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Ansted West Virginia Map

Explore Ansted, 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 Ansted, West Virginia

How to Use This Ansted, West Virginia Map

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

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	Ansted
State	West Virginia (WV)
County	Fayette County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	38.13622
Longitude	-81.099548
Population	1,303
Density	303.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	25812
Area Code	304
County Seat	Fayetteville
School District	Fayette County School District

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About Ansted, West Virginia

Ansted is a locality in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,303. The population density is 303.1 people per km². Ansted is located at 38.1362°N, 81.0995°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Ansted is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 25812.

Ansted rises upon a high plateau where the landscape is defined by the steady, persistent flow of Mill Creek carving its path through the rugged terrain. It lies 25.2 miles north of Beckley, WV (from Beckley, WV: bearing 11°T), and is situated 5.8 miles north of Fayetteville. The air here holds a crisp, mineral clarity, particularly as the golden light of late afternoon settles over the deep folds of Grassy Lot Hollow, three miles away. To the distant horizon, the Appalachian Mountains trace a jagged, indigo silhouette against the sky, grounding the expanse in a sense of ancient permanence. Within the quiet perimeter of Ansted Town Park, the earth retains a cool, damp scent of loam and decaying leaves, a reminder of the dense woodland that once dominated these elevated reaches before the clearing of the land.

Ansted bears the weight of a legacy forged in the coal-seam darkness, where generations of laborers once shaped the local economy through the extraction of subterranean riches. This history remains etched in the quiet persistence of the streets, though the industry has long since yielded to a slower, more deliberate pace of life. Travelers seeking the echoes of the past may venture toward the Carnifex Trail, ten miles distant, or find a different sort of gravity in the cascading waters of Kanawha Falls, six miles to the west. While the bustling commerce of the mining era has faded, the spirit of the place persists in the way the morning mist clings to the trees, indifferent to the shifting tides of modern trade or the quietude of a lake like Coal Run, which sits eleven miles removed from the center of daily affairs.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Ansted Town Park (Local Recreation) — 0.3 mi, 346° N
Hawks Nest State Park (State Park) — 1.2 mi, 217° SW
Lover's Leap Lookout (Viewpoint) — 1.5 mi, 222° SW
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 1.7 mi, 193° S · 53k acres
The Mystery Hole (Attraction) — 2.4 mi, 249° W
Cotton Hill Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.6 mi, 251° W
Piller (Historic Ruins) — 4.0 mi, 166° S
Gauley River National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 4.4 mi, 015° N · 5,067 acres
Fayette County Park (Local Park) — 4.4 mi, 210° SW
Fayetteville Arts Coalition (Arts Centre) — 5.7 mi, 183° S
Love Hope Arts (Gallery) — 6.0 mi, 180° S
Kanawha Falls Park (State Recreation Area) — 6.1 mi, 275° W
Vanbibbers Rock (Attraction) — 6.1 mi, 279° W
Babcock State Park (State Park) — 10.3 mi, 155° SE
Coal Miner Memorial (Monument) — 10.6 mi, 194° S
Beury Mountain Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.1 mi, 153° SE
Ace Adventure Resort (Theme Park) — 11.3 mi, 180° S
Lively Amphitheater (Theatre) — 11.6 mi, 193° S
Summersville Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 11.6 mi, 060° NE
Rush Run Coke Ovens (Historic Ruins) — 12.1 mi, 170° S
Hank’s Last Stop (Attraction) — 13.5 mi, 192° S
Summersville Lake Lighthouse (Attraction) — 13.5 mi, 071° E
Summersville Lake State Park (Nature Reserve) — 15.3 mi, 061° NE
AT&T Summit Stadium (Theatre) — 15.3 mi, 186° S
Walter Scott's statue (Monument) — 15.3 mi, 185° S
CDB Theatre (Cinema) — 17.6 mi, 192° S
Constable Silas Frank Nance Memorial Site (Monument) — 18.9 mi, 261° W
Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine (Museum) — 24.8 mi, 192° S
Monongahela National Forest (National Forest) — 27.0 mi, 067° NE · 922k acres
Cranberry Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 38.2 mi, 070° E · 48k acres

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