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Despard West Virginia Map

Explore Despard, 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 Despard, West Virginia

How to Use This Despard, West Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	39.288701
Longitude	-80.305922
Population	794
Density	209.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	26301
Area Code	304
County Seat	Clarksburg
School District	Harrison County School District

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About Despard, West Virginia

Despard is a locality in Harrison County, West Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 794. The population density is 209.3 people per km². Despard is located at 39.2887°N, 80.3059°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 26301.

Despard emerges from the landscape as a quiet collection of dwellings following the winding, narrow path of Murphy Run. It lies 2.1 miles east-northeast of Clarksburg, WV (from Clarksburg, WV: bearing 75°T), and is situated 2.7 miles west of Bridgeport. The terrain here is defined by the persistent gravity of the earth, where steep slopes and tight, shaded corridors dictate the flow of water and the orientation of every porch. Sunlight here does not merely illuminate; it shifts with a deliberate, heavy pace across the ridges, catching the damp moss on stone walls and the rusted corrugated edges of old industrial outbuildings. While the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains frame the horizon like a charcoal sketch, the immediate world of Despard remains intimate, defined by the damp earth of Summit Park and the way the shadows lengthen against the hillside as the afternoon cools.

History in Despard is written in the cooling slag and the structural bones of an economy that once reached deep into the veins of the earth. The rhythm of life here is conditioned by the memory of coal-camp industry, where the toil of past generations remains etched into the very alignment of the streets. Beyond the local reach of the creek, the quietude is occasionally broken by the low hum of modern transit, yet the town preserves an independent, grounded character that resists the frantic pace of larger hubs. Residents move with a familiarity born of long-standing roots, often looking toward the calm, reflective surface of Hinkel Lake when the season turns, finding a steady, unchanging solace in the way the land holds its own shape against the passage of time.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Summit Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 134° SE
Bridgeport City Park (Local Park) — 1.7 mi, 081° E
Northview Park (Local Recreation) — 2.4 mi, 282° W
Compton Park (Local Recreation) — 2.6 mi, 078° E
Center Branch Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.8 mi, 193° S
Watters Smith Memorial State Park (State Park) — 9.1 mi, 213° SW
Pruntytown State Farm Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.8 mi, 071° E
Tygart Valley Cinemas (Cinema) — 11.1 mi, 034° NE
Robert H. Mollohan Research Center Tower (Monument) — 11.7 mi, 031° NE
Valley Falls State Park (State Park) — 13.3 mi, 054° NE
Jane Lew (Monument) — 13.5 mi, 204° SW
WV Counties Monument (Monument) — 13.5 mi, 028° NE
Covered Bridge Museum (Museum) — 16.9 mi, 123° SE
The Battle of Philippi (Registered Battlefield) — 17.0 mi, 124° SE
Maniac Mountain (Attraction) — 17.3 mi, 155° SE
Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (West Virginia Hospital for the Insane/Weston State Hospital) (Museum) — 19.3 mi, 207° SW
Buckhannon Mural (Public Artwork) — 20.8 mi, 169° S
Latham House - Historical Renovation (Historic Ruins) — 20.9 mi, 169° S
Monongahela National Forest (National Forest) — 27.0 mi, 111° E · 922k acres
AMC CLASSIC Morgantown 12 (Cinema) — 28.5 mi, 035° NE
Mon Valley Railroad Historical Society (Museum) — 28.6 mi, 040° NE
Watts Museum (Museum) — 30.4 mi, 035° NE
Civil War Marker (Registered Battlefield) — 31.0 mi, 183° S
Fidler's Mill - Historic Gristmill & Building (Museum) — 33.9 mi, 184° S
Farm House Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 34.1 mi, 049° NE
Climbing (Attraction) — 34.1 mi, 047° NE
Overlook (Viewpoint) — 34.3 mi, 047° NE
Otter Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 38.4 mi, 120° SE · 21k acres
Wayne National Forest (National Forest) — 40.9 mi, 304° NW · 243k acres

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