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Marmet West Virginia Map

Explore Marmet, 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 Marmet, West Virginia

How to Use This Marmet, West Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	38.245379
Longitude	-81.567064
Population	1,504
Density	455.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	25315
Area Code	304
County Seat	Charleston
School District	Kanawha County School District

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About Marmet, West Virginia

Marmet is a locality in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,504. The population density is 455.8 people per km². Marmet is located at 38.2454°N, 81.5671°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Marmet is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 25315.

Marmet occupies a narrow, industrious corridor where the steady, dark pulse of the Kanawha River dictates the rhythm of the valley floor. It lies 8.0 miles south-southeast of Charleston, WV (from Charleston, WV: bearing 154°T), and is situated 11.1 miles southeast of South Charleston. Thick stands of deciduous trees climb the steep embankments that lead toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains, while the air often carries the heavy, humid scent of damp earth and river silt. Beyond the immediate banks, the land rises into the tight, shadowed folds of Bradford Hollow, where the sunlight struggles to reach the forest floor until mid-morning. The Marmet Pool Recreation Area provides a quiet threshold where the land meets the water, offering a place for the local gaze to linger upon the currents that have shaped the movement of people and resources here for generations.

Marmet bears the weight of a long history defined by the extraction of coal and the transport of goods along the river, a legacy that lingers in the weathered brick of older structures and the purposeful clatter of passing freight. While the economy has shifted away from the intensive mining of the past, the spirit of the place remains tethered to the physical labor that once fueled the nation’s hearths. Life here moves with a deliberate, unadorned patience, often punctuated by the low whistle of engines or the quiet activity at the nearby Kanawha State Forest, where the canopy provides a respite from the industrial echoes of the river valley. Even the proximity of Cool Lake, resting just a short distance away, serves as a reminder of the quiet, inland stillness that balances the relentless, forward motion of the Kanawha River.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Marmet Pool Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 0.3 mi, 042° NE
Bille Wells Community Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 344° N
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 1.3 mi, 130° SE
Fishing Pier (Local Recreation) — 1.3 mi, 121° SE
Playground (Local Park) — 1.4 mi, 120° SE
Kanawha State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 2.7 mi, 269° W
Nature preserve (Viewpoint) — 5.9 mi, 322° NW
Wallace Hartman Wildlife Management Area (Conservation Area) — 5.9 mi, 322° NW
Jones Woodlands Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 6.5 mi, 327° NW
Frankenberger Art Gallery (Museum) — 6.6 mi, 336° NW
Confederate Lt. Gen. Thomas J. ”Stonewall” Jackson (Public Artwork) — 6.7 mi, 339° N
Lincoln Walks at Midnight (Monument) — 6.7 mi, 338° N
West Virginia Liberty Bell (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 339° N
Coal Miner Memorial (Monument) — 6.9 mi, 339° N
West Virginia State Museum (Museum) — 6.9 mi, 338° N
University of Charleston Stadium (Stadium) — 7.3 mi, 339° N
Walker Theatre (Theatre) — 7.8 mi, 335° NW
Charleston Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 8.0 mi, 329° NW
Sunrise Bird Sanctuary Museum (Museum) — 8.0 mi, 330° NW
WV market gallery (Gallery) — 8.0 mi, 333° NW
Bear Wood Company (Gallery) — 8.1 mi, 333° NW
Annex Gallery (Gallery) — 8.1 mi, 333° NW
Park Place Stadium Cinema 11 (Cinema) — 8.2 mi, 334° NW
Elk City Playhouse (Theatre) — 8.9 mi, 333° NW
Train tunnel (Historic Ruins) — 13.5 mi, 047° NE
Falling Rock Smoke stack (Historic Ruins) — 17.6 mi, 034° NE
Morris Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.3 mi, 039° NE
Gauley River National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 24.3 mi, 093° E · 5,067 acres
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 25.2 mi, 112° E · 53k acres
Monongahela National Forest (National Forest) — 50.3 mi, 086° E · 922k acres

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