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Craigsville West Virginia Map

Explore Craigsville, 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 Craigsville, West Virginia

How to Use This Craigsville, West Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	38.321233
Longitude	-80.646241
Population	2,173
Density	138.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	26205
Area Code	304
County Seat	Summersville
School District	Nicholas County School District

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About Craigsville, West Virginia

Craigsville is a locality in Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,173. The population density is 138.2 people per km². Craigsville is located at 38.3212°N, 80.6462°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 26205.

Craigsville marks its presence where the land begins to rise in earnest, a place defined by the insistent, low-slung course of Rockcamp Run as it cuts through the damp, leaf-strewn earth. It lies 48.0 miles northeast of Beckley, WV (from Beckley, WV: bearing 37°T), and is situated 9.8 miles northwest of Richwood. The atmosphere here holds a particular weight, heavy with the scent of damp shale and the cooling breath of hardwoods that stretch toward the distant, hazy blue of the Appalachian Mountains. To the west, the Cottle Glades offer a brief, open respite from the dense, tangled canopy that otherwise dominates the horizon, while the terrain itself remains a constant negotiation between steep, shaded hollows and the rugged, unyielding ridges that define the local geography. Sunlight often filters through this canopy in thin, slanted shafts, illuminating the fine dust of the forest floor and turning the local gray stone into a shimmering, metallic silver during the brief, golden hour of late afternoon.

Craigsville grew from the grit of the extractive industries, a legacy still etched into the quiet, purposeful pace of the streets where the echoes of coal-camp history linger in the architecture of older, weather-beaten frame houses. While the economy has shifted away from its industrial origins, the spirit of the place remains tethered to the rugged landscape, where residents find recreation at the nearby Indian Rocks Community Park or spend quiet mornings walking the miles of the Harris Siding Trail. Water remains a central, animating force in the daily rhythm, whether it is the steady, rhythmic flow of the local creek or the expansive, still surface of Summersville Lake, which sits just a few miles away as a testament to the region’s deep, hidden reservoirs. Life here moves with a deliberate, observant stillness, a quiet resilience that persists long after the whistle of the mines has faded into the memory of the hills.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Indian Rocks Community Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 032° NE
Monongahela National Forest (National Forest) — 2.1 mi, 167° S · 922k acres
Summersville Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 3.8 mi, 250° W
Summersville Lake (Recreation Area) — 3.9 mi, 250° W
Big Ditch Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.7 mi, 032° NE
Summersville Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.8 mi, 256° W
Bloomfield (Gallery) — 9.0 mi, 137° SE
Richwood Heritage Center (Arts Centre) — 9.0 mi, 137° SE
Lumberjack Muffler Man Statue (Public Artwork) — 9.3 mi, 135° SE
Cranberry Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 11.3 mi, 089° E · 48k acres
Almost Heaven Swing (Attraction) — 12.5 mi, 244° SW
Long Point Overlook (Viewpoint) — 14.5 mi, 238° SW
Gauley River National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 14.8 mi, 240° SW · 5,067 acres
Cranberry Glades National Natural Landmark (National Monument) — 21.1 mi, 111° E · 805 acres
Hillsboro (Monument) — 26.9 mi, 118° SE
Pearl S Buck Birthplace (Museum) — 27.0 mi, 117° SE
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 28.1 mi, 225° SW · 53k acres
Bubble Cave Preserve (Attraction) — 28.1 mi, 141° SE
Piller (Historic Ruins) — 28.9 mi, 235° SW
Spice Run Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 29.0 mi, 132° SE · 6,037 acres
The Mystery Hole (Attraction) — 30.1 mi, 243° SW
4th Avenue Art Gallery (Gallery) — 30.8 mi, 103° E
Love Hope Arts (Gallery) — 31.0 mi, 233° SW
Fayetteville Arts Coalition (Arts Centre) — 31.0 mi, 234° SW
Fayette Theater (Theatre) — 31.0 mi, 233° SW
T. M. Cheeks (Monument) — 32.1 mi, 117° SE
Battle of Bulltown Confederate Entrenchments (Registered Battlefield) — 32.4 mi, 008° N
Battle of Bulltown Union Entrenchments (Registered Battlefield) — 32.7 mi, 008° N
Vanbibbers Rock (Attraction) — 32.8 mi, 249° W
George Washington National Forest (National Forest) — 40.7 mi, 140° SE · 1.1M acres

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