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Willis Virginia Map

Explore Willis, 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 Willis, Virginia

How to Use This Willis, Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	36.857911
Longitude	-80.480894
Population	480
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	24380
Area Code	276
County Seat	Floyd

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About Willis, Virginia

Willis is a locality in Floyd County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Willis is located at 36.8579°N, 80.4809°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 24380.

Willis commands a high, quiet plateau where the earth seems to hold its breath beneath a vast, changing sky. It lies 19.2 miles south-southwest of Christiansburg, VA (from Christiansburg, VA: bearing 192°T), and is situated 19.6 miles south-southeast of Radford. Greasy Creek cuts a deliberate path through the landscape, its waters carving shallow channels through fields that have long surrendered to the patient work of gravity and frost. To the west, the distant summits of the Appalachian Mountains blur into a deep indigo, marking the outer boundary of a world defined by its distance from the salt-heavy air of the lowlands. The light here at dusk possesses a peculiar clarity, catching the edges of the hardwoods and casting long, thin shadows that stretch across the meadows like fingers of cooling ink. Just two miles away, the quietude of the Chestnut Creek Wetland State Natural Area Preserve offers a sanctuary for the local flora, where the soil stays damp and dark, undisturbed by the transit of the modern world.

Willis maintains a rhythm dictated by the seasons and the slow, steady yield of its agricultural foundations. Though the echoes of early settlers and their rough-hewn homesteads have softened into the quiet hum of rural industry, the character of the place remains firmly rooted in the land. The economy lingers in the balance of small-scale farming and the craft-based trades that have persisted for generations, sustained by the same soil that feeds the nearby woods. A traveler might find the pace of life here marked by the absence of urgency, where the collective memory of the region is preserved in the simple, wood-framed architecture and the steady, unpretentious labor of the day. Life in Willis turns on these small, recurring cycles, far removed from the clamor of the coast, finding its meaning in the persistent flow of the creek and the enduring, silent presence of the ridges that define the horizon.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Chestnut Creek Wetland State Natural Area Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 1.6 mi, 115° SE
Camp Branch Wetlands (State Conservation Area) — 1.7 mi, 274° W
Camp Branch Natural Area Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 3.2 mi, 297° NW
The Saddle Overlook (Viewpoint) — 8.1 mi, 107° E
Blue Ridge Boy Scout Camp (Conservation Area) — 9.4 mi, 339° N
Sun Music Hall (Theatre) — 9.6 mi, 068° E
One Clear View (Attraction) — 10.2 mi, 066° NE
I C Dehart Park, Woolwine (Local Park) — 12.2 mi, 103° E
New River Trail State Park (State Park) — 13.7 mi, 295° NW
Claytor Lake State Park (State Park) — 15.4 mi, 329° NW
Sapphire Ballroom & Dance Center (Attraction) — 19.1 mi, 012° N
Montgomery County War Memorial (Monument) — 19.2 mi, 012° N
Montgomery County Bicentennial (Monument) — 19.2 mi, 012° N
Montgomery County Public Safety Monument (Monument) — 19.2 mi, 012° N
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 20.8 mi, 102° E
Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley (Arts Centre) — 21.1 mi, 308° NW
Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 21.9 mi, 302° NW · 733k acres
Mount Rogers National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 24.3 mi, 261° W · 155k acres
Modern Art (Public Artwork) — 24.5 mi, 359° N
Falls Ridge Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 24.8 mi, 021° N
Mount Airy Museum of Regional History (Museum) — 25.6 mi, 196° S
Blue Ridge Farm Museum (Museum) — 25.7 mi, 080° E
Earle (Cinema) — 25.7 mi, 196° S
Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation (Museum) — 25.8 mi, 008° N
Wally's Service Station (Attraction) — 25.9 mi, 195° S
Haymarket Theatre (Cinema) — 25.9 mi, 008° N
George Washington and Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 27.1 mi, 359° N · 865 acres
Brush Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 31.3 mi, 009° N · 4,795 acres
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 31.7 mi, 326° NW · 110k acres
Mountain Lake Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 34.0 mi, 359° N · 17k acres

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