Explore Villa Heights, 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 Villa Heights, 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 Villa Heights.
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 | Villa Heights |
| State | Virginia (VA) |
| County | Henry County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 36.702171 |
| Longitude | -79.894608 |
| Population | 638 |
| Density | 256.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 24017, 24112 |
| Area Code | 540, 276 |
| County Seat | Martinsville |
| School District | Henry County Public Schools |
Villa Heights occupies a quiet expanse of land defined by the steady, unassuming presence of Beaver Creek as it winds through the local topography. It lies 1.8 miles west-northwest of Martinsville, VA (from Martinsville, VA: bearing 283°T), and is situated 1.4 miles south-southeast of Collinsville. The surrounding landscape is characterized by a series of subtle rises and hollows, where the light at dusk settles in long, amber ribbons across the fields, lending a momentary softness to the earth. Though the distant Appalachian Mountains appear as a hazy, indigo suggestion against the horizon, the immediate ground remains dominated by the modest, inland terrain of the Piedmont. Residents often walk the path of the Dick and Willie Passage Trail, a corridor that traces the old rail lines and serves as a quiet artery for the neighborhood, connecting the open air of the landscape to the intimate, everyday rhythm of the houses nearby.
Economic life in Villa Heights reflects a long-standing transition from the traditional agricultural and industrial foundations of the region toward a more modern, measured pace of work. The proximity of Martinsville Reservoir, lying only a few miles away, provides a cooling influence on the summer heat, while the memory of the area’s manufacturing heritage remains etched into the structure of the older warehouses and local brickwork. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of a place that understands its own geography, far removed from the bustle of the coast. Whether following the seasonal fluctuations of the local water tables or observing the quiet industry of the residents, Villa Heights maintains a character defined by its permanence, its stillness, and the honest, unadorned quality of its daily existence.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Villa Heights, Virginia. Coordinates: 36.702171, -79.894608. 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 Villa Heights includes the ZIP code (24017, 24112), telephone area code (540, 276), county seat of Henry County (Martinsville), and school district assignment (Henry 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. |