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Matoaka West Virginia Map

Explore Matoaka, 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 Matoaka, West Virginia

How to Use This Matoaka, West Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	37.420116
Longitude	-81.243155
Population	173
Density	253.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	24736
Area Code	304
County Seat	Princeton
School District	Mercer County School District

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About Matoaka, West Virginia

Matoaka is a locality in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 173. The population density is 253.0 people per km². Matoaka is located at 37.4201°N, 81.2432°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Matoaka is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 24736.

Matoaka holds a quiet stillness where the earth folds into the deep, shaded basin of Church Hollow. It lies 24.9 miles south of Beckley, WV (from Beckley, WV: bearing 187°T), and is situated 8.6 miles west-northwest of Princeton. Widemouth Creek carves a persistent path through the landscape, its waters reflecting the heavy, verdant canopy that defines the local horizon. The air here carries a damp, mineral weight, a reminder of the ancient strata beneath the topsoil, while the light at dusk settles in long, bruised purples against the rising incline of the land. Though the distant silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains occasionally sharpen against a clear winter sky, the immediate world remains defined by the intimate, vertical geometry of the hollows and the steady, rhythmic persistence of the creek.

Matoaka maintains a character forged in the coal-camp history that once dictated the pulse of every shift and whistle. The local economy, having long moved past the height of the extraction era, now finds its rhythm in the slow, deliberate pace of a place reclaimed by the quiet expansion of the woods. Residents often look toward the nearby Camp Creek State Forest for a sense of permanence, a vast expanse of timber that anchors the region’s natural identity far from the noise of more crowded corridors. Life here proceeds with a spare, functional grace, where the remnants of industrial infrastructure are gradually softened by the encroachment of native brush, leaving the community to exist as a modest, resilient inhabitant of the rugged West Virginia terrain.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Perdue Family Crest (Monument) — 1.8 mi, 094° E
Camp Creek State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 6.6 mi, 044° NE
Pinnacle Rock State Park (State Park) — 7.0 mi, 200° S
Glenwood Recreational Park (Local Park) — 7.1 mi, 146° SE
Pinnacle Rock Overlook (Viewpoint) — 7.3 mi, 201° S
Camp Creek State Park (State Park) — 7.7 mi, 047° NE
Stone Arch (Historic Ruins) — 8.0 mi, 121° SE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 8.2 mi, 113° SE
Anawalt Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.5 mi, 230° SW
Bluefield Love Sign (Public Artwork) — 11.7 mi, 188° S
Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 15.5 mi, 162° S · 733k acres
Bluestone National Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 15.8 mi, 054° NE · 3,035 acres
Kimberling Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 17.8 mi, 155° SE · 6,092 acres
Hunting Camp Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 20.2 mi, 180° S · 8,471 acres
This Way (Monument) — 20.5 mi, 161° S
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 22.8 mi, 184° S · 110k acres
Space Shuttle Memorial (Monument) — 23.1 mi, 265° W
Cape Coalwood (Historic Ruins) — 24.1 mi, 266° W
Climbing Tree Theather (Cinema) — 24.2 mi, 216° SW
Youth Museum of Southwestern West Virginia (Museum) — 25.3 mi, 006° N
Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine (Museum) — 25.3 mi, 006° N
Ship Rock (Attraction) — 25.6 mi, 013° N
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 26.0 mi, 025° NE · 53k acres
Historic Crab Orchard Museum (Museum) — 27.6 mi, 221° SW
Wyoming County Historical Museum (Museum) — 28.5 mi, 311° NW
Theatre West Virginia (Theatre) — 30.1 mi, 019° N
CDB Theatre (Cinema) — 32.5 mi, 008° N
Wohlfahrt Haus Dinner Theatre (Theatre) — 34.4 mi, 162° S
The Canopy (Attraction) — 35.4 mi, 012° N
Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley (Arts Centre) — 36.2 mi, 135° SE

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