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Bolt West Virginia Map

Explore Bolt, 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 Bolt, West Virginia

How to Use This Bolt, West Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	37.762335
Longitude	-81.412327
Population	518
Density	36.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	25817, 25839
Area Code	304
County Seat	Beckley
School District	Raleigh County School District

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About Bolt, West Virginia

Bolt is a locality in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 518. The population density is 36.7 people per km². Bolt is located at 37.7623°N, 81.4123°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 25817, 25839.

Bolt occupies a stubborn, narrow stretch of high ground where the earth seems to hold its breath between steep, wooded slopes. It lies 12.3 miles west of Beckley, WV (from Beckley, WV: bearing 265°T), and is situated 17.6 miles west-northwest of Shady Spring. Breckenridge Creek carves a persistent line through the landscape, its waters pulling away from the higher elevations of Claypool Hollow just a few miles to the east. The light in Bolt arrives late over the ridges and departs early, casting long, bruised-purple shadows across the gravel shoulders of the roads before the sun has truly finished its work. Even the air here feels weighted with the gravity of the surrounding hardwood forests, a thick, cool atmosphere that clings to the valley floor and muffles the occasional rumble of a passing truck.

Coal once dictated the rhythm of every heartbeat in Bolt, leaving behind a quiet landscape of reclaimed earth and the scattered remnants of an industry that defined the local economy for generations. While the mines have slowed, the character of the place remains forged in the resilience of those who stayed, their lives punctuated by the proximity of the Lake Stephens Recreation Area where the forest offers a different kind of relief. There is a distinct, unadorned beauty in the way the local houses lean into the incline, their porches facing the creek as if waiting for a conversation that ended decades ago. Life in Bolt moves with the deliberate pace of a season turning, indifferent to the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains that mark the far limit of the horizon.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lake Stephens Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 5.4 mi, 077° E
Twin Falls Resort State Park (State Park) — 7.6 mi, 184° S
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 7.9 mi, 077° E
Youth Museum of Southwestern West Virginia (Museum) — 11.9 mi, 082° E
Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine (Museum) — 11.9 mi, 082° E
John Cooke Marker (Monument) — 12.6 mi, 247° SW
Wyoming County Historical Museum (Museum) — 13.0 mi, 248° W
Beckley Mill Site (Historic Ruins) — 14.3 mi, 087° E
Ship Rock (Attraction) — 14.9 mi, 085° E
Plum Orchard Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.3 mi, 036° NE
CDB Theatre (Cinema) — 16.0 mi, 057° NE
Upper Big Branch Miners Memorial (Monument) — 16.5 mi, 336° NW
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 16.9 mi, 071° E · 53k acres
Little Beaver State Park (State Park) — 17.7 mi, 094° E
R.D. Bailey Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 17.9 mi, 236° SW
AT&T Summit Stadium (Theatre) — 18.8 mi, 056° NE
Walter Scott's statue (Monument) — 19.0 mi, 056° NE
Hank’s Last Stop (Attraction) — 19.0 mi, 048° NE
Theatre West Virginia (Theatre) — 19.6 mi, 076° E
North Overlook (Viewpoint) — 19.6 mi, 075° E
The Canopy (Attraction) — 19.8 mi, 056° NE
Ace Adventure Resort (Theme Park) — 22.5 mi, 050° NE
Stone Cliff Coke Ovens (Historic Ruins) — 22.6 mi, 058° NE
Bluestone National Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 26.0 mi, 121° SE · 3,035 acres
Love Hope Arts (Gallery) — 26.2 mi, 040° NE
Fayetteville Arts Coalition (Arts Centre) — 26.2 mi, 040° NE
Gauley River National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 35.2 mi, 028° NE · 5,067 acres
Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 41.6 mi, 169° S · 733k acres
Kimberling Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 43.0 mi, 156° SE · 6,092 acres
Monongahela National Forest (National Forest) — 55.2 mi, 050° NE · 922k acres

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