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Stephens Virginia Map

Explore Stephens, 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 Stephens, Virginia

How to Use This Stephens, Virginia Map

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

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	Stephens
State	Virginia (VA)
County	Wise County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	36.992045
Longitude	-82.602378
Population	2,016
Density	N/A /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	24293
Area Code	276
County Seat	Wise

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About Stephens, Virginia

Stephens is a locality in Wise County, Virginia, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,016. Stephens is located at 36.9920°N, 82.6024°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 24293.

Stephens occupies a quiet reach of land where the pulse of the earth is measured by the slow, rhythmic wandering of Sepulcher Creek. It lies 35.7 miles northwest of Bristol, VA (from Bristol, VA: bearing 320°T), and is situated 4.3 miles north-northeast of Norton. The landscape here unfolds in subtle gradients, a series of low-slung elevations that surrender their shadows to the dense, verdant expanse of Jefferson National Forest just a mile to the west. A few miles further, the depressions of Wampler Hollow hold the morning mist until the sun burns it away, leaving the soil dark and rich. The horizon remains wide and open, holding the distant, pale outlines of the Appalachian Mountains in a permanent, hazy suspension that marks the edge of the world. Even on the clearest days, the light over Stephens possesses a singular, golden thickness, as if the air itself were weighted with the pollen of the surrounding woods and the cool, damp breath of Lake Wise.

History in Stephens is not a static monument, but a quiet accumulation of labor and land management that continues to shape the local economy. The rhythms of the day remain tethered to the cycles of the interior plains, where agriculture and small-scale enterprise provide the bedrock for a life lived largely out of doors. Men and women here move with the deliberate caution of those who understand the temperament of the land, whether they are tending to the fields that slope toward the creek or managing the timber stands that define the forest borders. There is a perceptible dignity in the way the local commerce turns, relying on the steady output of the soil and the quiet endurance of the people who have settled these tracts for generations. In the late afternoon, when the shadows stretch long across the fields, the place feels entirely sufficient unto itself, detached from the frantic velocity of the outside world and anchored firmly in the stillness of its own geography.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 1.5 mi, 144° SE · 733k acres
Statue of Thomas Jefferson (Public Artwork) — 2.7 mi, 123° SE
Clear Creek Park (Local Park) — 3.7 mi, 173° S
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 3.8 mi, 196° S
Park Avenue Theatre (Theatre) — 4.3 mi, 200° S
Flag Rock Overlook (Viewpoint) — 5.2 mi, 196° S
Spearhead Trails (Attraction) — 7.0 mi, 121° SE
North Fork Of Pound Rv Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 7.7 mi, 336° NW
Lay's Hardware Center for the Arts (Theatre) — 8.3 mi, 114° SE
Big Cherry Reservoir (Waterfowl Production Area) — 8.6 mi, 195° S
Bark Camp Lake (State Recreation Area) — 9.2 mi, 156° SE
Bad Branch State Nature Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 9.2 mi, 307° NW
Bad Branch Wild River (State Conservation Area) — 10.6 mi, 307° NW
Old Meade Homeplace (Historic Ruins) — 11.2 mi, 346° N
Pound Gap (Monument) — 11.4 mi, 352° N
Leonard Woods Lynched (Monument) — 11.4 mi, 352° N
Wise County (Monument) — 11.4 mi, 352° N
Appalachia Cultural Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 11.7 mi, 239° SW
Devil's Bathtub (Attraction) — 12.6 mi, 192° S
Harry W. Meador Coal Museum (Museum) — 13.0 mi, 228° SW
Dickenson County Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 13.5 mi, 036° NE
Ralph Stanley Museum and Traditional Mountain Music Center (Museum) — 13.5 mi, 036° NE
Jettie Baker Center (Cinema) — 13.6 mi, 036° NE
Clinch River State Park (State Park) — 15.8 mi, 113° SE
Black Mountain (Attraction) — 17.0 mi, 252° W
St. Paul Small Art Gallery (Gallery) — 17.2 mi, 110° E
Portal 31 (Attraction) — 17.5 mi, 264° W
Kingdom Come State Park (State Park) — 18.7 mi, 271° W
Stone Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 19.4 mi, 233° SW · 3,273 acres
Redbird Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 36.4 mi, 274° W · 146k acres

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