Explore Saluda, 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 Saluda, 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 Saluda.
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 | Saluda |
| State | Virginia (VA) |
| County | Middlesex County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 37.605974 |
| Longitude | -76.594954 |
| Population | 627 |
| Density | 74.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 23149 |
| Area Code | 804 |
| County Seat | Saluda |
| School District | Middlesex County Public Schools |
Saluda occupies a quiet expanse of the Virginia interior, where the land settles into a steady, verdant rhythm of hardwood forests and cultivated fields. It lies 24.0 miles north-northeast of Williamsburg, VA (from Williamsburg, VA: bearing 15°T), and is situated 12.2 miles east-northeast of West Point. The horizon remains unbroken by the jagged peaks of the distant Blue Ridge Mountains, which exist only as a faint, atmospheric suggestion far to the west. Within a mile of the center, the waters of Grays Pond hold the stillness of the afternoon sky, while the dense, shadowed corridors of Dragon Swamp define the local drainage, carving a slow path through the thicket. The terrain here possesses a heavy, clay-rich earth that retains the warmth of the sun long after the light begins to amber, giving the fields an enduring, grounded quality that feels entirely removed from the frantic pace of the modern world.
Saluda functions as a deliberate point of assembly for the surrounding rural reaches, serving as a seat of governance and a modest hub for regional commerce. The local economy persists in the quiet tradition of agrarian oversight and small-scale professional services, maintaining a character that favors continuity over rapid transformation. Residents often look toward the nearby Town Marina at Upton's Point for recreation, or occasionally venture toward the low-lying basin known as Rogues Hole, where the topography dips into a cooler, more secluded shade. History here is not a collection of grand monuments, but rather a persistent presence felt in the architecture of older administrative buildings and the hushed, methodical pace of daily life, where the primary labor of the day is met with a steady, unadorned composure.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Saluda, Virginia. Coordinates: 37.605974, -76.594954. 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 Saluda includes the ZIP code (23149), telephone area code (804), county seat of Middlesex County (Saluda), and school district assignment (Middlesex County Public Schools).
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. |