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Cairo West Virginia Map

Explore Cairo, 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 Cairo, West Virginia

How to Use This Cairo, West Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	39.208689
Longitude	-81.157335
Population	176
Density	144.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	26337
Area Code	304
County Seat	Harrisville
School District	Ritchie County School District

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About Cairo, West Virginia

Cairo is a locality in Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 176. The population density is 144.0 people per km². Cairo is located at 39.2087°N, 81.1573°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Cairo is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 26337.

Cairo emerges from the verdant, steep-walled landscape where the North Fork Hughes River marks a winding, silver-threaded passage through the terrain. It lies 22.0 miles east of Parkersburg, WV (from Parkersburg, WV: bearing 100°T), and is situated 19.1 miles east of Mineralwells. The air here holds a heavy, damp clarity, cooling quickly as shadows lengthen against the slopes that rise toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains. Cairo remains defined by this intimate geography, where the land exerts a quiet pressure on the rhythm of the day, forcing the roads to curve and the light to pool in the low-lying basins. At the center of this quietude, Cairo Marble Park serves as a grounding point, reflecting a history that once saw the ground beneath these feet yield the colorful glass spheres that defined local industry and craftsmanship.

Commerce in Cairo once drew its vitality from the pulse of the oil and gas booms, leaving behind a stillness that now characterizes the local economy. The legacy of those extraction years persists in the architecture of the streets and the faded, sturdy brickwork of storefronts that face the river, standing as silent observers to the changing seasons. Residents maintain a pace dictated by the seasonal shift of the hardwoods, a life lived in the shadow of the ridges where the memory of earlier, more industrious times lingers in the quietude of the porches. Far removed from the frantic reach of the wider world, Cairo exists in a state of deliberate, grounded independence, where the primary labor is the maintenance of a heritage that values the slow, steady endurance of the land itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

North Bend State Park (State Park) — 1.2 mi, 079° E
Ritchie Mines Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.7 mi, 187° S
Sand Hill Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.1 mi, 327° NW
Eldon J. Haught Recreation Park (Local Park) — 5.3 mi, 079° E
Mountwood Park (Local Park) — 6.7 mi, 295° NW
Murphy Preserve (Conservation Area) — 7.9 mi, 070° E
Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.8 mi, 347° N · 6,562 acres
Willow Island disaster memorial (Monument) — 13.1 mi, 329° NW
Willow Island Pool Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 13.3 mi, 321° NW
Wayne National Forest (National Forest) — 13.6 mi, 348° N · 243k acres
Wayne Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 13.8 mi, 317° NW · 1,082 acres
Mini Farm Figurines (Public Artwork) — 15.1 mi, 279° W
Elizabeth (Monument) — 16.2 mi, 232° SW
Reas Run Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 17.5 mi, 355° N
Veterans Museum (Museum) — 20.3 mi, 282° W
William Lowther Memorial Flag (Monument) — 20.3 mi, 283° W
Atrium Gallery (Gallery) — 21.1 mi, 313° NW
Gallery 310 (Gallery) — 21.1 mi, 313° NW
Friederich Theater (Theatre) — 21.1 mi, 313° NW
Southwood Stage (Theatre) — 21.2 mi, 276° W
Peddler of Dreams Art Space for Children (Arts Centre) — 21.3 mi, 312° NW
Quincy Hill overlook (Viewpoint) — 21.6 mi, 281° W
Hidden Marietta Tour Company (Attraction) — 21.6 mi, 311° NW
Rufus Putnam House (Attraction) — 21.9 mi, 312° NW
Valley Gem Sternwheeler (Attraction) — 21.9 mi, 312° NW
Fort Boreman Magazine (Historic Ruins) — 22.3 mi, 280° W
Mid-Ohio Railroad Museum (Museum) — 22.9 mi, 282° W
Rudolph Farms (Nature Reserve) — 23.0 mi, 318° NW
Broughton Nature Park (Nature Reserve) — 23.3 mi, 318° NW
Muskingum River State Park (State Park) — 25.3 mi, 316° NW

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