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Powellton West Virginia Map

Explore Powellton, 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 Powellton, West Virginia

How to Use This Powellton, West Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	38.098996
Longitude	-81.323999
Population	493
Density	35.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	25161, 25118
Area Code	304
County Seat	Fayetteville
School District	Fayette County School District

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About Powellton, West Virginia

Powellton is a locality in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 493. The population density is 35.6 people per km². Powellton is located at 38.0990°N, 81.3240°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 25161, 25118.

Powellton occupies a narrow, shadowed sliver of land where the persistent currents of Armstrong Creek carve a path through the dense, verdant undergrowth. It lies 23.4 miles north-northwest of Beckley, WV (from Beckley, WV: bearing 342°T), and is situated 12.9 miles northwest of Oak Hill. The terrain rises abruptly from the water’s edge, defined by the steep, claustrophobic walls of Craig Hollow that seem to hold the afternoon light captive, keeping the valley floor in a premature, cool twilight. While the jagged peaks of the Appalachian Mountains remain distant silhouettes on the far horizon, the immediate landscape is composed of dense, tangled hardwoods and the quiet, heavy humidity of a landlocked basin. High above, the sky often takes on a bruised, slate-gray quality, reflecting the somber gravity of a topography shaped more by the relentless passage of water than by human intervention.

Powellton carries the quiet, lingering weight of a coal-camp history, where the economy once surged with the extraction of subterranean wealth, leaving behind a stillness that now defines the daily pace. The labor of generations is quieted, replaced by the slow, rhythmic movement of residents who traverse the roads between the Boomer Ball Field and the more distant, rushing spray of Kanawha Falls. Life here is measured by the changing leaves and the seasonal swells of the creek, a stark contrast to the distant, bustling world beyond the ridge-lines. Even the proximity to the placid waters of Plum Orchard Lake offers a respite from the intensity of the hollow, grounding the locality in a persistent, unassuming endurance that favors the steady over the swift.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Boomer Ball Field (Local Recreation) — 4.3 mi, 032° NE
Unknown Park (Local Recreation) — 4.3 mi, 032° NE
Constable Silas Frank Nance Memorial Site (Monument) — 6.5 mi, 266° W
Kanawha Falls Park (State Recreation Area) — 6.8 mi, 061° NE
London Pool Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 6.8 mi, 340° N
Vanbibbers Rock (Attraction) — 7.1 mi, 061° NE
Fayette County Park (Local Park) — 9.0 mi, 098° E
The Mystery Hole (Attraction) — 10.1 mi, 080° E
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 10.1 mi, 087° E · 53k acres
Hawks Nest State Park (State Park) — 10.5 mi, 082° E
Hawk's Nest Overlook (Viewpoint) — 10.8 mi, 081° E
Plum Orchard Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.9 mi, 152° SE
Fayetteville Arts Coalition (Arts Centre) — 12.3 mi, 104° E
Coal Miner Memorial (Monument) — 12.4 mi, 128° SE
Love Hope Arts (Gallery) — 12.6 mi, 105° E
Lively Amphitheater (Theatre) — 12.9 mi, 132° SE
Piller (Historic Ruins) — 13.3 mi, 096° E
Gauley River National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 14.1 mi, 052° NE · 5,067 acres
Upper Big Branch Miners Memorial (Monument) — 14.1 mi, 234° SW
Hank’s Last Stop (Attraction) — 14.2 mi, 138° SE
Ace Adventure Resort (Theme Park) — 15.1 mi, 125° SE
AT&T Summit Stadium (Theatre) — 16.6 mi, 140° SE
The Canopy (Attraction) — 16.9 mi, 136° SE
CDB Theatre (Cinema) — 17.0 mi, 149° SE
Rush Run Coke Ovens (Historic Ruins) — 17.1 mi, 123° SE
Beury Mountain Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 17.7 mi, 124° SE
Babcock State Park (State Park) — 17.9 mi, 113° SE
Confederate Lt. Gen. Thomas J. ”Stonewall” Jackson (Public Artwork) — 22.6 mi, 316° NW
Frankenberger Art Gallery (Museum) — 22.7 mi, 316° NW
Monongahela National Forest (National Forest) — 39.3 mi, 070° E · 922k acres

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