Explore Saint Paul, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Saint Paul, 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 Saint Paul.
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 | Saint Paul |
| State | Virginia (VA) |
| County | Wise County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 36.905382 |
| Longitude | -82.310976 |
| Population | 980 |
| Density | 280.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 24283 |
| Area Code | 276 |
| County Seat | Wise |
Saint Paul rises from the rugged embrace of southwestern Virginia, anchored firmly where the Clinch River carves a serpentine path through the densest of woodland floors. It lies 22.4 miles north-northwest of Bristol, VA (from Bristol, VA: bearing 342°T), and is situated 17.7 miles east of Norton. The landscape here favors steep, fractured slopes and narrow, shadowed ravines like Hardy Hollow, creating a terrain that feels ancient and unyielding against the passage of modern transit. Sunlight in Saint Paul often arrives late to the valley floor, filtering through a heavy canopy of oak and poplar to dapple the river’s limestone bed in shifting shades of amber and slate. Only when the eye drifts toward the distant horizon might one catch the faint, hazy outline of the Appalachian Mountains, standing as silent, jagged sentinels against the sky.
Commerce and culture in Saint Paul have long followed the rhythm of the water and the pulse of the earth, drawing strength from a legacy forged in timber and coal. While the clamor of heavy industry has quieted, the spirit of the region persists in the quiet stewardship found at Clinch River State Park, where the land is reclaimed for the slow pace of hikers and naturalists. Travelers seeking to trace the literary echoes of the region often find their way toward the Trail of the Lonesome Pine, which winds through the broader landscape, connecting Saint Paul to the broader, storied geography of the Commonwealth. Life here remains dictated by the seasonal swell of the river and the quiet endurance of those who recognize that the worth of this place lies not in its speed, but in the stubborn, verdant persistence of the valley.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Saint Paul, Virginia. Coordinates: 36.905382, -82.310976. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Saint Paul includes the ZIP code (24283), telephone area code (276), county seat of Wise County (Wise), and school district assignment.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |