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Pentress West Virginia Map

Explore Pentress, 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 Pentress, West Virginia

How to Use This Pentress, West Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	39.710357
Longitude	-80.160347
Population	135
Density	86.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	26544
Area Code	304
County Seat	Morgantown
School District	Monongalia School District

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About Pentress, West Virginia

Pentress is a locality in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 135. The population density is 86.0 people per km². Pentress is located at 39.7104°N, 80.1603°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 26544.

Pentress holds the quiet, persistent weight of the earth, defined by the winding passage of Dunkard Creek as it carves a slow path through the deep, shaded creases of the landscape. It lies 12.2 miles west-northwest of Morgantown, WV (from Morgantown, WV: bearing 297°T), and is situated 15.6 miles north of Fairmont. The horizon is a series of long, soft-shouldered ridges that seem to hold the light of the afternoon with a heavy, golden patience, shielding the lowlands where the soil grows dark and rich. A short distance away, the quiet basin of Berry Hollow offers a sanctuary of stillness, while the broader reaches of the Pedlar Wildlife Management Area preserve a dense, tangled wildness that keeps the modern world at a respectful distance. Even from the valley floor, one might catch a faint, hazy silhouette of the distant Appalachian Mountains, a jagged ink-line against the sky that suggests a vast, folded wilderness stretching far beyond the immediate horizon.

Pentress remains a place where the pulse of the land is measured in the seasonal shifts of the hardwood forests and the enduring memory of the coal seams that once dictated the rhythm of daily labor. The local economy has long been a patchwork of grit and ingenuity, shifting from the heavy extraction industries of earlier generations toward a quieter, more self-reliant existence rooted in the stubborn independence of the region. Life here moves with a steady, unadorned gravity, far removed from the frantic pace of larger hubs, finding its own cadence in the morning mist that clings to the creek or the stillness that settles over the porch steps at twilight. Those who remain carry the legacy of the hills in their stride, finding a spare, honest beauty in the way the shadows lengthen across the fields, six miles before the waters of Dogwood Lake mirror the changing colors of the canopy above.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Pedlar Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 124° SE
Mason Dixon Historical Park (Local Park) — 2.2 mi, 073° E
Border Heroine (Monument) — 2.3 mi, 086° E
Mason Dixon Park (Local Park) — 2.3 mi, 065° NE
Asbury Church (Historic Ruins) — 5.3 mi, 044° NE
State Game Land 223 (State Resource Management Area) — 6.1 mi, 058° NE
Little Indian Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.7 mi, 152° SE
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial Park (Monument) — 9.7 mi, 111° E
State Game Land 179 (State Resource Management Area) — 10.0 mi, 300° NW
AMC CLASSIC Morgantown 12 (Cinema) — 10.3 mi, 124° SE
Watts Museum (Museum) — 10.8 mi, 114° SE
From The Mountain (Public Artwork) — 11.2 mi, 111° E
Monongalia County War Memorial (Monument) — 12.1 mi, 120° SE
Greene County Museum (Museum) — 12.5 mi, 009° N
Mon Valley Railroad Historical Society (Museum) — 12.8 mi, 124° SE
Sophia's Grave (Attraction) — 12.9 mi, 071° E
Paul R Stewart Museum (Museum) — 13.1 mi, 354° N
Pricketts Fort State Park (State Park) — 13.7 mi, 165° S
Overlook (Viewpoint) — 18.0 mi, 107° E
Climbing and Rappelling (Attraction) — 18.0 mi, 108° E
Riverside Spot (Attraction) — 18.3 mi, 106° E
Ryerson Station State Park (State Park) — 18.3 mi, 309° NW
W. A. Young & Sons Foundry and Machine Shop (Museum) — 18.6 mi, 027° NE
Henry Clay Furnace (Historic Ruins) — 18.7 mi, 103° E
Tygart Valley Cinemas (Cinema) — 20.0 mi, 184° S
Quebec Run Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 22.3 mi, 087° E
World West Galleries (Gallery) — 32.2 mi, 352° N
Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 35.0 mi, 289° W · 6,562 acres
Monongahela National Forest (National Forest) — 42.2 mi, 154° SE · 922k acres
Wayne National Forest (National Forest) — 42.2 mi, 261° W · 243k acres

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