Apple Grove West Virginia Map
Explore Apple Grove, 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 Apple Grove, West Virginia
How to Use This Apple Grove, West Virginia Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Apple Grove, 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 Apple Grove.
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 | Apple Grove |
| State | West Virginia (WV) |
| County | McDowell County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 38.666585 |
| Longitude | -82.171736 |
| Population | 187 |
| Density | 31.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 24844, 25502 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| County Seat | Welch |
| School District | Mason County School District |
About Apple Grove, West Virginia
Apple Grove is a locality in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 187. The population density is 31.4 people per km². Apple Grove is located at 38.6666°N, 82.1717°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 24844, 25502.Apple Grove stretches across a landscape defined by the persistent, winding course of the Dry Fork, which cuts through the earth like a slow, deliberate scar. It lies 41.1 miles southwest of Beckley, WV (from Beckley, WV: bearing 235°T), and is situated 12.1 miles west of Welch. The terrain rises into steep, timbered slopes where the shadows of the Appalachian Mountains seem to linger on the distant horizon, casting a long, violet clarity over the valley floor as the sun dips low. Dense woodlands push against the edges of the clearings, with the sprawling greenery of Panther State Forest only a few miles away, offering a heavy, damp scent of pine and decaying leaves to the cooling evening air. The light here has a peculiar, bruised quality at dusk, turning the gray bark of the sycamores into pale, flickering ghosts against the deepening gloom of the woods.
Apple Grove bears the quiet weight of generations who carved a living from these hardwood ridges and the narrow, fertile strips of bottomland. The local economy has long been tethered to the slow pulse of the earth, echoing a history of resource extraction and the steady, unyielding labor found in the nearby Panther Wildlife Management Area. Families move with the deliberate pace of those who understand the temperament of the land, acknowledging the proximity of Sal Gibson Hollow as a reminder of the rugged, isolated character of the region. Though the bustle of modern commerce remains largely absent, the residents maintain a sharp, watchful independence, finding a steady rhythm in the seasonal turn of the woods and the cold, reliable flow of the water that remains the lifeblood of Apple Grove.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Byrd Pool Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 0.6 mi, 325° NW
- Chief Cornstalk Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.8 mi, 081° E
- Crown City Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.8 mi, 225° SW
- Wayne National Forest (National Forest) — 8.3 mi, 316° NW · 243k acres
- Golf Course (Park) — 10.5 mi, 354° N
- Cliffside Golf Club (Park) — 10.9 mi, 357° N
- Battle of Point Pleasant Monument (Monument) — 12.1 mi, 008° N
- Unknown Park (Local Park) — 12.3 mi, 009° N
- Mothman Statue (Public Artwork) — 12.3 mi, 008° N
- Raccoon Creek County Park (Local Park) — 12.4 mi, 311° NW
- Silver Bridge Memorial Plaque (Monument) — 12.4 mi, 008° N
- Sergeant Danny C. Hayes Memorial (Monument) — 15.8 mi, 241° SW
- Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.1 mi, 041° NE · 6,562 acres
- Chad Pennington Hall of Fame (Attraction) — 21.4 mi, 219° SW
- Birke Art Gallery (Gallery) — 21.9 mi, 220° SW
- Jeslyn Performing Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 22.3 mi, 221° SW
- Charles W. & Norma C. Carroll Gallery (Gallery) — 22.4 mi, 221° SW
- Barnes Agency Design & Digital Media Studio (Arts Centre) — 22.4 mi, 221° SW
- Keith Albee (Theatre) — 22.4 mi, 221° SW
- Touma Museum of Medicine (Museum) — 22.4 mi, 221° SW
- Huntington Dance Theatre (Theatre) — 22.5 mi, 221° SW
- 3rd Avenue Art Gallery (Gallery) — 22.5 mi, 221° SW
- Beech Fork State Park (State Park) — 25.4 mi, 200° S
- Indian Rock (Attraction) — 25.6 mi, 134° SE
- Camden Park Mound (Historic Ruins) — 26.9 mi, 226° SW
- Jackson Lake State Park (State Park) — 27.5 mi, 304° NW
- Washington's Western Lands Museum (Museum) — 29.3 mi, 049° NE
- Broken Aro Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 31.1 mi, 325° NW
- Baker Swamp State Nature Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 31.1 mi, 309° NW
- Daniel Boone National Forest (National Forest) — 67.6 mi, 248° W · 564k acres
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About This Apple Grove Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Apple Grove, West Virginia. Coordinates: 38.666585, -82.171736. 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 Apple Grove includes the ZIP code (24844, 25502), telephone area code (304), county seat of McDowell County (Welch), and school district assignment (Mason County School District).
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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
