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Eskdale West Virginia Map

Explore Eskdale, 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 Eskdale, West Virginia

How to Use This Eskdale, West Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	38.091217
Longitude	-81.443724
Population	130
Density	132.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	25075
Area Code	304
County Seat	Charleston
School District	Kanawha County School District

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About Eskdale, West Virginia

Eskdale is a locality in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 130. The population density is 132.8 people per km². Eskdale is located at 38.0912°N, 81.4437°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 25075.

Eskdale occupies a narrow, shadowed corridor where the earth seems to exhale a perpetual, cool dampness into the twilight air. It lies 20.6 miles south-southeast of Charleston, WV (from Charleston, WV: bearing 150°T), and is situated 18.0 miles west-northwest of Oak Hill. Cabin Creek carves a persistent path through the local topography, its waters moving with a deliberate, dark clarity that mirrors the steep, wooded flanks of Bear Hollow rising abruptly just a mile away. The light here filters through a dense canopy of hardwoods, fracturing into thin, silver needles that pierce the gray haze clinging to the valley floor. While the distant, jagged spine of the Appalachian Mountains defines the far horizon, Eskdale remains anchored in the immediate, intimate tension between the high, silent ridges and the rushing creek bed below.

Coal once dictated the pulse of Eskdale, leaving behind a legacy of iron-stained stream banks and the quiet, industrious ghost of a labor-heavy past. Families here still carry the cadence of an economy built on extraction, a rhythm that persists even as the tipples have surrendered to rust and the creeping reclamation of nature. Though the stillness of the afternoon might be broken by the occasional heavy truck or the distant call of a train, the character of the place remains defined by a rugged, solitary independence. Those seeking the wider expanse of the woods often look toward the sixteen-mile stretch leading to Kanawha State Forest, or perhaps the quieter, unmarked trails near Unknown Park, finding in the isolation a profound, grounding gravity that refuses to be hurried.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Constable Silas Frank Nance Memorial Site (Monument) — 0.0 mi, 016° N
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 7.9 mi, 031° NE
London Pool Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 7.9 mi, 030° NE
Upper Big Branch Miners Memorial (Monument) — 9.1 mi, 213° SW
Kanawha Falls (Viewpoint) — 13.1 mi, 073° E
Vanbibbers Rock (Attraction) — 13.3 mi, 072° E
Kanawha State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 14.1 mi, 318° NW
Plum Orchard Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.5 mi, 133° SE
The Mystery Hole (Attraction) — 16.6 mi, 082° E
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 16.7 mi, 086° E · 53k acres
Hawks Nest State Park (State Park) — 17.1 mi, 083° E
Coal Miner Memorial (Monument) — 17.8 mi, 114° SE
Lively Amphitheater (Theatre) — 18.0 mi, 117° SE
Fayetteville Arts Coalition (Arts Centre) — 18.6 mi, 098° E
Fayette Theater (Theatre) — 18.7 mi, 098° E
Hank’s Last Stop (Attraction) — 18.8 mi, 122° SE
Love Hope Arts (Gallery) — 18.9 mi, 099° E
Confederate Lt. Gen. Thomas J. ”Stonewall” Jackson (Public Artwork) — 19.2 mi, 332° NW
Frankenberger Art Gallery (Museum) — 19.2 mi, 331° NW
West Virginia State Museum (Museum) — 19.4 mi, 332° NW
Piller (Historic Ruins) — 19.7 mi, 092° E
University of Charleston Stadium (Stadium) — 19.8 mi, 332° NW
Gauley River National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 19.8 mi, 062° NE · 5,067 acres
Train tunnel (Historic Ruins) — 20.1 mi, 009° N
Ace Adventure Resort (Theme Park) — 20.5 mi, 113° SE
Beury Mountain Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 23.1 mi, 114° SE
Babcock State Park (State Park) — 24.0 mi, 107° E
Monongahela National Forest (National Forest) — 45.7 mi, 072° E · 922k acres
Cranberry Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 56.9 mi, 073° E · 48k acres
Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 61.7 mi, 143° SE · 733k acres

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