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Burnsville West Virginia Map

Explore Burnsville, 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 Burnsville, West Virginia

How to Use This Burnsville, West Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	38.856207
Longitude	-80.654818
Population	394
Density	143.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	26335, 26412
Area Code	304
County Seat	Sutton
School District	Braxton County School District

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About Burnsville, West Virginia

Burnsville is a locality in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 394. The population density is 143.9 people per km². Burnsville is located at 38.8562°N, 80.6548°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Burnsville is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 26335, 26412.

Burnsville occupies a quiet stretch of land where the Little Kanawha River carves its path through the damp, leaf-strewn earth of the Allegheny Plateau. It lies 33.7 miles south-southwest of Clarksburg, WV (from Clarksburg, WV: bearing 210°T), and is situated 16.1 miles southwest of Weston. The landscape is defined by a deep, rhythmic succession of ridges that rise and fall like a slow-breathing lung, their slopes dense with hardwood forests that turn to shades of burnt copper and bruised gold as the autumn sun wanes. In the distance, the faint, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains anchors the horizon, serving as a reminder of the vast, rugged terrain that defines this part of the state. Those seeking a quiet vantage point often find their way to the Burnsville Recreation Area, where the air smells of damp pine and cold water, or wander toward the nearby reach of Shock Hollow, where the shadows grow long and heavy by mid-afternoon.

Burnsville carries the weight of a history rooted in the extraction of coal and the quiet endurance of those who labored in the dark seams beneath the soil. While the local economy has transitioned from its industrial origins, the slow, deliberate pace of life remains tethered to the seasonal shifts of the nearby Burnsville Lake, which mirrors the gray, shifting clouds of the West Virginia sky. Time here is marked not by clocks, but by the rising water levels of the Little Kanawha River after a spring rain and the way the light catches the rusted corrugated iron of old outbuildings. It is a place where the silence is rarely empty, filled instead by the persistent, low-frequency hum of insects in the heat of July or the brittle, snapping sound of frost on dry grass when winter finally settles into the valley.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Burnsville Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 1.5 mi, 119° SE
Burnsville Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.5 mi, 119° SE
Burnsville Lake (Recreation Area) — 1.8 mi, 117° SE
Gilmer County (Monument) — 3.1 mi, 298° NW
Battle of Bulltown Union Entrenchments (Registered Battlefield) — 6.7 mi, 133° SE
Battle of Bulltown Confederate Entrenchments (Registered Battlefield) — 6.7 mi, 136° SE
Falls Mill Overlook (Viewpoint) — 7.9 mi, 136° SE
Stonewall Jackson Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.8 mi, 055° NE
Stonewall Resort State Park (State Park) — 9.5 mi, 052° NE
Cedar Creek State Park (State Park) — 10.0 mi, 282° W
Presidents Wall (Monument) — 11.1 mi, 300° NW
Holly-Gray Park (Local Park) — 11.6 mi, 181° S
Old Stone Trough (Monument) — 12.3 mi, 279° W
Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (West Virginia Hospital for the Insane/Weston State Hospital) (Museum) — 16.1 mi, 038° NE
Fidler's Mill - Historic Gristmill & Building (Museum) — 17.0 mi, 103° E
Jackson's Mill (State Recreation Area) — 18.7 mi, 031° NE
Buckhannon Mural (Public Artwork) — 24.6 mi, 067° NE
Latham House - Historical Renovation (Historic Ruins) — 24.7 mi, 068° E
Helvetia Village Historic District (Attraction) — 26.6 mi, 113° SE
Maniac Mountain (Attraction) — 29.7 mi, 061° NE
Monongahela National Forest (National Forest) — 30.5 mi, 160° S · 922k acres
Noah Haddon's Indian Fort (Historic Ruins) — 37.4 mi, 114° SE
Cranberry Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 37.8 mi, 158° S · 48k acres
Covered Bridge Museum (Museum) — 38.8 mi, 058° NE
Randolph County Museum (Museum) — 41.9 mi, 091° E
West Virginia Railroad Museum (Museum) — 43.5 mi, 084° E
Old Brick Playhouse (Theatre) — 43.6 mi, 083° E
Almost Heaven Swing (Attraction) — 43.7 mi, 194° S
Wayne National Forest (National Forest) — 48.2 mi, 328° NW · 243k acres
Otter Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 51.5 mi, 083° E · 21k acres

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