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Omar West Virginia Map

Explore Omar, 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 Omar, West Virginia

How to Use This Omar, West Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	37.755661
Longitude	-81.999568
Population	416
Density	142.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	25638
Area Code	304
County Seat	Logan
School District	Logan County School District

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About Omar, West Virginia

Omar is a locality in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 416. The population density is 142.8 people per km². Omar is located at 37.7557°N, 81.9996°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 25638.

Omar reveals itself through the steady, insistent movement of Island Creek, which carves a narrow path through the steep, wooded terrain. It lies 44.2 miles south-southwest of St. Albans, WV (from St. Albans, WV: bearing 193°T), and is situated 16.2 miles east-northeast of Williamson. The air here holds the weight of the surrounding timber, a dense canopy of Appalachian hardwoods that shadows the lowlands and defines the horizon. Beyond the immediate reach of the creek, the land rises into sharp, rugged slopes, giving way to the quiet isolation of Bee Hollow just a few miles over the rise. The light at dusk settles heavy and blue against the ridges, turning the stands of oak and poplar into dark, solid silhouettes against a sky that seems to narrow as it reaches down toward the forest floor.

Omar carries the quiet industry of a landscape defined by its resources, where the remnants of coal-camp history remain etched into the social geography of the neighborhood. The economy, once tethered entirely to the extraction of what lay beneath the soil, now moves at a slower, more deliberate pace, leaving the residents to cultivate a life defined by stubborn independence and local kinship. Within the quiet perimeter of Unknown Park, the natural world reclaims the spaces left behind by heavy machinery, offering a stillness that contrasts with the echoes of a more industrial past. Life in Omar proceeds with an unforced cadence, where the daily rhythms are measured by the shifting seasons of the timber and the persistent, quiet flow of the water nearby.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Unknown Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 359° N
Tomblin Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.9 mi, 003° N
Big South Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.9 mi, 203° SW
Park (Local Park) — 5.1 mi, 021° N
Tridelphia Vietnam War Memorial (Monument) — 7.1 mi, 095° E
Chief Logan State Park (State Park) — 8.0 mi, 351° N
R.D. Bailey Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 12.0 mi, 132° SE
Hatfield McCoy Feud Site Tours (Attraction) — 13.0 mi, 225° SW
R. D. Bailey Lake (Recreation Area) — 13.7 mi, 135° SE
Wyoming County Historical Museum (Museum) — 20.5 mi, 102° E
John Cooke Marker (Monument) — 20.9 mi, 102° E
Upper Big Branch Miners Memorial (Monument) — 29.7 mi, 058° NE
Main Street Cinema (Cinema) — 30.2 mi, 285° W
Cape Coalwood (Historic Ruins) — 30.5 mi, 145° SE
Twin Falls Resort State Park (State Park) — 30.7 mi, 107° E
Grundy Community Center Cinema (Cinema) — 33.3 mi, 190° S
Appalachian Wireless Arena (Stadium) — 34.2 mi, 236° SW
Grassy Overlook (Viewpoint) — 35.8 mi, 208° SW
Old Fashion Elk (Public Artwork) — 36.7 mi, 212° SW
Jefferson National Forest (National Forest) — 36.8 mi, 206° SW · 733k acres
Shelby Valley Wildcats (Stadium) — 39.1 mi, 229° SW
Youth Museum of Southwestern West Virginia (Museum) — 43.9 mi, 087° E
Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine (Museum) — 43.9 mi, 087° E
Sipp Theatre (Arts Centre) — 44.3 mi, 275° W
Frankenberger Art Gallery (Museum) — 45.0 mi, 027° NE
Charleston Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 45.1 mi, 025° NE
Sunrise Bird Sanctuary Museum (Museum) — 45.2 mi, 025° NE
Beartown Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 55.7 mi, 148° SE · 5,613 acres
Hunting Camp Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 59.2 mi, 137° SE · 8,471 acres
Wayne National Forest (National Forest) — 64.7 mi, 342° N · 243k acres

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