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Alum Creek West Virginia Map

Explore Alum Creek, West 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 Alum Creek, West Virginia

How to Use This Alum Creek, West Virginia Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Alum Creek, West 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 West 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 Alum Creek.

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	Alum Creek
State	West Virginia (WV)
County	Kanawha County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	38.289046
Longitude	-81.83856
Population	1,595
Density	60.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	25003, 25202
Area Code	304
County Seat	Charleston
School District	Lincoln County School District

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About Alum Creek, West Virginia

Alum Creek is a locality in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,595. The population density is 60.3 people per km². Alum Creek is located at 38.2890°N, 81.8386°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 25003, 25202.

Alum Creek unfolds as a quiet corridor of dense, deciduous canopy and steep, shadowed ravines where the earth seems to hold its breath beneath the weight of heavy timber. It lies 6.4 miles south of St. Albans, WV (from St. Albans, WV: bearing 173°T), and is situated 8.0 miles southwest of South Charleston. The Coal River carves a deliberate path through this terrain, its current acting as a persistent pulse that directs the drainage of the surrounding hillsides toward the wider basins of the state. Light here is often filtered through a thick screen of oaks and maples, casting a long, shifting gray across the forest floor that stays cool even as the summer sun climbs high above the ridge lines. While the Appalachian Mountains loom as a distant, jagged silhouette on the horizon, the immediate landscape is defined by the intimate, vertical geometry of Flat Hollow, where the moisture of the earth gathers in the deep creases of the soil.

Economic life in Alum Creek carries the quiet resonance of a heritage shaped by the extraction of subterranean wealth, leaving a legacy of sturdy, modest houses and a culture that values the resilience of those who remain. Residents find their recreation in the proximity of Meadowood Park, or by following the Walhonde Upper Falls Walking Trail to witness the sudden, kinetic rush of Upper Falls as it breaks the stillness of the woods. Though the industry has evolved from the intensive labor of the past, the rhythm of daily life remains tethered to the natural cycles of the woods and the nearby Kanawha State Forest. When necessity demands, the Waste Water Retention Pond serves as a stark, industrial reminder of the modern infrastructure required to sustain the population, yet the prevailing spirit of Alum Creek persists in the slow, deliberate movement of people who have long understood the necessity of working in harmony with such an unrelenting topography.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Meadowood Park (Local Park) — 3.4 mi, 005° N
Coal River Pas (State Recreation Area) — 3.6 mi, 002° N
Hilbert Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.9 mi, 233° SW
Kanawha State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 5.8 mi, 096° E
Little Creek Park (Local Park) — 6.8 mi, 065° NE
Water Ways Park (Local Recreation) — 7.2 mi, 182° S
Indian Rock (Attraction) — 8.2 mi, 002° N
Burial Atendants (Public Artwork) — 9.5 mi, 054° NE
Shoney's Big Boy Museum (Monument) — 10.8 mi, 060° NE
Nature preserve (Viewpoint) — 11.2 mi, 082° E
Charleston Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 11.3 mi, 070° E
Sunrise Bird Sanctuary Museum (Museum) — 11.4 mi, 070° E
Elk City Playhouse (Theatre) — 11.8 mi, 065° NE
Bear Wood Company (Gallery) — 11.8 mi, 069° E
WV market gallery (Gallery) — 11.8 mi, 069° E
Annex Gallery (Gallery) — 11.9 mi, 069° E
State Capitol (Monument) — 11.9 mi, 069° E
World War 2 (Monument) — 11.9 mi, 069° E
Park Place Stadium Cinema 11 (Cinema) — 12.0 mi, 068° E
Walker Theatre (Theatre) — 12.1 mi, 070° E
Frankenberger Art Gallery (Museum) — 12.4 mi, 076° E
West Virginia State Museum (Museum) — 12.6 mi, 074° E
University of Charleston Stadium (Stadium) — 12.7 mi, 072° E
Amherst/Plymouth Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.9 mi, 002° N
Train tunnel (Historic Ruins) — 25.4 mi, 076° E
Beech Fork State Park (State Park) — 26.0 mi, 272° W
Chief Logan State Park (State Park) — 27.3 mi, 200° S
Wayne National Forest (National Forest) — 37.7 mi, 311° NW · 243k acres
Gauley River National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 39.2 mi, 096° E · 5,067 acres
Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 41.1 mi, 354° N · 6,562 acres

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