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Woodlawn Virginia Map

Explore Woodlawn, 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 Woodlawn, Virginia

How to Use This Woodlawn, Virginia Map

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

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.

CityWoodlawn
StateVirginia (VA)
CountyHanover County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude36.738767
Longitude-80.809459
Population2,045
Density41.1 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Codes24153, 24381, 22405, 22309
Area Code540, 703, 571
County SeatHanover Courthouse
School DistrictCarroll County Public Schools

About Woodlawn, Virginia

Woodlawn is a locality in Hanover County, Virginia, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,045. The population density is 41.1 people per km². Woodlawn is located at 36.7388°N, 80.8095°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 24153, 24381, 22405.

Woodlawn sustains a quiet gravity, anchored by the slow, deliberate movement of Matadequin Creek as it carves a path through the dense, verdant terrain. It lies 7.4 miles northeast of Highland Springs, VA (from Highland Springs, VA: bearing 45°T), and is situated 7.7 miles east of Mechanicsville. The landscape is defined by an inland stillness, where the earth rises and falls in modest, measured swells, far removed from the reach of any saltwater influence. At the edge of the property lines, Wests Pond holds the sky in a mirror of dark glass, its surface undisturbed save for the occasional ripple of a passing shadow. The light here in the late afternoon possesses a particular clarity, filtering through the heavy canopy to cast long, thin fingers of amber across the damp soil, while the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains marks the western horizon like a fading memory of high ground.

Woodlawn carries the weight of a long-settled interior, where the patterns of industry and agriculture have been refined by generations of quiet persistence. The local economy remains tethered to the land’s capacity for growth, favoring the steady, predictable cycles of the seasons over the frantic pulse of the modern corridor. A short distance away, the quiet boundaries of ABT Holding provide a sanctuary of managed wilderness, offering a rare reprieve from the intrusion of development. Life in Woodlawn moves with a deliberate, unhurried cadence, marked by the simple sounds of local trade and the soft rustle of leaves in the humid air, preserving a character that values the permanence of the soil and the legacy of the families who have long tended these fields.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Unknown Park (Local Park) — 1.6 mi, 082° E
  • Crooked Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 177° S
  • Mountain Meadow Preserve (Local Recreation) — 4.5 mi, 063° NE
  • New River Trail State Park (State Park) — 5.6 mi, 256° W
  • Crooked Creek (State Conservation Area) — 5.7 mi, 170° S
  • Chestnut Creek Falls Overlook (Viewpoint) — 5.7 mi, 254° W
  • Mount Rogers National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 6.7 mi, 298° NW · 155k acres
  • Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 7.3 mi, 303° NW · 733k acres
  • Chestnut Creek School of the Arts (Arts Centre) — 8.3 mi, 230° SW
  • New River Outdoor Adventures (Attraction) — 8.3 mi, 260° W
  • Jeff Matthews Museum (Museum) — 8.7 mi, 231° SW
  • Shot Tower Historic State Park (State Park) — 9.6 mi, 339° N
  • Blue Ridge Music Center (Attraction) — 11.6 mi, 191° S
  • Thunder Road Museum (Museum) — 17.2 mi, 161° S
  • Camp Branch Natural Area Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 18.1 mi, 057° NE
  • Crouse's Chimney (Historic Ruins) — 18.2 mi, 189° S
  • Vaughn-Woltz Order of the Arrow Campfire Arena Time Capsule (Monument) — 18.4 mi, 187° S
  • Sawmill Discard (Historic Ruins) — 19.2 mi, 339° N
  • Wohlfahrt Haus Dinner Theatre (Theatre) — 19.7 mi, 317° NW
  • Mount Airy Museum of Regional History (Museum) — 19.8 mi, 146° SE
  • Earle (Cinema) — 19.9 mi, 146° SE
  • Andy Griffith Playhouse (Theatre) — 20.0 mi, 146° SE
  • Wally's Service Station (Attraction) — 20.3 mi, 146° SE
  • Little Dry Run Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 20.9 mi, 277° W · 2,856 acres
  • Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley (Arts Centre) — 21.4 mi, 004° N
  • John Harmon Gallery (Public Artwork) — 24.9 mi, 205° SW
  • US 21 overlook (Attraction) — 27.0 mi, 201° S
  • Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 29.3 mi, 349° N · 110k acres
  • Hunting Camp Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 32.0 mi, 319° NW · 8,471 acres
  • Cherokee National Forest (National Forest) — 47.7 mi, 259° W · 662k acres

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About This Woodlawn Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Woodlawn, Virginia. Coordinates: 36.738767, -80.809459. 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 Woodlawn includes the ZIP code (24153, 24381, 22405), telephone area code (540, 703, 571), county seat of Hanover County (Hanover Courthouse), and school district assignment (Carroll 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 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.