Explore Stratford, 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 Stratford, 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 Stratford.
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 | Stratford |
| State | Virginia (VA) |
| County | Westmoreland County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 38.147263 |
| Longitude | -76.846265 |
| Population | 480 |
| Density | 8.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 22520, 22558 |
| Area Code | 540 |
| County Seat | Montross |
Stratford emerges from the quiet intersection of dense woodland and expansive fields, defined by the heavy, humid air that clings to the low-lying terrain. It lies 35.0 miles east-southeast of Fredericksburg, VA (from Fredericksburg, VA: bearing 108°T), and is situated 9.8 miles southeast of Colonial Beach. The landscape is characterized by the deliberate, slow movement of Mill Run as it carves a path through the earth, passing near the still, dark surface of Stratford Millpond. Beyond the immediate canopy, the land rises into subtle, verdant rises that eventually give way to the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains on the far horizon. A wanderer might find solace along the Turkey Neck Trail, where the light at dusk filters through the oaks in long, amber needles, illuminating the dust motes that hang suspended in the cooling atmosphere.
Stratford remains anchored by its presence inside the boundaries of Stratford Hall, a PCON that preserves the weight of centuries within its preserved architecture. This land, historically shaped by the labor of the plantation system, maintains an economy deeply intertwined with land stewardship and the quiet preservation of its own complex legacy. A short distance away, the low depression of Porters Meadow offers a reminder of the ancient, alluvial shifts that formed this geography, grounding the area in a physical history that predates the formal structures of the estate. Daily life here moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, where the primary industry of historical interpretation and forest management ensures that the past remains a tangible, breathing element of the present.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Stratford, Virginia. Coordinates: 38.147263, -76.846265. 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 Stratford includes the ZIP code (22520, 22558), telephone area code (540), county seat of Westmoreland County (Montross), and school district assignment.
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. |