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2022 Map of Buena Vista

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Buena Vista
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

Buena Vista sits at the western foot of the Blue Ridge, where the Maury River bends south. The city’s residential grid reaches toward the hills, anchored by the Southern Virginia University campus and the Buena Vista Courthouse. Much of the landscape is dominated by the steep, forested slopes of the George Washington National Forest, with peaks like Elephant Mtn and Paxton Peak rising sharply from the valley floor.

Evidence of historical mountain passage and small-scale settlement is preserved in labels for Oronoco and Beverlytown. Long-distance travel routes define the high country, where the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Appalachian National Scenic Trl wind along the heights of the Blue Ridge. This modern survey details the transition from urban industry and education in the valley to the protected wilderness of the Pedlar River watershed, including the Roberts Cem near Beverly Town Rd.