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Great Cacapon West Virginia Map

Explore Great Cacapon, 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 Great Cacapon, West Virginia

How to Use This Great Cacapon, West Virginia Map

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

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	Great Cacapon
State	West Virginia (WV)
County	Morgan County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	39.620093
Longitude	-78.292509
Population	315
Density	141.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	25422
Area Code	304
County Seat	Berkeley Springs
School District	Morgan County School District

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About Great Cacapon, West Virginia

Great Cacapon is a locality in Morgan County, West Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 315. The population density is 141.9 people per km². Great Cacapon is located at 39.6201°N, 78.2925°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 25422.

Great Cacapon occupies a quiet corner of the landscape where the Long Hollow Run carves a persistent path through the limestone earth. It lies 20.9 miles west-northwest of Martinsburg, WV (from Martinsburg, WV: bearing 303°T), and is situated 17.0 miles east of Allegany. The air here holds a particular weight, tasting of dampened shale and the slow, rhythmic exhales of the surrounding hardwood timber. Deep within Long Hollow, the shadows lengthen early in the afternoon, casting a slate-gray tint across the narrow, winding roads that follow the contours of the terrain. A traveler might notice how the light catches the mica in the soil, flickering like discarded coins, while the silence is punctuated only by the low, insistent rush of water and the occasional vibration of a heavy train moving toward the horizon. Lake Jenkins remains a still, reflective eye in the nearby woods, its surface undisturbed by the modern velocity that defines the world beyond the ridge lines.

Great Cacapon bears the quiet, weathered marks of a history rooted in the iron furnaces and timber mills that once dictated the pulse of the valley. Today, the economy relies on the steady, unassuming maintenance of the land, with the Western Maryland Rail Trail providing a permanent corridor where the old industrial iron once hummed. There is a distinct, unyielding character to the people who remain, a legacy of self-reliance forged in the shadow of the distant Appalachian Mountains. Despite the distance to the nearest major peaks, the presence of the high ridges informs the local temperament, creating a culture that values the slow patience of the seasons over the frantic pace of the cities. Life here moves with the deliberate grace of the creek, a testament to a place that prefers to keep its own counsel while the world shifts elsewhere.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Western Maryland Rail Trail (State Park) — 0.3 mi, 024° NE
Woodmont Nrma (State Park) — 0.6 mi, 331° NW
Cacapon River Public River Access (State Resource Management Area) — 1.2 mi, 151° SE
Widmeyer Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.7 mi, 074° E
Prospect Overlook (Viewpoint) — 1.8 mi, 084° E
Prospect Rock (Monument) — 1.8 mi, 143° SE
Sideling Hill Wma (State Conservation Area) — 1.9 mi, 308° NW
Eidolon Preserve (Conservation Area) — 2.3 mi, 264° W
George Washington's Bathtub (Monument) — 3.4 mi, 082° E
Berkeley Springs Baths (Monument) — 3.4 mi, 082° E
Biser Street Park (Local Park) — 3.4 mi, 088° E
Museum of Berkeley Springs (Museum) — 3.4 mi, 082° E
Berkeley Springs Bike and Skate Park (Local Recreation) — 3.4 mi, 086° E
Morgan Arts Council (Public Artwork) — 3.6 mi, 081° E
The New Earth Granary (Theatre) — 3.6 mi, 081° E
Heath Studio Gallery (Gallery) — 3.7 mi, 077° E
Green Ridge Sf (State Resource Management Area) — 4.2 mi, 305° NW
Ball Field Complex (Local Recreation) — 4.6 mi, 165° S
Sideling Hill Creek Preserve (Conservation Area) — 4.7 mi, 325° NW
Hancock Museum (Museum) — 8.1 mi, 047° NE
Almost Heaven Sign (Attraction) — 10.7 mi, 195° S
Almost Heaven Swing (Attraction) — 10.7 mi, 195° S
Sleepy Creek Post Office (Historic Ruins) — 11.6 mi, 074° E
Junior Officer's Quarters (Attraction) — 15.4 mi, 092° E
Captain's Quarters (Attraction) — 15.4 mi, 092° E
Furnace School (Historic Ruins) — 15.6 mi, 201° S
Martin Hill Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 16.0 mi, 307° NW
Berkeley Plaza Theatre (Cinema) — 20.5 mi, 117° SE
Apple Blossom Gallery (Gallery) — 20.8 mi, 123° SE
Queen Street Gallery (Gallery) — 20.8 mi, 122° SE

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