Explore Falling Waters, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Falling Waters, 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 Falling Waters.
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 | Falling Waters |
| State | West Virginia (WV) |
| County | Berkeley County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 39.559264 |
| Longitude | -77.89083 |
| Population | 1,440 |
| Density | 442.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 25419 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| County Seat | Martinsburg |
| School District | Berkeley County School District |
Falling Waters possesses a landscape defined by the persistent, rhythmic pulse of the Potomac River, which carves a deep, steady path through the limestone-rich terrain. It lies 8.1 miles north-northeast of Martinsburg, WV (from Martinsburg, WV: bearing 29°T), and is situated 8.2 miles west-southwest of Halfway. The air here holds a distinct, cool weight, particularly at dusk when the shadows stretch long across the open fields and the limestone outcrops glow with a faint, chalky luminescence. Beyond the immediate riverbanks, the land rises into quiet, wooded undulations that eventually flatten into productive agricultural soil. On the distant horizon, the silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains marks the boundary of the world, a blue-gray serrated edge that keeps the sky contained. While the waters of Swan Pond remain six miles to the west, the moisture in the valley keeps the morning fog clinging to the low grasses, softening the edges of every fence line and barn.
Falling Waters retains the quiet, industrious character of a place that has long served as a corridor for movement and labor. The economy, once rooted firmly in the earth, now blends a legacy of regional agriculture with the steady commerce of commuters who favor the quietude of the valley over the frantic pace of larger hubs. Life moves with a deliberate, measured cadence, punctuated by the sounds of local activity at the Dupont Park & Soccer Complex, where the grass is kept sharp and the fields are a constant focal point for the neighborhood. While the deeper reaches of the region—like the distant, quiet depths of Polecat Hollow—hint at the isolation of the wider Appalachian landscape, Falling Waters maintains a sturdy, grounded presence. The people here understand the land not as a static backdrop, but as a living geography that requires a steady hand and a patient eye to navigate through the changing seasons.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Falling Waters, West Virginia. Coordinates: 39.559264, -77.89083. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Falling Waters includes the ZIP code (25419), telephone area code (304), county seat of Berkeley County (Martinsburg), and school district assignment (Berkeley County School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |