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Wolf Trap Virginia Map

Explore Wolf Trap, 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 Wolf Trap, Virginia

How to Use This Wolf Trap, Virginia Map

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

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	Wolf Trap
State	Virginia (VA)
County	Halifax County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	38.937348
Longitude	-77.282859
Population	16,496
Density	651.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	22182, 24592, 22181
Area Code	276, 703, 571
County Seat	Halifax
School District	Fairfax County Public Schools

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About Wolf Trap, Virginia

Wolf Trap is a locality in Halifax County, Virginia, United States. It has a population of 16,496. The population density is 651.2 people per km². Wolf Trap is located at 38.9373°N, 77.2829°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 22182, 24592, 22181.

Wolf Trap emerges from the landscape as a quiet intersection of dense woodland and suburban development, defined by the steady, unobserved movement of water through the soil. It lies 32.6 miles east-northeast of Danville, VA (from Danville, VA: bearing 74°T), and is situated 4.2 miles east-northeast of South Boston. The ground here is characterized by the modest elevation changes of the Piedmont, where the earth holds a deep, ochre-colored clay that clings to the boots of anyone walking the shaded paths. A mile away, the dark, slow-moving waters of Wolf Trap Creek carve a path through the undergrowth, providing a constant, low-frequency hum that anchors the terrain. In the late afternoon, the light filters through the canopy in thin, golden needles, illuminating the dust motes that hang suspended in the humid air above the forest floor. Three miles distant, the quiet expanse of Vaughn Street Park offers a reprieve of open green space, while the distant, jagged silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains remains a faint, blue suggestion against the horizon, 107 miles to the west.

Wolf Trap occupies a space where the memory of older agricultural rhythms lingers beneath the modern pulse of a technology-driven regional economy. The land, once partitioned into sprawling tracts of timber and field, now supports a community that balances professional ambition with a persistent, grounded local identity. While the John H. Kerr Reservoir sits four miles away as a testament to the region’s hydrological management, the daily life of the populace is defined more by the transit of commuters and the quiet maintenance of neighborhood borders. There is a specific, measured pace to the mornings here, as if the residents acknowledge an unspoken agreement to keep the noise of industry at a respectful distance from the domestic sphere. Even as the surrounding region shifts toward the complexities of contemporary commerce, Wolf Trap retains a character defined by its own particular stillness, a place where the weight of historical legacy is felt not in monuments, but in the way the morning mist clings to the tree lines long after the sun has risen.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Difficult Run Stream Valley Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 244° SW
Washington and Old Dominion Trail (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 207° SW
Wolf Trap National Park West Lot (Attraction) — 0.8 mi, 082° E
Hawk Ridge Rec Area (Local Recreation) — 1.6 mi, 272° W
Wilder Point Tot Lot (Local Recreation) — 2.0 mi, 263° W
Freeman House Historic Site (Attraction) — 2.5 mi, 158° S
Kiln & Custard (Arts Centre) — 2.6 mi, 159° S
ShowPlace ICON Theatre (Cinema) — 2.9 mi, 109° E
Pupatella Car (Attraction) — 3.0 mi, 288° W
Dennis Crook Memorial Bench (Monument) — 3.5 mi, 306° NW
Selfie Wrld (Museum) — 3.7 mi, 111° E
1964 Tower (Viewpoint) — 3.7 mi, 304° NW
Reston Museum (Museum) — 3.8 mi, 305° NW
ART studio/gallery (Public Artwork) — 3.8 mi, 304° NW
Robert E Simon (Monument) — 3.8 mi, 305° NW
Capital One Hall (Theatre) — 3.9 mi, 102° E
George Washington Memorial Parkway (National Park) — 4.0 mi, 060° NE · 2,795 acres
US Arts Center Vienna (Gallery) — 4.1 mi, 131° SE
Mather Gorge marker (Monument) — 4.2 mi, 026° NE
LOOK Cinemas (Cinema) — 4.3 mi, 290° W
Dallas L Peck Memorial Auditorium (Theatre) — 4.6 mi, 279° W
Maryland Mine (Attraction) — 4.8 mi, 034° NE
Meridian High School Stadium (Stadium) — 5.6 mi, 118° SE
Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.5 mi, 162° S · 2,944 acres
Patuxent Research Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.2 mi, 073° E · 26k acres

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