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Sanford Virginia Map

Explore Sanford, 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 Sanford, Virginia

How to Use This Sanford, Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	37.925125
Longitude	-75.664373
Population	168
Density	22.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	23426
Area Code	757
County Seat	Accomac
School District	Accomack County Public Schools

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About Sanford, Virginia

Sanford is a locality in Accomack County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 168. The population density is 22.6 people per km². Sanford is located at 37.9251°N, 75.6644°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 23426.

Sanford defines itself by the slow, deliberate movement of Jacks Creek as it carves a path through the low-lying terrain toward the horizon. It lies 20.4 miles southwest of Worcester, MD (from Worcester, MD: bearing 218°T), and is situated 11.7 miles south-southwest of Pocomoke City. The landscape here is characterized by a damp, expansive flatness, where the air holds the salt-heavy weight of the nearby coastline and the ground remains soft, yielding to the influence of the tides. To the west, the faint silhouette of Bailey Ridge rises against the sky, a distant reminder of higher ground, while the immediate surroundings are dominated by the salt marshes of the Saxis Wildlife Management Area. The light at dusk here possesses a particular, bruised quality, turning the reeds a deep, metallic violet as the humidity settles over the earth like a shroud.

Sanford maintains a quiet, persistent economy rooted in the harvest of the water, its identity inextricably linked to the bounty drawn from the depths of Robin Hood Bay. Small skiffs navigate the channels toward Fair Island, moving with a rhythm that has remained largely unchanged by the clamor of the modern world. Families have lived on these margins for generations, their histories written in the maintenance of wooden piers and the seasonal rhythms of the local trade. While the inland expanses are marked by quiet fields and the distant, dark line of Pocomoke State Forest, the focus of daily life remains outward toward the water, an orientation that keeps Sanford tethered to the tides and the patient, cyclical nature of the coast.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Saxis Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.4 mi, 335° NW
Makemie Monument (Monument) — 1.7 mi, 072° E
Chesapeake Forest Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 2.9 mi, 005° N
Maryland Marine Properties Wma (State Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 351° N
Clam Marshes (Conservation Area) — 5.5 mi, 197° S
Pocomoke River State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 7.1 mi, 013° N
Eastern Shore Railway Museum (Museum) — 9.8 mi, 176° S
Town of Parksley War Memorial (Monument) — 9.8 mi, 177° S
Wallops Island National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 10.0 mi, 091° E · 1,092 acres
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 10.5 mi, 132° SE · 37k acres
Janes Island Sp (State Park) — 11.0 mi, 301° NW
Pocomoke Fair Grounds (Theme Park) — 11.0 mi, 028° NE
Nature Center (Museum) — 11.6 mi, 301° NW
Lockheed T-33 (Attraction) — 11.6 mi, 033° NE
Assateague Island National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 13.8 mi, 107° E · 96k acres
Chincoteague Island Waterman's Memorial (Monument) — 14.1 mi, 097° E
Chincoteague Bay Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Sanctuary (Marine Protected Area) — 14.6 mi, 073° E
Glenn Martin National Wildlife Refuge (Marine Protected Area) — 14.8 mi, 238° SW
Pocomoke River Sp (State Park) — 16.2 mi, 034° NE
Sammy the Seagull (Public Artwork) — 29.2 mi, 006° N
Salisbury University Richard A. Henson School of Science & Technology Planetarium (Museum) — 29.2 mi, 006° N
Theatre and Web Development House (Theatre) — 29.4 mi, 006° N
Reedville Fishermen's Museum (Museum) — 33.8 mi, 261° W
Chesapeake Fire Museum (Museum) — 33.8 mi, 359° N
Naylor Mill Forest Trail (Attraction) — 33.9 mi, 007° N
Louis H. Taylor Stadium (Stadium) — 38.6 mi, 042° NE
Half Shell Stage (Theatre) — 41.7 mi, 250° W
Selfie Point (Viewpoint) — 41.8 mi, 048° NE
Freak Out (Attraction) — 41.9 mi, 048° NE
Speedway (Attraction) — 41.9 mi, 048° NE

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