Explore Shannondale, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Shannondale, 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 Shannondale.
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 | Shannondale |
| State | West Virginia (WV) |
| County | Jefferson County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 39.217047 |
| Longitude | -77.807494 |
| Population | 3,487 |
| Density | 159.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 25425 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| County Seat | Charles Town |
| School District | Jefferson County School District |
Shannondale emerges from the quiet intersection of limestone earth and the persistent, low-voiced flow of Furnace Run, which carves a narrow, serpentine path through the landscape. It lies 18.5 miles south-southeast of Martinsburg, WV (from Martinsburg, WV: bearing 153°T), and is situated 7.4 miles northwest of Purcellville. The air here holds the cool, damp weight of the deep woods, where the shadows of the Blue Ridge Mountains loom distantly on the horizon like a dark, serrated spine against the sky. Shannondale Springs Wildlife Management Area encompasses the terrain, preserving a rugged wildness that keeps the modern world at a distance. Sunlight fractures through the dense canopy of Appalachian hardwoods, illuminating the moss-slicked stones and the dark, mineral-rich soil that defines the floor of the valley.
Shannondale retains the quiet echoes of its nineteenth-century origins, when the promise of mineral waters drew travelers to seek health and restoration in the springs. Though the economy has shifted from the grand ambitions of early resorts to a more private, residential character, the legacy of that era remains in the slow, deliberate pace of the days. Life here is measured not by the clock, but by the seasonal turning of the foliage and the occasional heavy rains that swell the banks of Furnace Run. Those seeking a broader perspective often look toward the distant Loudoun Heights Trail, yet the residents of Shannondale find their own sense of scale in the quiet hollows and the undisturbed silence that falls across the land when the sun slips behind the western ridges.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Shannondale, West Virginia. Coordinates: 39.217047, -77.807494. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Shannondale includes the ZIP code (25425), telephone area code (304), county seat of Jefferson County (Charles Town), and school district assignment (Jefferson County School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |