Explore Mill Creek, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Mill Creek, 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 Mill Creek.
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 | Mill Creek |
| State | West Virginia (WV) |
| County | Randolph County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 38.731498 |
| Longitude | -79.97007 |
| Population | 560 |
| Density | 473.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 26280 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| County Seat | Elkins |
| School District | Randolph County School District |
Mill Creek carves a persistent, silver path through the damp, verdant floor of the valley, its currents braiding around moss-slicked stones and fallen hemlock. It lies 42.9 miles south-southeast of Clarksburg, WV (from Clarksburg, WV: bearing 152°T), and is situated 15.0 miles south-southwest of Elkins. The air here holds a permanent weight, the cool dampness of deep woods rising from the shadows where the sun struggles to touch the earth. Beyond the immediate banks, the land begins its long, arduous climb toward the distant, hazy blue silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains, which stand as silent sentinels against the horizon. To the east, the terrain dips into the quiet seclusion of Ward Hollow, while the nearby Huttonsville State Farm Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of tall grasses and quiet thickets. As evening descends, a pale, milky light settles over the landscape, turning the ridges into ink-wash sketches against a darkening sky.
Mill Creek remains a place defined by the slow, deliberate work of the hands, where the memory of timber and the quiet persistence of agriculture dictate the rhythm of the days. The local economy draws its character from the surrounding terrain, deeply connected to the timber stands and the management of the land that stretches toward the dense timber of Kumbrabow State Forest. Travelers seeking a moment of stillness often find themselves following the Laurel Run Trail, where the path reveals the stubborn resilience of a region that has long looked inward for its strength. Life here moves with the cautious grace of a shadow crossing a field, far removed from the frantic pace of the lowlands. Those who stay find a particular beauty in the way the seasons color the hills, transforming the landscape from the stark, skeletal gray of winter into the vibrant, heavy green of a West Virginia summer.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mill Creek, West Virginia. Coordinates: 38.731498, -79.97007. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Mill Creek includes the ZIP code (26280), telephone area code (304), county seat of Randolph County (Elkins), and school district assignment (Randolph County School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |