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Whitmer West Virginia Map

Explore Whitmer, 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 Whitmer, West Virginia

How to Use This Whitmer, West Virginia Map

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

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

Latitude	38.812889
Longitude	-79.548942
Population	94
Density	85.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	26296
Area Code	304
County Seat	Elkins
School District	Randolph County School District

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About Whitmer, West Virginia

Whitmer is a locality in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 94. The population density is 85.8 people per km². Whitmer is located at 38.8129°N, 79.5489°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 26296.

Whitmer emerges from the high, shadowed folds of the landscape where the Gandy Creek carves a persistent path through the dense, verdant expanse of the Monongahela National Forest. It lies 53.5 miles southeast of Clarksburg, WV (from Clarksburg, WV: bearing 127°T), and is situated 17.8 miles east-southeast of Elkins. The air here holds a distinct, metallic coolness, sharpened by the proximity of the Allegheny Mountains that loom as a jagged, blue-gray silhouette against the western horizon. Beyond the immediate canopy, the land rises in steep, uneven tiers, creating a terrain defined more by the sudden descent of the Falls of Seneca than by any level ground. Sunlight struggles to reach the floor of the forest, filtered through heavy layers of hardwood, casting a muted, bronze light that lingers long after the sun has slipped behind the ridges.

Whitmer retains the quiet, weathered character of a place built upon the extraction of timber and the slow, rhythmic labor of the Appalachian highlands. Old logging grades and the nearby Allegheny Trail suggest a history of transient industry, where the economy was once tethered to the harvest of the surrounding timberlands rather than the quiet, contemplative pace of the present. Those who traverse the region often seek the stillness found near the banks of Spruce Knob Lake or the hidden depth of Lambert Hollow, where the silence is broken only by the movement of water over stone. The pulse of life here is measured by the changing of the leaves and the seasonal retreat of the frost, a steady, unadorned existence that remains indifferent to the haste of the world beyond the peaks.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Monongahela National Forest (National Forest) — 0.3 mi, 025° NE · 922k acres
Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 1.1 mi, 067° NE · 100k acres
Beaver Dam Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 297° NW
Laurel Fork North Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 3.6 mi, 275° W · 6,048 acres
Roaring Plains West Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 8.0 mi, 046° NE · 6,794 acres
Seneca Caverns (Attraction) — 9.3 mi, 112° E
German Valley Overlook (Viewpoint) — 10.3 mi, 135° SE
Cheat Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 10.3 mi, 268° W
Shavers Mountain National Natural Landmark (National Monument) — 12.1 mi, 343° N · 258 acres
Canaan Valley Resort State Park (State Park) — 14.0 mi, 015° N
Dolly Sods Scenic Area (National Scenic Byway) — 14.3 mi, 042° NE
Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.3 mi, 025° NE · 34k acres
George Washington National Forest (National Forest) — 16.2 mi, 199° S · 1.1M acres
Wilson Monument (Monument) — 16.9 mi, 287° W
Randolph County Museum (Museum) — 17.7 mi, 276° W
Fisher Spring Run Bog National Natural Landmark (National Monument) — 17.9 mi, 039° NE · 499 acres
Old Brick Playhouse (Theatre) — 18.0 mi, 296° NW
West Virginia Railroad Museum (Museum) — 18.0 mi, 295° NW
H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue (Public Artwork) — 18.0 mi, 296° NW
Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial (Monument) — 20.9 mi, 229° SW
Old Hart House (Monument) — 21.0 mi, 280° W
Historic Coke Ovens (Attraction) — 22.1 mi, 005° N
Camp Bartow Historic Site (Historic Castle / Fort) — 22.5 mi, 213° SW
Cottrill's Opera House (Theatre) — 23.5 mi, 007° N
Puffenbarger Sugar Camp (Attraction) — 24.4 mi, 184° S
Fort Mulligan (Registered Battlefield) — 25.6 mi, 059° NE
Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard (Attraction) — 25.8 mi, 187° S
Charles P. Jones Museum (Museum) — 27.7 mi, 184° S
Noah Haddon's Indian Fort (Historic Ruins) — 28.4 mi, 244° SW
Fort Marrow (Historic Ruins) — 28.4 mi, 244° SW

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