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Big Creek West Virginia Map

Explore Big 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 Big Creek, West Virginia

How to Use This Big Creek, West Virginia Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Big 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 Big 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	Big Creek
State	West Virginia (WV)
County	Logan County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	38.004266
Longitude	-82.04013
Population	195
Density	129.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	25505
Area Code	304
County Seat	Logan
School District	Logan County School District

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About Big Creek, West Virginia

Big Creek is a locality in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 195. The population density is 129.6 people per km². Big Creek is located at 38.0043°N, 82.0401°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 25505.

Big Creek carves a persistent, silver-veined path through the deep folds of the earth, drawing life from the shadow of the steep, timbered ridges that define the horizon. It lies 28.6 miles south-southwest of St. Albans, WV (from St. Albans, WV: bearing 205°T), and is situated 12.8 miles west-southwest of Madison. The topography here is defined by sharp, vertical shifts, where the land drops away into the cool, limestone-scented depths of Orchard Hollow. Sunlight struggles to reach the forest floor through the dense, interlocking canopy of hardwoods, creating a shifting mosaic of amber and gray that moves with the slow passing of the day. Only four miles away, the Big Ugly Wildlife Management Area offers a vast, untamed expanse of undergrowth and bramble, providing a stark, quiet contrast to the persistent rush of the water nearby.

Big Creek echoes with the memory of subterranean labor, a place where the weight of the coal industry once dictated the very pulse of the local economy. While the heavy machinery of the past has largely fallen silent, the rhythm of life remains tethered to the terrain, marked by a sturdy, quiet persistence that ignores the frantic pace of the outside world. Those who walk the land today still find the occasional rusted remnant of an old tipple or a narrow, overgrown rail line reclaimed by the insistent green of the Appalachian Mountains. Though the distant range sits miles away, its presence is felt in the cool, drafty air that settles in the valley each evening, long before the sun dips below the crest of the woods.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Big Ugly Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 021° N
Chief Logan State Park (State Park) — 6.2 mi, 172° S
Chief Logan Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.4 mi, 175° S
East Lynn Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 11.9 mi, 284° W
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 12.2 mi, 063° NE
East Lynn Lake (Recreation Area) — 14.8 mi, 288° W
Cabwaylingo State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 15.6 mi, 250° W
Tridelphia Vietnam War Memorial (Monument) — 20.1 mi, 152° SE
Beech Fork State Park (State Park) — 25.5 mi, 324° NW
Hatfield McCoy Feud Site Tours (Attraction) — 27.3 mi, 195° S
Upper Big Branch Miners Memorial (Monument) — 27.6 mi, 093° E
Main Street Cinema (Cinema) — 28.5 mi, 251° W
Indian Rock (Attraction) — 30.1 mi, 022° N
Milton Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 30.1 mi, 350° N
Nature preserve (Viewpoint) — 30.7 mi, 046° NE
Wyoming County Historical Museum (Museum) — 30.9 mi, 134° SE
The Seeker (Public Artwork) — 31.3 mi, 334° NW
Charleston Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 31.9 mi, 042° NE
Sunrise Bird Sanctuary Museum (Museum) — 32.0 mi, 042° NE
Frankenberger Art Gallery (Museum) — 32.4 mi, 045° NE
Bear Wood Company (Gallery) — 32.5 mi, 043° NE
WV market gallery (Gallery) — 32.5 mi, 043° NE
Annex Gallery (Gallery) — 32.5 mi, 043° NE
Walker Theatre (Theatre) — 32.6 mi, 043° NE
West Virginia State Museum (Museum) — 32.7 mi, 045° NE
Park Place Stadium Cinema 11 (Cinema) — 32.7 mi, 042° NE
Wayne National Forest (National Forest) — 47.7 mi, 339° N · 243k acres
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 49.6 mi, 081° E · 53k acres
Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 52.0 mi, 196° S · 733k acres
Gauley River National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 52.3 mi, 073° E · 5,067 acres

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