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Bud West Virginia Map

Explore Bud, 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 Bud, West Virginia

How to Use This Bud, West Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	37.524843
Longitude	-81.380547
Population	347
Density	42.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	24716
Area Code	304
County Seat	Pineville
School District	Wyoming County School District

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About Bud, West Virginia

Bud is a locality in Wyoming County, West Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 347. The population density is 42.9 people per km². Bud is located at 37.5248°N, 81.3805°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 24716.

Bud emerges from the shadows of the Appalachian Mountains where the earth folds into deep, narrow creases of limestone and shale. It lies 19.6 miles south-southwest of Beckley, WV (from Beckley, WV: bearing 212°T), and is situated 3.1 miles south of Mullens. Barkers Creek defines the local topography, carving a path through the landscape as it drains the runoff from Big Hollow into the darker, quieter recesses of the terrain. The air here holds a cool, heavy moisture, clinging to the hardwood leaves long after the sun has retreated behind the jagged horizons. In the soft light of late afternoon, the hills surrounding Bud seem to press inward, their slopes covered in a thick, interlocking canopy of oak and hickory that turns a muted, bruised purple as the day fades.

History in Bud remains inseparable from the veins of coal that once dictated the pulse of the local economy, leaving behind a quiet resilience that persists in the quiet streets. While the heavy industry has receded, the legacy of the mountain labor remains etched into the character of the people, who maintain a pace set by the slow, seasonal transition of the woods. Residents occasionally travel to the Captain J.F. Lyttle Jr. Memorial Parks and Playground for a moment of communal respite or venture toward the distant, shimmering expanse of Flat Top Lake for a change of scenery. The stillness of the morning is often broken only by the sharp, rhythmic call of a crow or the distant, muffled sound of a truck navigating the winding roads, marking a life that is measured not by speed, but by the steady, unyielding endurance of the landscape itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Captain J.F. Lyttle Jr. Memorial Parks and Playground (Local Park) — 3.4 mi, 349° N
Twin Falls Resort State Park (State Park) — 6.1 mi, 337° NW
Camp Creek State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 10.7 mi, 085° E
Perdue Family Crest (Monument) — 11.8 mi, 128° SE
Camp Creek State Park (State Park) — 13.0 mi, 094° E
Tug Fork Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.1 mi, 245° SW
Anawalt Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.4 mi, 188° S
Pinnacle Rock Overlook (Viewpoint) — 14.9 mi, 161° S
John Cooke Marker (Monument) — 17.7 mi, 311° NW
Wyoming County Historical Museum (Museum) — 18.1 mi, 310° NW
Space Shuttle Memorial (Monument) — 18.1 mi, 239° SW
Stone Arch (Historic Ruins) — 18.4 mi, 128° SE
Cape Coalwood (Historic Ruins) — 18.8 mi, 241° SW
Bluefield Love Sign (Public Artwork) — 19.7 mi, 162° S
Bluestone National Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 20.5 mi, 084° E · 3,035 acres
Youth Museum of Southwestern West Virginia (Museum) — 20.6 mi, 029° NE
Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine (Museum) — 20.6 mi, 029° NE
Ship Rock (Attraction) — 22.1 mi, 036° NE
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 24.7 mi, 046° NE · 53k acres
Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 25.2 mi, 168° S · 733k acres
Theatre West Virginia (Theatre) — 27.3 mi, 039° NE
CDB Theatre (Cinema) — 27.6 mi, 025° NE
Climbing Tree Theather (Cinema) — 27.7 mi, 194° S
Kimberling Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 27.9 mi, 149° SE · 6,092 acres
Hunting Camp Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 28.2 mi, 167° S · 8,471 acres
Historic Crab Orchard Museum (Museum) — 30.0 mi, 201° S
AT&T Summit Stadium (Theatre) — 30.4 mi, 027° NE
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 30.5 mi, 169° S · 110k acres
The Canopy (Attraction) — 31.1 mi, 028° NE
Hank’s Last Stop (Attraction) — 31.6 mi, 023° NE

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