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Schooner Bay Virginia Map

Explore Schooner Bay, 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 Schooner Bay, Virginia

How to Use This Schooner Bay, Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	37.762573
Longitude	-75.768929
Population	97
Density	317.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	23417
Area Code	757
County Seat	Accomac
School District	Accomack County Public Schools

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About Schooner Bay, Virginia

Schooner Bay is a locality in Accomack County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 97. The population density is 317.4 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 occupies a quiet expanse of land where the Pompco Creek carves a winding, serpentine path through the low-lying terrain. It lies 53.2 miles northeast of Gloucester Point, VA (from Gloucester Point, VA: bearing 48°T), and is situated 15.9 miles south-southeast of Crisfield. The horizon is defined by the silhouette of Long Ridge, which rises a mile away to cast long, violet shadows across the fields as the sun dips low. Nearby, the dense, protected greenery of the Doe Creek State Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary for local fauna, while the nearby Tobacco Island sits amidst the water like a silent sentinel of the marsh. The air here carries a heavy, humid sweetness, often cooling toward evening when the light turns the color of pale honey and settles over the landscape with a profound, unmoving stillness.

Schooner Bay maintains a character shaped by the slow, deliberate movements of a regional economy rooted in the soil and the proximity of the water. While the grander, more turbulent history of the coast remains thirteen miles away at Fishing Gut, life here remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons and the quiet commerce of the land. Families often travel to the shores of Tankard Pond for respite, finding a stillness that mirrors the modest pace of the local roads. Beyond the reaches of the Guilford Flats, the identity of Schooner Bay persists not through grand monuments, but through the enduring, pragmatic connection its people hold to the creek and the ridge that have guided their daily labors for generations.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Doe Creek State Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 065° NE
Doe Creek (State Resource Management Area) — 2.1 mi, 076° E
Parkers Marsh Natural Area Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 2.6 mi, 224° SW
Parkers Marsh State Natural Area Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 2.6 mi, 224° SW
Clam Marshes (Conservation Area) — 5.8 mi, 034° NE
Town of Parksley War Memorial (Monument) — 6.5 mi, 077° E
Eastern Shore Railway Museum (Museum) — 6.5 mi, 077° E
Martin National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 6.8 mi, 285° W · 8,559 acres
Glenn Martin National Wildlife Refuge (Marine Protected Area) — 6.8 mi, 285° W
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 10.4 mi, 128° SE · 37k acres
Makemie Monument (Monument) — 13.8 mi, 032° NE
Chesapeake Forest Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 15.4 mi, 021° N
Janes Island Sp (State Park) — 15.5 mi, 337° NW
Nature Center (Museum) — 17.7 mi, 346° N
Assateague Island National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 20.3 mi, 069° E · 96k acres
Crossing the Bar (Monument) — 21.9 mi, 064° NE
Pocomoke Fair Grounds (Theme Park) — 23.6 mi, 027° NE
Lockheed T-33 (Attraction) — 24.2 mi, 030° NE
Reedville Fishermen's Museum (Museum) — 28.2 mi, 282° W
Chincoteague Proposed Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 29.6 mi, 058° NE · 2,020 acres
Half Shell Stage (Theatre) — 33.5 mi, 265° W
Booker Taliaferro Washington School (historical) (Historic Ruins) — 36.5 mi, 277° W
Historic Palace Theatre (Theatre) — 36.8 mi, 202° S
At Altitude Gallery (Gallery) — 36.8 mi, 202° S
Mathews Historical Museum (Museum) — 37.8 mi, 233° SW
Mary Ball Washington Museum & Library (Museum) — 38.0 mi, 271° W
Sammy the Seagull (Public Artwork) — 41.2 mi, 012° N
Cape Charles Light (Attraction) — 44.8 mi, 190° S
Observation Deck (Viewpoint) — 45.0 mi, 194° S
Naylor Mill Forest Trail (Attraction) — 46.0 mi, 012° N

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