Explore Weston, 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 Weston, 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 Weston.
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 | Weston |
| State | West Virginia (WV) |
| County | Lewis County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 39.038427 |
| Longitude | -80.467313 |
| Population | 3,952 |
| Density | 785.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 26452 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| County Seat | Weston |
| School District | Lewis County School District |
Weston unfolds within a landscape defined by the persistent, winding passage of the West Fork River, which carves a deliberate path through the earth. It lies 18.0 miles south-southwest of Clarksburg, WV (from Clarksburg, WV: bearing 201°T), and is situated 13.0 miles west-northwest of Buckhannon. The air here holds a particular weight, often cooling quickly as the light shifts over the dense, Appalachian hardwood forests that climb toward the horizon some forty-five miles away. Travelers passing through Weston find the terrain marked by steep, sudden inclines and deep, shadowed depressions, including the nearby Rohrbough Hollow, where the moisture lingers long after a rain. Within the center of the locality, Weston City Park offers a quiet expanse of green, providing a vantage point to observe the way the shadows lengthen across the valley floor, turning the gray stone and timber into silhouettes against the fading sky.
History leaves a tangible imprint on the architecture of Weston, where the weight of nineteenth-century industry and institutional legacy still informs the rhythm of daily life. The economy, once tethered to the extraction of natural resources and the steady output of traditional glass manufacturing, now operates at a slower, more deliberate pace. Those who walk the streets might notice the remnants of these older trades, which contrast with the quietude found near the banks of the West Fork River or the stillness of Keith Fork Lake, located only three miles from the center. Life in Weston persists with a stoic, internal consistency, where the memory of labor and the slow turning of the seasons define the character of the people as much as the soil itself.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Weston, West Virginia. Coordinates: 39.038427, -80.467313. 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 Weston includes the ZIP code (26452), telephone area code (304), county seat of Lewis County (Weston), and school district assignment (Lewis 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. |