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Seven Mile Ford Virginia Map

Explore Seven Mile Ford, 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 Seven Mile Ford, Virginia

How to Use This Seven Mile Ford, Virginia Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Seven Mile Ford, 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 Seven Mile Ford.

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	Seven Mile Ford
State	Virginia (VA)
County	Smyth County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	36.810393
Longitude	-81.629562
Population	664
Density	200.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	24354
Area Code	276
County Seat	Marion
School District	Smyth County Public Schools

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About Seven Mile Ford, Virginia

Seven Mile Ford is a locality in Smyth County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 664. The population density is 200.6 people per km². Seven Mile Ford is located at 36.8104°N, 81.6296°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 24354.

Seven Mile Ford claims its identity from the steady, rhythmic passage of the Middle Fork Holston River, which carves a deliberate path through the lush, verdant bottomlands. It lies 34.3 miles east-northeast of Bristol, VA (from Bristol, VA: bearing 64°T), and is situated 6.6 miles west-southwest of Marion. The landscape surrounding Seven Mile Ford is defined by the deep, quiet basin of Preston Hollow, where the morning light catches the dew on the pasture grass before the sun fully clears the distant silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains. To the south, the expansive, rugged wilderness of the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area dictates the horizon, its high elevations cooling the air and drawing the gaze of anyone standing on the valley floor. Here, the earth feels heavy and fertile, the soil damp with the persistent presence of the river, and the sky often carries a pale, translucent clarity that renders the distant ridgelines in sharp, monochromatic focus.

History in this region is measured by the steady endurance of the land and the persistence of those who worked it, long before the modern pace of life arrived. Agriculture remains a quiet, foundational pulse, though the economy has shifted away from the intensive labor of the early homesteads to accommodate the needs of a changing landscape. Travelers occasionally drift toward the solitude of the Iron Mountain Trail or seek the stillness of Hungry Mother Lake, yet the character of the place remains stubbornly grounded in its own quietude. There is an unmistakable weight to the silence here, a quality that suggests the land is keeping its own record of the generations who crossed the river at the ford, unbothered by the rapid transit of the world beyond these hills.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mount Rogers National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 5.4 mi, 175° S · 155k acres
Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 5.6 mi, 167° S · 733k acres
Seng Mountain National Scenic Area (National Scenic Byway) — 5.6 mi, 167° S
Hungry Mother State Park (State Park) — 5.9 mi, 047° NE
The Lincoln Theater (Theatre) — 6.3 mi, 075° E
Clyburn Ridge Overlook (Viewpoint) — 7.4 mi, 050° NE
Clinch Mountain Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.4 mi, 327° NW
Raccoon Branch Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 8.9 mi, 121° SE · 4,225 acres
Lewis Fork Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 9.6 mi, 161° S · 6,075 acres
Bear Creek National Scenic Area (National Scenic Byway) — 11.9 mi, 054° NE
Grayson Highlands State Park (State Park) — 13.1 mi, 153° SE
Cherokee National Forest (National Forest) — 13.8 mi, 186° S · 662k acres
North Cherokee National Forest & Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.8 mi, 186° S
Big Pinnacle (Attraction) — 14.1 mi, 152° SE
At2020 (Monument) — 15.0 mi, 213° SW
Another Way (ShortCut) (Monument) — 15.0 mi, 213° SW
Where Trails Cross (Attraction) — 15.1 mi, 214° SW
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 15.1 mi, 215° SW · 110k acres
Wheel of Freedom (Monument) — 15.2 mi, 216° SW
Appalachian Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 18.3 mi, 331° NW
Broadway Cinemas (Cinema) — 19.1 mi, 338° N
Barter Theatre Stage II (Theatre) — 20.3 mi, 250° W
Historic Crab Orchard Museum (Museum) — 21.6 mi, 008° N
Climbing Tree Theather (Cinema) — 23.6 mi, 018° N
Welcome Center and Museum (Museum) — 25.6 mi, 202° S
Courthouse Common Soldier, 1914 (Public Artwork) — 25.7 mi, 284° W
Bristol Caverns (Attraction) — 32.7 mi, 237° SW
Old Doe Lookout Tower (Historic Ruins) — 33.4 mi, 212° SW
Paramount Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 34.1 mi, 244° SW
New River Outdoor Adventures (Attraction) — 37.7 mi, 100° E

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