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Fort Gay West Virginia Map

Explore Fort Gay, 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 Fort Gay, West Virginia

How to Use This Fort Gay, West Virginia Map

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

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	Fort Gay
State	West Virginia (WV)
County	Wayne County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	38.116199
Longitude	-82.595712
Population	675
Density	315.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	25514
Area Code	304
County Seat	Wayne
School District	Wayne County School District

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About Fort Gay, West Virginia

Fort Gay is a locality in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 675. The population density is 315.9 people per km². Fort Gay is located at 38.1162°N, 82.5957°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Fort Gay is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 25514.

Fort Gay sits where the Tug Fork curves through the landscape, a quiet intersection of land where the water shapes the pace of the day. It lies 22.5 miles south-southwest of Huntington, WV (from Huntington, WV: bearing 201°T), and is situated 0.4 miles east-northeast of Louisa. The ground here holds the weight of the terrain, defined by the slow rise of earth that leads toward the distant Appalachian Mountains visible on the horizon. Sunlight catches the surface of the Tug Fork in the early morning, turning the water into a ribbon of hammered silver that cuts through the valley floor. Nearby, the woods of Cabwaylingo State Forest darken the skyline, while the gentle slope of Luke Watkins Hollow offers a quiet reprieve from the higher ridges. The air often carries a damp, cooling quality that settles into the low-lying fields, grounding the senses in the physical reality of the earth and the river.

Fort Gay maintains a steady rhythm that reflects its history as a place of transition and endurance. Economic life here has long been tied to the land and the industry that moved through these corridors, leaving behind a character defined by persistence rather than grandiosity. Residents often gather at Louisa City Park, a space that serves as a communal anchor where the quiet flow of daily life remains visible. While Yatesville Lake remains a nearby destination for those seeking the stillness of deeper waters, the local spirit stays focused on the immediate surroundings and the long-standing connections between neighbor and land. It is a place where the passage of time is marked not by sudden changes, but by the slow, seasonal shifts in the color of the hardwood canopy and the height of the river.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Louisa City Pool (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 292° W
Stella P And Oscar Moore Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 226° SW
Yatesville Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 3.7 mi, 240° SW
Yatesville Lake (Recreation Area) — 4.0 mi, 247° SW
Yatesville Lake State Park (State Park) — 4.7 mi, 253° W
Yatesville Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.9 mi, 231° SW
Kentucky Roots Farm (Attraction) — 8.2 mi, 306° NW
East Lynn Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.8 mi, 097° E
Cabwaylingo State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 12.9 mi, 122° SE
Main Street Cinema (Cinema) — 17.4 mi, 169° S
Marshall Plane Crash Site (Monument) — 17.8 mi, 003° N
Beech Fork State Park (State Park) — 17.9 mi, 045° NE
Camden Park Mound (Historic Ruins) — 19.8 mi, 010° N
Untitled (Public Artwork) — 21.0 mi, 025° NE
WWI Memorial Trail (Monument) — 21.1 mi, 018° N
Time Capsule (Monument) — 21.3 mi, 020° N
The Art Spirit (Gallery) — 21.3 mi, 017° N
Windsor House Gallery (Gallery) — 22.2 mi, 022° N
Huntington Dance Theatre (Theatre) — 22.5 mi, 021° N
3rd Avenue Art Gallery (Gallery) — 22.6 mi, 021° N
Keith Albee (Theatre) — 22.6 mi, 021° N
Touma Museum of Medicine (Museum) — 22.6 mi, 021° N
Barnes Agency Design & Digital Media Studio (Arts Centre) — 22.7 mi, 021° N
Jeslyn Performing Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 22.7 mi, 022° N
Chad Pennington Hall of Fame (Attraction) — 23.4 mi, 024° NE
Wayne National Forest (National Forest) — 31.2 mi, 356° N · 243k acres
Cascade Bridge (Attraction) — 32.4 mi, 300° NW
Box Canyon (Attraction) — 32.4 mi, 300° NW
Daniel Boone National Forest (National Forest) — 37.9 mi, 269° W · 564k acres
Clifty Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 54.5 mi, 249° W · 13k acres

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