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South Hill Virginia Map

Explore South Hill, 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 South Hill, Virginia

How to Use This South Hill, Virginia Map

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

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.

CitySouth Hill
StateVirginia (VA)
CountyMecklenburg County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude36.725662
Longitude-78.128886
Population4,690
Density184.1 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Codes23324, 23970
Area Code757, 276
County SeatBoydton
School DistrictMecklenburg County Public Schools

About South Hill, Virginia

South Hill is a locality in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,690. The population density is 184.1 people per km². South Hill is located at 36.7257°N, 78.1289°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. South Hill is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 23324, 23970.

South Hill marks the intersection of quiet, red-clay ridges and the persistent, low-slung geography of the Virginia Piedmont. It lies 53.0 miles southwest of Petersburg, VA (from Petersburg, VA: bearing 229°T), and is situated 18.9 miles east-southeast of Chase City. Flat Creek defines the local drainage, carving a modest path through the landscape where the earth holds the heat of the afternoon long after the sun has begun its descent. Five miles to the west, the waters of Lake Gordon gather in stillness, offering a cooling counterpoint to the dry, sun-baked woodlands that stretch toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Within the center of the locality, Centennial Park provides a shaded sanctuary where the light filters through the canopy in sharp, geometric patterns, grounding the town in an atmosphere of deliberate, steady stillness.

South Hill evolved from a crossroads economy once tethered to the rhythmic cycles of tobacco cultivation, a history still visible in the weathered architecture and the expansive fields that surround the built environment. While the modern pulse of the locality has shifted toward commerce and regional transit, the character of the place remains firmly rooted in the labor of its forebears. The economy functions with a quiet precision, moving goods and people through the corridors that cross the county. Life in South Hill unfolds with a modest, unadorned gravity, where the weight of the past informs the daily work of the present, creating a continuity that feels as enduring as the soil itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Model Railroad / Doll Museum / Chamber of Commerce (Museum) — 0.0 mi, 239° SW
  • Centennial Park (Local Park) — 0.0 mi, 137° SE
  • Colonial Theatre (Theatre) — 0.1 mi, 226° SW
  • South Hill Tobacco Museum (Museum) — 0.1 mi, 286° W
  • Parker Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 271° W
  • Lake Gordon Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 4.5 mi, 252° W
  • Dick Cross Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.5 mi, 223° SW
  • Saint Paul’s Chapel School (Rosenwald Funded) (Monument) — 11.6 mi, 054° NE
  • Watchable Wildlife Platform (Viewpoint) — 12.7 mi, 228° SW
  • John H. Kerr Reservoir (Recreation Area) — 14.9 mi, 213° SW
  • Brunswick County Museum (Museum) — 15.8 mi, 082° E
  • Tar River Land Conservancy Preserve (Conservation Area) — 16.2 mi, 158° S
  • Kerr Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 16.3 mi, 217° SW
  • Occoneechee State Park (State Park) — 19.5 mi, 243° SW
  • Thyne Institute Memorial (Monument) — 20.0 mi, 288° W
  • Embro Game Land (State Conservation Area) — 21.4 mi, 178° S
  • Dr. L. Julian Haywood (Monument) — 22.7 mi, 184° S
  • Solitary Sentinel (Attraction) — 23.2 mi, 254° W
  • Prestwould Plantation (Museum) — 24.7 mi, 258° W
  • Clarksville Regional Museum (Museum) — 25.1 mi, 254° W
  • Staunton River State Park (State Park) — 29.0 mi, 266° W
  • Reminiscing (Public Artwork) — 33.0 mi, 207° SW
  • Artillery Emplacement (Historic Ruins) — 33.7 mi, 289° W
  • Wade Archaeological Site Native American (Historic Ruins) — 33.9 mi, 290° W
  • Medoc Mountain Canoe & Kayak access (Attraction) — 35.1 mi, 157° SE
  • Royal Palace Theatre (Cinema) — 35.1 mi, 129° SE
  • Banister River Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 37.7 mi, 271° W
  • Cinema I & II at the World of Sports (Cinema) — 41.7 mi, 267° W
  • Petersburg National Battlefield Park (National Park) — 46.6 mi, 057° NE · 212 acres
  • Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 73.0 mi, 134° SE · 43k acres

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About This South Hill Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of South Hill, Virginia. Coordinates: 36.725662, -78.128886. 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 South Hill includes the ZIP code (23324, 23970), telephone area code (757, 276), county seat of Mecklenburg County (Boydton), and school district assignment (Mecklenburg 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.