Schooner Bay Virginia Map
Schooner Bay, Virginia — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Schooner Bay, Accomack County.
Interactive Map of Schooner Bay, Virginia
| City | Schooner Bay |
| State | Virginia (VA) |
| County | Accomack |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 37.762573 |
| Longitude | -75.768929 |
| Population | 223 |
| Density | 62.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About Schooner Bay, Virginia
Schooner Bay is a locality in Accomack County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 223. The population density is 62.7 people per km². Schooner Bay is located at 37.7626°N, 75.7689°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 23417.
Schooner Bay breathes a salt-tinged air, a gentle exhalation from the Chesapeake’s broad embrace. It lies 32.9 miles south-west of Worcester, MD (from Worcester, MD: bearing 214°T), and is situated 3.7 miles north-north-west of Onancock. Here, the land lies low and luminous, a subtle gradient of marsh grass and sandy loam that slopes towards the whispering waterways. Live oaks, gnarled and ancient, stand sentinel, their branches draped with Spanish moss like forgotten lace, while the sky above is a vast, ever-shifting canvas of pearly grays and pale blues, often brushed with the rosy blush of dawn or the deepening amethyst of twilight. The quietude here is not an absence of sound, but a symphony of the natural world: the reedy call of a heron, the rustle of unseen creatures in the reeds, the distant, rhythmic pulse of waves meeting the shore. The history of Schooner Bay is inextricably tied to the bounty of its waters and the resilience of its people, a lineage stretching back to those who first navigated these inlets for sustenance and trade. For generations, the local economy has been shaped by the sea, with fishing boats like the namesake schooners once a common sight, their sails catching the same wind that now stirs the marsh grasses. Though the grand schooners have largely given way to smaller craft and aquaculture, a sense of enduring connection to the maritime past persists, evident in the weathered clapboard buildings and the unhurried cadence of daily life. The land itself, fertile and yielding, still supports small farms where produce finds its way to local markets, a reminder of the enduring agricultural roots that anchor Schooner Bay to its verdant, water-laced landscape.
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About This Schooner Bay Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Schooner Bay, Virginia with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Schooner Bay and Accomack County. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Schooner Bay is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Schooner Bay is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |
