionally haunts the western horizon, the immediate terrain remains a mosaic of stubborn clay and silty loam, shaped more by the slow, seasonal pulse of the watershed than by any dramatic verticality. Five miles to the north, the glass-still surface of Phillips Pond reflects the shifting clouds, offering a cool, stagnant reprieve from the heat that radiates off the asphalt arteries cutting through the countryside.

Ruther Glen maintains a steady, utilitarian cadence, its identity shaped by the intersection of modern transit and the lingering shadows of a complicated history. Traces of the past are kept in close proximity, most notably at the American Battlefield Trust Holding, where the land serves as a silent, preserved witness to the conflicts that once fractured the region. The economy relies on this strategic positioning, moving goods and travelers across the interior, yet the local character remains tethered to a simpler, agrarian root that resists total erasure by the encroaching tech-corridor. Those who navigate these roads recognize the subtle shift in pace as they move away from the main thoroughfares toward the quiet, shadowed corners near Frog Level, where the echoes of the Old Dominion seem to linger in the very texture of the soil.

Nearby Outdoor Places

American Battlefield Trust Holding (Conservation Area) — 2.8 mi, 193° S
North Anna BP (Local Park) — 3.0 mi, 223° SW
CWT Holding (Conservation Area) — 3.9 mi, 256° W
Mattaponi Bluffs Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.4 mi, 037° NE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 5.7 mi, 314° NW
Terror on the Farm (Attraction) — 6.6 mi, 220° SW
Booger Woods (Attraction) — 6.9 mi, 221° SW
Mattaponi Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.2 mi, 021° N
1864 Union Occupation of Bowling Green (Monument) — 10.3 mi, 035° NE
Campaign of 1781 (Monument) — 10.3 mi, 035° NE
Poor Farm Amphitheater (Theatre) — 11.2 mi, 205° SW
Ashland Train Museum (Museum) — 11.6 mi, 183° S
Flippo Gallery (Gallery) — 11.6 mi, 186° S
Hanover Confederate Soldiers Monument (Monument) — 12.4 mi, 157° SE
RED VEIN Haunt (Theme Park) — 14.7 mi, 208° SW
Dominion Raceway (Attraction) — 14.7 mi, 350° N
Garrett Farm site, John Wilkes Booth Killed after killing Lincoln (Attraction) — 19.2 mi, 040° NE
Laurel Gallery (Gallery) — 19.9 mi, 188° S
Alexander Berger Memorial Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 20.5 mi, 008° N
Spirited Art (Public Artwork) — 21.0 mi, 202° S
Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.6 mi, 041° NE · 24k acres
Port Royal Museum of American History (Museum) — 21.9 mi, 041° NE
Lake Anna State Park (State Park) — 22.7 mi, 301° NW
Tin Pan (Arts Centre) — 23.2 mi, 196° S
Midtown Design Gallery (Gallery) — 23.5 mi, 185° S
Highest Point In Henrico County (Viewpoint) — 24.1 mi, 195° S
Fredericksburg and Spot. National Military Park (National Park) — 25.3 mi, 359° N · 48 acres
Mallows Bay-Potomac National Marine Sanctuary (Marine Protected Area) — 33.3 mi, 014° N
George Washington Birthplace National Monument (National Monument) — 33.9 mi, 057° NE · 556 acres
Shenandoah National Park (National Park) — 60.7 mi, 307° NW · 197k acres

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