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Poca West Virginia Map

Explore Poca, 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 Poca, West Virginia

How to Use This Poca, West Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	38.472314
Longitude	-81.814298
Population	874
Density	608.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	25159
Area Code	304
County Seat	Winfield
School District	Putnam County School District

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About Poca, West Virginia

Poca is a locality in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 874. The population density is 608.0 people per km². Poca is located at 38.4723°N, 81.8143°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Poca is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 25159.

Poca occupies a low-lying expanse of bottomland where the Kanawha River turns with a slow, deliberate gravity against the dark, alluvial soil. It lies 6.4 miles east-northeast of Teays Valley, WV (from Teays Valley, WV: bearing 76°T), and is situated 9.5 miles northwest of South Charleston. The horizon remains dominated by the steady, rhythmic rise of hills that signal the approach to the Appalachian Mountains, their silhouettes softening into a hazy violet under the weight of late afternoon light. Only a mile away, the Amherst/Plymouth Wildlife Management Area offers a quiet sanctuary of tangled brush and marshy ground, serving as a reminder of the wilder, unmanaged density that persists just beyond the reach of suburban expansion. In the quiet hours before dawn, a fine mist often clings to the riverbanks, blurring the boundary between the water’s edge and the thickets of the surrounding bottomland.

Poca bears the quiet, lingering imprint of a regional history rooted in the hard industry of the river and the labor of the surrounding hollows, including the nearby Coal Hollow. While the local economy has evolved from its early reliance on the extraction and transport that defined the broader Kanawha Valley, the town maintains a steady, deliberate pace that reflects its long-standing independence. Residents often traverse the local landscape with a familiarity born of generations, moving between the modest commerce of the center and the more secluded reaches of the woodland. The legacy of the region remains visible in the sturdy, unadorned architecture and the way the community holds its own against the steady encroachment of the modern world, preferring the slow, seasonal pulse of the river to the frantic tempo of the distant, bustling centers.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Amherst/Plymouth Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.5 mi, 356° N
Bancroft Community Park (Local Recreation) — 2.8 mi, 331° NW
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 3.1 mi, 331° NW
Nitro City Park (Local Park) — 3.8 mi, 208° SW
Ridenour Lake (Local Park) — 3.8 mi, 192° S
Indian Rock (Attraction) — 4.6 mi, 192° S
Winfield Pool Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 6.4 mi, 312° NW
Coal River Pas (State Recreation Area) — 9.0 mi, 188° S
Burial Atendants (Public Artwork) — 9.6 mi, 138° SE
Shoney's Big Boy Museum (Monument) — 10.8 mi, 132° SE
Elk City Playhouse (Theatre) — 12.1 mi, 129° SE
Sunrise Bird Sanctuary Museum (Museum) — 12.8 mi, 133° SE
Charleston Art Gallery (Arts Centre) — 12.8 mi, 133° SE
Park Place Stadium Cinema 11 (Cinema) — 12.8 mi, 130° SE
Annex Gallery (Gallery) — 12.9 mi, 131° SE
Bear Wood Company (Gallery) — 12.9 mi, 131° SE
State Capitol (Monument) — 12.9 mi, 131° SE
World War 2 (Monument) — 12.9 mi, 131° SE
WV market gallery (Gallery) — 12.9 mi, 131° SE
Walker Theatre (Theatre) — 13.2 mi, 130° SE
Kanawha State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 13.6 mi, 161° S
University of Charleston Stadium (Stadium) — 13.9 mi, 129° SE
West Virginia State Museum (Museum) — 14.3 mi, 131° SE
Frankenberger Art Gallery (Museum) — 14.4 mi, 132° SE
Nature preserve (Viewpoint) — 14.7 mi, 138° SE
Mill Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 16.0 mi, 276° W
Falling Rock Smoke stack (Historic Ruins) — 23.2 mi, 093° E
Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 28.7 mi, 349° N · 6,562 acres
Wayne National Forest (National Forest) — 31.6 mi, 308° NW · 243k acres
Gauley River National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 41.4 mi, 114° SE · 5,067 acres

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