Explore Bradley, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Bradley, 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 Bradley.
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 | Bradley |
| State | West Virginia (WV) |
| County | Raleigh County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 37.867888 |
| Longitude | -81.215582 |
| Population | 1,928 |
| Density | 176.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 25051, 25818, 25880 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| County Seat | Beckley |
| School District | Raleigh County School District |
Bradley endures as a quiet expanse of plateau and steep timbered slope, defined by the persistent, rugged character of the inland Appalachian landscape. It lies 6.0 miles north of Beckley, WV (from Beckley, WV: bearing 357°T), and is situated 7.8 miles south-southwest of Oak Hill. The air here holds a distinct, heavy clarity, especially when the light of late afternoon catches the dense canopy of hardwoods, turning the foliage into a mosaic of deep bronze and muted emerald. To the west, the land dips sharply into the shadowed reaches of Blake Hollow, while the rhythmic, low-frequency pulse of Maple Fork provides a constant, unseen companion to the local topography. Though the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains frame the horizon, the immediate terrain is one of broken ridges and tight, shaded ravines that seem to hold the morning fog long after the sun has climbed high.
Bradley carries the weight of a long-standing coal heritage, an economic inheritance that remains visible in the sturdy, unadorned architecture and the resilient spirit of those who call these hills home. The local rhythm is dictated by the slow transition of seasons, where the quietude is occasionally broken by the passage of heavy machinery or the distant, collective sounds of a community shifting gears. Residents seeking a moment of respite often gravitate toward the quiet waters of Plum Orchard Lake, or find a sense of orderly peace within the maintained grounds of Graney Memorial Park. This is a place where the history of extraction and industry has settled into the bedrock, creating a culture built on endurance, hard work, and a profound, wordless connection to the land that sustains it.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bradley, West Virginia. Coordinates: 37.867888, -81.215582. 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 Bradley includes the ZIP code (25051, 25818, 25880), telephone area code (304), county seat of Raleigh County (Beckley), and school district assignment (Raleigh 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. |