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Troy Virginia Map

Explore Troy, 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 Troy, Virginia

How to Use This Troy, Virginia Map

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

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.

CityTroy
StateVirginia (VA)
CountyFluvanna County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude37.950974
Longitude-78.246393
Population480
Density8.0 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code22974
Area Code540
County SeatPalmyra

About Troy, Virginia

Troy is a locality in Fluvanna County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Troy is located at 37.9510°N, 78.2464°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 22974.

Troy occupies a quiet expanse of the Piedmont where the land settles into a rhythmic pattern of low rises and deep, wooded hollows. It lies 5.2 miles east-northeast of Lake Monticello, VA (from Lake Monticello, VA: bearing 68°T), and is situated 13.7 miles east-southeast of Charlottesville. Hunters Branch carves a narrow, persistent path through the red clay soil, its waters often stained by the iron-rich earth after a heavy spring rain. To the west, the jagged, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains marks the limit of the horizon, a constant reminder of the elevation rising toward the spine of the state. The air here holds a distinct, heavy stillness in the late afternoon, as the light catches the dust kicked up from gravel tracks and turns the canopy of hardwoods into a dense, shifting mosaic of bronze and deep green.

Troy grew from a landscape defined by its agricultural roots, though the modern pace is dictated more by the draw of nearby regional hubs than the harvest cycles of the past. Residents move between the privacy of their wooded lots and the public spaces like Pleasant Grove Park, which preserves the quietude of the local timberland. The presence of Lake Monticello nearby provides a focus for local recreation, its calm surface acting as a mirror for the changing seasons. Life in Troy feels like a deliberate pause, a slow-moving continuity where the labor of the day is measured by the steady, unpretentious work of maintaining a home and attending to the small, essential patterns of rural life.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Pleasant Grove Park (Local Park) — 5.1 mi, 205° SW
  • Lafayette Park (Local Park) — 5.8 mi, 253° W
  • Fluvanna Ruritan Lake Public Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 8.0 mi, 239° SW
  • Costello Stadium (Stadium) — 8.7 mi, 190° S
  • Scheier Natural Area (Conservation Area) — 10.4 mi, 225° SW
  • James Monroe (Public Artwork) — 11.6 mi, 281° W
  • Ash Lawn - Highland (Monument) — 11.6 mi, 281° W
  • Charlottesville Woolen Mills (Monument) — 12.5 mi, 293° NW
  • Carter Overlook (Viewpoint) — 12.9 mi, 286° W
  • Belmont Arts Collaborative (Arts Centre) — 13.2 mi, 293° NW
  • DMR Adventures (Arts Centre) — 13.2 mi, 293° NW
  • Free Speech Wall (Attraction) — 13.7 mi, 293° NW
  • Arts of the Albemarle (Gallery) — 13.7 mi, 293° NW
  • Second Street Gallery (Gallery) — 13.9 mi, 293° NW
  • Live Arts Theatre (Theatre) — 13.9 mi, 293° NW
  • The Jefferson Theatre (Theatre) — 13.9 mi, 293° NW
  • Jefferson School African American Heritage Center (Museum) — 14.2 mi, 293° NW
  • Biscuit Run State Park (State Park) — 14.3 mi, 279° W
  • University of Virginia Historic Marker (Monument) — 15.2 mi, 293° NW
  • Lambeth Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 15.5 mi, 292° W
  • Hardware River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.9 mi, 214° SW
  • Grandview Dog Pens (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 21.6 mi, 147° SE
  • Lake Anna State Park (State Park) — 24.7 mi, 065° NE
  • Goochland County Historical Society (Museum) — 27.1 mi, 133° SE
  • Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 28.8 mi, 325° NW · 110k acres
  • Madison County Historical Society (Museum) — 29.9 mi, 359° N
  • Shenandoah National Park (National Park) — 30.0 mi, 331° NW · 197k acres
  • Shenandoah Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 31.8 mi, 320° NW · 82k acres
  • George Washington National Forest (National Forest) — 35.5 mi, 278° W · 1.1M acres
  • Three Ridges Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 39.5 mi, 262° W · 4,607 acres

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About This Troy Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Troy, Virginia. Coordinates: 37.950974, -78.246393. 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 Troy includes the ZIP code (22974), telephone area code (540), county seat of Fluvanna County (Palmyra), 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 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.