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Chelyan West Virginia Map

Explore Chelyan, 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 Chelyan, West Virginia

How to Use This Chelyan, West Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	38.195381
Longitude	-81.49095
Population	681
Density	615.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	25035
Area Code	304
County Seat	Charleston
School District	Kanawha County School District

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About Chelyan, West Virginia

Chelyan is a locality in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 681. The population density is 615.8 people per km². Chelyan is located at 38.1954°N, 81.4909°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 25035.

Chelyan occupies a narrow, industrious shelf of land pressed tightly against the steady, dark currents of the Kanawha River. It lies 13.2 miles southeast of Charleston, WV (from Charleston, WV: bearing 144°T), and is situated 16.5 miles southeast of South Charleston. The landscape here is defined by the steep, forested inclines that rise sharply from the water’s edge, creating a sense of enclosure where the evening light lingers in the timber long before it fades from the sky. To the west, the terrain folds into the quiet solitude of Hicks Hollow, where the air holds a cooler, damp stillness that contrasts with the rhythmic hum of traffic moving through the valley. While the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains marks the far horizon, the immediate world of Chelyan is shaped by the intimate, vertical scale of the riverbank, where the shadows of the hardwoods stretch long and indigo across the valley floor as the sun dips behind the ridges.

Chelyan carries the enduring marks of a region built upon the extraction and movement of coal, a heritage that remains etched into the architecture of its modest homes and the layout of its transit lines. The local economy, once tethered strictly to the energy demands of the river and the rail, now finds a slower, tempered pace, with residents often seeking recreation at the nearby Pioneer Park or venturing toward the deeper woods of Kanawha State Forest for respite. The presence of the water provides a constant, low-frequency pulse to the day, a reminder of the industrial arteries that have long fed the valley’s persistence. Even as the decades turn, a quiet fortitude defines the life here, manifested in the way the porch lights flicker to life against the darkening treeline, marking a steady, unpretentious existence that remains anchored to the land and the river that carved it.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Pioneer Park (Local Park) — 2.4 mi, 057° NE
Calvert Field (Local Recreation) — 2.7 mi, 056° NE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 3.2 mi, 309° NW
Fishing Pier (Local Recreation) — 4.1 mi, 313° NW
Marmet Pool Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 5.2 mi, 313° NW
London Pool Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 6.4 mi, 091° E
Constable Silas Frank Nance Memorial Site (Monument) — 7.6 mi, 160° S
Kanawha State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 7.6 mi, 297° NW
Nature preserve (Viewpoint) — 11.2 mi, 316° NW
Confederate Lt. Gen. Thomas J. ”Stonewall” Jackson (Public Artwork) — 11.7 mi, 326° NW
Frankenberger Art Gallery (Museum) — 11.7 mi, 325° NW
Lincoln Walks at Midnight (Monument) — 11.7 mi, 326° NW
West Virginia Liberty Bell (Monument) — 11.8 mi, 326° NW
West Virginia State Museum (Museum) — 11.9 mi, 326° NW
University of Charleston Stadium (Stadium) — 12.3 mi, 327° NW
Walker Theatre (Theatre) — 12.9 mi, 325° NW
Charleston Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 13.2 mi, 322° NW
WV market gallery (Gallery) — 13.2 mi, 324° NW
Bear Wood Company (Gallery) — 13.2 mi, 324° NW
Sunrise Bird Sanctuary Museum (Museum) — 13.2 mi, 322° NW
Annex Gallery (Gallery) — 13.2 mi, 324° NW
Park Place Stadium Cinema 11 (Cinema) — 13.3 mi, 325° NW
Train tunnel (Historic Ruins) — 13.9 mi, 024° NE
Elk City Playhouse (Theatre) — 14.0 mi, 325° NW
Vanbibbers Rock (Attraction) — 15.6 mi, 102° E
Morris Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.4 mi, 031° NE
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 20.1 mi, 107° E · 53k acres
Hawks Nest State Park (State Park) — 20.2 mi, 105° E
Gauley River National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 20.2 mi, 084° E · 5,067 acres
Monongahela National Forest (National Forest) — 46.6 mi, 082° E · 922k acres

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