Huddleston Virginia Map

About Huddleston, Virginia

Huddleston is a locality in Bedford County, Virginia, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,200. The population density is 22.0 people per km². Huddleston is located at 37.1568°N, 79.4745°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 24104.

Huddleston unfurls along the northern shores of Smith Mountain Lake, a place where the Virginia sky often seems to stretch out in an unbroken, pale blue expanse, broken only by the occasional hawk circling lazily overhead. It lies 16.5 miles southwest of Timberlake, VA (from Timberlake, VA: bearing 227°T), and is situated 17.5 miles southwest of Forest. The landscape here is a gentle conversation between water and earth: the lake’s broad, shimmering surface, reflecting the sun’s descent in hues of rose and gold, meets a terrain of softly rounded hills that are cloaked in a dense, emerald forest. The air, especially in the early mornings before the heat truly sets in, carries a damp, clean scent, a mixture of pine needles and the faint, mineral tang of the water, hinting at the countless fish that swim just beneath the mirrored surface. The roads, often winding and shaded by ancient oaks and maples, lead past weathered farmhouses and manicured lakeside properties, each a small declaration against the wilder, untamed beauty that presses in from all sides. The history of Huddleston is, in many ways, intertwined with the very water that now defines it, though its earlier chapters were written by farmers and lumbermen who worked the land before the lake’s creation. The establishment of Smith Mountain Dam and the subsequent flooding in the 1960s dramatically reshaped the local economy, transforming a quiet agricultural backwater into a burgeoning hub for recreation and tourism. Today, Huddleston thrives on the influx of summer visitors and permanent residents drawn to the lake’s allure, with marinas, bait shops, and lakeside restaurants forming a vibrant, if somewhat seasonal, commercial pulse. There’s a palpable sense of a community that has adapted and reinvented itself, carrying its quieter, more agrarian past with a certain understated grace, much like the enduring presence of the old church steeples that still punctuate the skyline above the more modern lakeside developments.

About This Huddleston Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Huddleston, Virginia — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 37.156811, -79.474473. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Huddleston and Bedford County.

Detailed location data for Huddleston includes the ZIP code (24104), telephone area code (276, 540), county seat of Bedford County (Bedford), and school district assignment. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Huddleston is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.