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Monongah West Virginia Map

Explore Monongah, 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 Monongah, West Virginia

How to Use This Monongah, West Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	39.462585
Longitude	-80.218138
Population	965
Density	763.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	26554
Area Code	304
County Seat	Fairmont
School District	Marion County School District

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About Monongah, West Virginia

Monongah is a locality in Marion County, West Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 965. The population density is 763.5 people per km². Monongah is located at 39.4626°N, 80.2181°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Monongah is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 26554.

Monongah holds the quiet, weighted stillness of a place defined by the slow, persistent carving of the West Fork River through the earth. It lies 4.3 miles west-southwest of Fairmont, WV (from Fairmont, WV: bearing 249°T), and is situated 4.1 miles west of Pleasant Valley. The landscape rises in steep, verdant embankments that hold the morning mist until well past the hour of dawn, creating a theater of shadow and sharp light. Within the borders of Monongah, the land feels held in place by the density of the surrounding woodland, where the heavy boughs of hardwoods lean toward the water. Monongah City Park serves as a quiet center for local life, offering a patch of managed green that contrasts with the rugged, unyielding geometry of the ridge-top terrain.

Legacy in Monongah is measured by the deep, subterranean pulse of the coal industry that once dictated the rhythm of every household and remains a silent, foundational presence in the local consciousness. Though the frantic pace of the mining era has faded into a reflective, deliberate cadence, the architecture of the streets—the sturdy, modest dwellings—remains a clear echo of the labor that built the region. Life here moves with a steady, unadorned integrity, far removed from the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains that rim the horizon. Residents often look toward the quiet expanse of Barrackville Number 41 Lake when they seek a different sort of stillness, finding in the water’s edge a mirror for the enduring, resolute character of the people who persist in these hollows.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Monongah City Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 116° SE
Mary Lou Retton Youth Park (Local Park) — 1.6 mi, 095° E
WV Counties Monument (Monument) — 1.7 mi, 093° E
Robert H. Mollohan Research Center Tower (Monument) — 2.4 mi, 145° SE
Tygart Valley Cinemas (Cinema) — 3.2 mi, 150° SE
12th Street Pool (Local Recreation) — 3.5 mi, 084° E
Vietnam War Memorial (Monument) — 4.7 mi, 083° E
Pricketts Fort State Park (State Park) — 7.1 mi, 060° NE
Valley Falls State Park (State Park) — 7.1 mi, 124° SE
Dents Run Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.3 mi, 300° NW
Pruntytown State Farm Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.9 mi, 152° SE
AMC CLASSIC Morgantown 12 (Cinema) — 16.3 mi, 046° NE
Mon Valley Railroad Historical Society (Museum) — 16.9 mi, 054° NE
Don Knotts (Public Artwork) — 18.2 mi, 050° NE
Watts Museum (Museum) — 18.2 mi, 046° NE
Asbury Church (Historic Ruins) — 22.0 mi, 018° N
Climbing (Attraction) — 23.2 mi, 061° NE
Overlook (Viewpoint) — 23.3 mi, 061° NE
Covered Bridge Museum (Museum) — 23.3 mi, 156° SE
Farm House Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 23.4 mi, 063° NE
The Battle of Philippi (Registered Battlefield) — 23.5 mi, 156° SE
Riverside Spot (Attraction) — 23.9 mi, 060° NE
Sophia's Grave (Attraction) — 26.3 mi, 035° NE
Maniac Mountain (Attraction) — 27.8 mi, 175° S
Monongahela National Forest (National Forest) — 29.8 mi, 136° SE · 922k acres
Greene County Museum (Museum) — 29.9 mi, 010° N
Quebec Run Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 31.2 mi, 054° NE
Wayne National Forest (National Forest) — 40.1 mi, 285° W · 243k acres
Otter Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 41.4 mi, 135° SE · 21k acres

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