Explore Springfield, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Springfield, 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 Springfield.
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 | Springfield |
| State | Virginia (VA) |
| County | Fauquier County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 38.781571 |
| Longitude | -77.183921 |
| Population | 31,339 |
| Density | 1542.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 22150, 22911, 23185, 22151 |
| Area Code | 804, 703, 571 |
| County Seat | Warrenton |
| School District | Fairfax County Public Schools |
Springfield occupies a landscape defined by the quiet persistence of Goose Creek, which carves its path through the terrain less than a mile from the center. It lies 11.8 miles east of Front Royal, VA (from Front Royal, VA: bearing 93°T), and is situated 7.4 miles southeast of Shenandoah Farms. The earth here holds a subtle tension between the encroaching modern infrastructure and the older, deeper rhythms of the Piedmont, where the distant silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains marks the western horizon like a jagged ink line against the sky. To the immediate north, the depression of Stillhouse Hollow offers a brief reprieve from the sprawl, while the nearby Thompson Wildlife Management Area provides a sanctuary for local flora and fauna that persist despite the steady hum of human activity. The quality of light during the late afternoon, filtered through the canopy, casts long, amber shadows across the pavement, emphasizing the contrast between the dense, developed corridors and the pockets of woodland that remain.
Springfield carries the weight of a regional transition, serving as a vital nexus where the legacy of colonial agrarian roots meets the frantic, data-driven pace of the contemporary economy. Historically, the land shifted from rural tracts to a suburban hub, its growth mirroring the expansion of federal and technological interests that define the broader region. While the proximity to the Belle Meade Linden Trail offers a measured path for movement and reflection, the daily pulse of Springfield is dictated by the flow of commuters and the commercial enterprise that sustains its populace. Residents find a quiet continuity in the vicinity of Thompson Lake, where the water mirrors the changing seasons, providing a stillness that exists in defiance of the nearby transit arteries. Life here is characterized by this layering of eras, where the memory of the landscape is never entirely overwritten by the demands of the present.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Springfield, Virginia. Coordinates: 38.781571, -77.183921. 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 Springfield includes the ZIP code (22150, 22911, 23185), telephone area code (804, 703, 571), county seat of Fauquier County (Warrenton), and school district assignment (Fairfax 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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |