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Chesapeake West Virginia Map

Explore Chesapeake, 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 Chesapeake, West Virginia

How to Use This Chesapeake, West Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	38.222882
Longitude	-81.536202
Population	1,335
Density	1071.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	26554, 25214
Area Code	304
County Seat	Fairmont
School District	Kanawha County School District

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About Chesapeake, West Virginia

Chesapeake is a locality in Marion County, West Virginia, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,335. The population density is 1071.6 people per km². Chesapeake is located at 38.2229°N, 81.5362°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Chesapeake is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 26554, 25214.

Chesapeake exists as a narrow corridor of human industry pressed firmly against the dark, urgent current of Buffalo Creek. It lies 1.6 miles north-northwest of Fairmont, WV (from Fairmont, WV: bearing 342°T), and is situated 3.6 miles north of Pleasant Valley. Thick stands of hardwood timber climb the steep, fractured slopes that define the local topography, their leaves turning to a bruised copper as the sun retreats behind the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains. The air here carries a heavy, damp weight, smelling of damp soil and the lingering, metallic ghost of a coal-dusted past, while the light at dusk settles into the hollows like a pooling, silver liquid. Just a mile away, the quiet surface of Barrackville Number 41 Lake remains undisturbed by the steady, low-frequency hum of traffic that defines the modern pulse of the valley.

Chesapeake remains tied to the hard-won legacy of the earth, a place where the economy was once forged in the deep, subterranean veins of the hillside. The rhythmic, repetitive labor of extraction dictated the pace of life for generations, leaving behind a resilient, pragmatic culture that values the quiet independence of the ridge-top dweller. Today, the remnants of that intense industrial focus have faded into a slower, more deliberate existence, where residents might spend an afternoon in the stillness of Bellview Park to observe the shifting shadows on the forest floor. While the grandeur of Tunnel Hollow lies miles away, the character of Chesapeake is found in the simple, unadorned endurance of its people, who remain anchored to the land even as the seasons turn the gray, slate-colored skies of winter into the lush, vibrant green of a humid spring.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 0.9 mi, 319° NW
Playground (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 330° NW
Fishing Pier (Local Recreation) — 1.0 mi, 328° NW
Marmet Pool Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 2.1 mi, 321° NW
Bille Wells Community Park (Local Park) — 2.8 mi, 320° NW
Kanawha State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 4.6 mi, 289° W
Nature preserve (Viewpoint) — 8.2 mi, 320° NW
Jones Woodlands Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 8.7 mi, 323° NW
Confederate Lt. Gen. Thomas J. ”Stonewall” Jackson (Public Artwork) — 8.8 mi, 332° NW
Frankenberger Art Gallery (Museum) — 8.8 mi, 330° NW
Lincoln Walks at Midnight (Monument) — 8.8 mi, 332° NW
West Virginia Liberty Bell (Monument) — 8.9 mi, 333° NW
Coal Miner Memorial (Monument) — 9.0 mi, 332° NW
West Virginia State Museum (Museum) — 9.0 mi, 332° NW
University of Charleston Stadium (Stadium) — 9.4 mi, 333° NW
Walker Theatre (Theatre) — 10.0 mi, 330° NW
Charleston Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 10.2 mi, 326° NW
Sunrise Bird Sanctuary Museum (Museum) — 10.2 mi, 326° NW
WV market gallery (Gallery) — 10.2 mi, 329° NW
Bear Wood Company (Gallery) — 10.3 mi, 329° NW
Annex Gallery (Gallery) — 10.3 mi, 329° NW
Park Place Stadium Cinema 11 (Cinema) — 10.4 mi, 330° NW
Elk City Playhouse (Theatre) — 11.1 mi, 329° NW
Train tunnel (Historic Ruins) — 13.6 mi, 037° NE
Falling Rock Smoke stack (Historic Ruins) — 18.1 mi, 027° NE
Morris Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.6 mi, 032° NE
Gauley River National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 22.6 mi, 090° E · 5,067 acres
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 23.1 mi, 110° E · 53k acres
Monongahela National Forest (National Forest) — 48.8 mi, 084° E · 922k acres
Wayne National Forest (National Forest) — 54.3 mi, 313° NW · 243k acres

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