Explore Toano, 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 Toano, 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 Toano.
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 | Toano |
| State | Virginia (VA) |
| County | James City County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 37.379869 |
| Longitude | -76.804128 |
| Population | 1,200 |
| Density | 35.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 23168 |
| Area Code | 804 |
| County Seat | Williamsburg |
Toano stretches across a landscape of quiet, flat woodland and worked earth that holds the heat of the afternoon sun in its dark, loamy soil. It lies 9.2 miles northwest of Williamsburg, VA (from Williamsburg, VA: bearing 325°T), and is situated 5.5 miles north of James City. The France Swamp winds through the periphery, a low-slung artery of water and dense thicket that dictates the movement of moisture across the flat terrain. Near the center of the landscape, the surface of Little Creek Reservoir remains glass-still, reflecting the heavy clouds that gather before a summer storm. Far to the west, the Blue Ridge Mountains exist only as a faint, jagged ink-line against the horizon, too distant to influence the heavy, humid air that settles over the pine stands and clearings. In the stillness of dusk, the light turns a bruised violet, catching the edges of the hardwoods and casting long, thin shadows that seem to stretch toward the forest floor.
Toano maintains a rhythm defined by the intersection of legacy agriculture and the quiet expansion of the modern thoroughfare. The land was once a place of small-scale tobacco farming and rail-side commerce, and the influence of that era lingers in the weathered wooden structures that sit just off the main road. Today, the economy leans into a mixture of local trade and service, supported by those who commute along the corridors connecting the regional hubs. Visitors and residents alike find respite at Little Creek Park, where the walking trails offer a view of the local ecology that remains largely undisturbed by the steady hum of passing vehicles. The character of Toano is one of persistent endurance, a place where the weight of the past is not a museum piece but a practical foundation for the lives of those who work the land and keep the commerce moving.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Toano, Virginia. Coordinates: 37.379869, -76.804128. 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 Toano includes the ZIP code (23168), telephone area code (804), county seat of James City County (Williamsburg), 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. |