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Rock Cave West Virginia Map

Explore Rock Cave, 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 Rock Cave, West Virginia

How to Use This Rock Cave, West Virginia Map

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

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	Rock Cave
State	West Virginia (WV)
County	Upshur County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	38.836767
Longitude	-80.342584
Population	319
Density	39.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	26234
Area Code	304
County Seat	Buckhannon
School District	Upshur County School District

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About Rock Cave, West Virginia

Rock Cave is a locality in Upshur County, West Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 319. The population density is 39.8 people per km². Rock Cave is located at 38.8368°N, 80.3426°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 26234.

Rock Cave emerges from the damp, verdant floor of an Appalachian landscape where the light filters through a dense canopy of hardwood, casting long, bruised shadows across the damp earth. It lies 30.7 miles south of Clarksburg, WV (from Clarksburg, WV: bearing 180°T), and is situated 12.4 miles south-southwest of Buckhannon. Flatwoods Run cuts a narrow, purposeful path through the terrain, its persistent gurgle serving as the constant pulse of the immediate geography. Beyond the reach of the local timber, the distant, hazy blue silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains loom against the horizon, marking the boundary of a world defined by ridge and hollow. The air here holds a cool, heavy clarity, especially as the sun dips toward the tree line, turning the atmosphere into a bruised violet that clings to the moss-covered stones and the deep, quiet floor of Bear Hollow.

Rock Cave bears the quiet markers of a history rooted in extraction and the slow, steady persistence of those who worked the seams of the earth. While the industrial fervor that once defined the region has softened, the economy remains tied to the land, echoing the industrious spirit of the nearby coal camps and the legacy of the laborers who once moved through these forests. Residents often look toward Stonewall Jackson Lake for respite, finding a stillness in the water that contrasts with the rugged, broken topography that defines the surrounding woods. Life in Rock Cave moves at the pace of the seasons, where the primary rhythm is dictated by the turning of leaves and the shift in the wind, a place where the memory of earlier labor lingers in the quietude of the hills.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 0.3 mi, 038° NE
Civil War Marker (Registered Battlefield) — 0.3 mi, 041° NE
Fidler's Mill - Historic Gristmill & Building (Museum) — 2.6 mi, 185° S
Stonewall Jackson Lake (Recreation Area) — 6.2 mi, 338° N
Stonewall Jackson Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.5 mi, 335° NW
Stonecoal Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.4 mi, 008° N
Upshur County Youth Camp (Local Park) — 7.4 mi, 132° SE
James W. Curry Park (Local Park) — 8.0 mi, 133° SE
Holly River State Park (State Park) — 9.3 mi, 183° S
Burnsville Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 9.8 mi, 269° W
Stonewall Resort State Park (State Park) — 10.2 mi, 310° NW
Helvetia Village Historic District (Attraction) — 11.8 mi, 140° SE
Falls Mill Overlook (Viewpoint) — 12.2 mi, 249° W
Latham House - Historical Renovation (Historic Ruins) — 12.3 mi, 030° NE
Battle of Bulltown Union Entrenchments (Registered Battlefield) — 12.3 mi, 255° W
Upshur War Monument (Monument) — 12.4 mi, 029° NE
Buckhannon Mural (Public Artwork) — 12.4 mi, 029° NE
Old Hill Cemetary (Monument) — 15.3 mi, 334° NW
Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (West Virginia Hospital for the Insane/Weston State Hospital) (Museum) — 15.5 mi, 334° NW
Maniac Mountain (Attraction) — 18.1 mi, 031° NE
Noah Haddon's Indian Fort (Historic Ruins) — 22.2 mi, 129° SE
Monongahela National Forest (National Forest) — 22.8 mi, 155° SE · 922k acres
Randolph County Museum (Museum) — 25.1 mi, 089° E
West Virginia Railroad Museum (Museum) — 27.1 mi, 077° E
Covered Bridge Museum (Museum) — 27.2 mi, 036° NE
Old Brick Playhouse (Theatre) — 27.2 mi, 077° E
Cranberry Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 32.2 mi, 175° S · 48k acres
Otter Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 35.1 mi, 078° E · 21k acres
Camp Bartow Historic Site (Historic Castle / Fort) — 37.0 mi, 124° SE
George Washington National Forest (National Forest) — 41.0 mi, 116° SE · 1.1M acres

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