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Grant Town West Virginia Map

Explore Grant Town, 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 Grant Town, West Virginia

How to Use This Grant Town, West Virginia Map

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

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	Grant Town
State	West Virginia (WV)
County	Marion County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	39.558138
Longitude	-80.181744
Population	685
Density	501.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	26574
Area Code	304
County Seat	Fairmont
School District	Marion County School District

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About Grant Town, West Virginia

Grant Town is a locality in Marion County, West Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 685. The population density is 501.9 people per km². Grant Town is located at 39.5581°N, 80.1817°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Grant Town is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 26574.

Grant Town reveals itself through the steady, insistent murmur of Paw Paw Creek as it carves a path through the dark, mineral-rich soil of the Appalachian plateau. It lies 5.5 miles north-northwest of Fairmont, WV (from Fairmont, WV: bearing 338°T), and is situated 7.4 miles north-northwest of Pleasant Valley. The air here holds a distinct, metallic clarity, often cooling rapidly as the shadows of the surrounding ridges lengthen across the narrow valley floor. At Grant Town Park, the silence is punctuated only by the shift of wind through hardwood timber, a reminder that the landscape remains indifferent to the passing of human hours. Even when the light softens into a bruised purple at twilight, the land feels deliberate and heavy, anchored by the dense, ancient geology that defines the horizon.

Economic life in Grant Town has long been tethered to the deep, subterranean veins of coal that once drew generations of laborers into the earth, leaving behind a legacy of endurance that persists in the quiet demeanor of its residents. The history of the place is inscribed in the architecture of modest homes and the fading remnants of industrial transit, standing as a quiet record of a time when the rhythm of the day was dictated by the whistle of the mine. While the frantic pace of extraction has slowed, the community maintains a stoic, self-contained autonomy, far removed from the clamor of larger hubs. To the north, the stillness of Green Lakes provides a rare, glassy reprieve from the rugged terrain, offering a place where the focus narrows entirely to the reflection of trees upon the water’s surface.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Grant Town Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 129° SE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 4.0 mi, 184° S
Pricketts Fort State Park (State Park) — 5.2 mi, 125° SE
Little Indian Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.5 mi, 066° NE
Vietnam War Memorial (Monument) — 6.6 mi, 156° SE
Korean War Memorial (Monument) — 6.7 mi, 156° SE
WV Counties Monument (Monument) — 6.7 mi, 182° S
Pedlar Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.2 mi, 030° NE
Tygart Valley Cinemas (Cinema) — 9.4 mi, 182° S
AMC CLASSIC Morgantown 12 (Cinema) — 10.8 mi, 064° NE
Valley Falls State Park (State Park) — 11.3 mi, 159° S
Mon Valley Railroad Historical Society (Museum) — 12.2 mi, 074° E
Watts Museum (Museum) — 12.6 mi, 061° NE
Don Knotts (Public Artwork) — 13.1 mi, 067° NE
Asbury Church (Historic Ruins) — 15.1 mi, 019° N
State Game Land 223 (State Resource Management Area) — 15.2 mi, 024° NE
Climbing (Attraction) — 18.9 mi, 076° E
Overlook (Viewpoint) — 19.0 mi, 075° E
Farm House Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 19.4 mi, 079° E
Riverside Spot (Attraction) — 19.5 mi, 074° E
Sophia's Grave (Attraction) — 19.9 mi, 042° NE
Greene County Museum (Museum) — 23.1 mi, 008° N
Paul R Stewart Museum (Museum) — 23.6 mi, 359° N
Quebec Run Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 26.1 mi, 064° NE
W. A. Young & Sons Foundry and Machine Shop (Museum) — 28.7 mi, 020° N
The Battle of Philippi (Registered Battlefield) — 29.1 mi, 165° S
Monongahela National Forest (National Forest) — 33.8 mi, 147° SE · 922k acres
Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 38.7 mi, 304° NW · 6,562 acres
Wayne National Forest (National Forest) — 40.8 mi, 276° W · 243k acres
Otter Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 44.9 mi, 142° SE · 21k acres

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