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Big Chimney West Virginia Map

Explore Big Chimney, 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 Big Chimney, West Virginia

How to Use This Big Chimney, West Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	38.415207
Longitude	-81.531808
Population	629
Density	121.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	25302
Area Code	304
County Seat	Charleston
School District	Kanawha County School District

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About Big Chimney, West Virginia

Big Chimney is a locality in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 629. The population density is 121.2 people per km². Big Chimney is located at 38.4152°N, 81.5318°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 25302.

Big Chimney anchors the floor of a narrow valley where the Elk River carves a slow, deliberate path through the earth. It lies 6.5 miles northeast of Charleston, WV (from Charleston, WV: bearing 54°T), and is situated 9.2 miles east-northeast of South Charleston. The air here holds a heavy, damp stillness, carrying the scent of damp shale and the quiet transpiration of deep woods that press close against the roadside. Sunlight struggles to reach the low ground during the late afternoon, casting long, bruised shadows that stretch from the edges of Tarkin Hollow toward the riverbank. While the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains marks the far horizon, the immediate landscape is defined by the intimate, vertical rise of steep slopes and the steady, dark flow of the water. Residents find respite just a short drive away at Coonskin Park, where the managed green spaces offer a sharp contrast to the wild, unkempt thickets that otherwise dominate the rugged terrain.

Big Chimney carries the weight of a regional history rooted in the extraction of earth’s buried wealth and the persistent, hard-edged labor that defined the local economy for generations. The legacy of coal and industry lingers in the architecture of the valley, where modest dwellings cling to the hillsides like barnacles on a gray stone hull. Commerce here moves with a measured pace, far removed from the frantic pulse of larger centers, sustained by a self-reliant culture that values the quiet utility of a day’s work. Even as the industrial demands of the past have faded, the character of Big Chimney remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons and the cycle of the river. A few miles to the east, the stillness of Lake Dinty Moore provides a mirror for the sky, serving as a reminder of the quiet, inland isolation that keeps this place anchored in its own enduring, deliberate time.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Coonskin Park (Local Park) — 1.9 mi, 224° SW
Pinch Community Park (Local Park) — 2.8 mi, 105° E
Donnally Monuments (Monument) — 6.3 mi, 225° SW
Captain John Young (Monument) — 6.6 mi, 062° NE
East Kanawha Boulevard Trail (Local Recreation) — 6.7 mi, 213° SW
University of Charleston Stadium (Stadium) — 6.7 mi, 223° SW
Women's Soldier (Public Artwork) — 6.9 mi, 220° SW
War Memorial (Monument) — 6.9 mi, 220° SW
West Virginia State Museum (Museum) — 7.0 mi, 220° SW
Park Place Stadium Cinema 11 (Cinema) — 7.0 mi, 232° SW
Elk City Playhouse (Theatre) — 7.0 mi, 238° SW
Walker Theatre (Theatre) — 7.0 mi, 229° SW
Annex Gallery (Gallery) — 7.1 mi, 231° SW
WV market gallery (Gallery) — 7.2 mi, 231° SW
Bear Wood Company (Gallery) — 7.2 mi, 231° SW
Frankenberger Art Gallery (Museum) — 7.3 mi, 219° SW
Sunrise Bird Sanctuary Museum (Museum) — 7.6 mi, 231° SW
Charleston Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 7.7 mi, 231° SW
Jones Woodlands Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 8.2 mi, 222° SW
Train tunnel (Historic Ruins) — 8.4 mi, 107° E
Falling Rock Smoke stack (Historic Ruins) — 8.4 mi, 070° E
Nature preserve (Viewpoint) — 9.0 mi, 218° SW
Morris Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.9 mi, 075° E
Kanawha State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 10.9 mi, 214° SW
Amherst/Plymouth Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.0 mi, 300° NW
Gauley River National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 25.9 mi, 120° SE · 5,067 acres
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 30.1 mi, 134° SE · 53k acres
Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 38.3 mi, 327° NW · 6,562 acres
Wayne National Forest (National Forest) — 46.6 mi, 300° NW · 243k acres
Monongahela National Forest (National Forest) — 49.1 mi, 100° E · 922k acres

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