Blog · October 13, 2026 · Virginia
Alleghany County GIS Map (Virginia)
The free official GIS map for Alleghany County, how to search it, and what the parcel data does and doesn't tell you about owners, acreage and property lines.
Main page: Alleghany County, VA GIS & Parcel Viewer (official map link, Alleghany County facts and neighboring maps).
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The Alleghany County GIS map turns a drive past an empty field near Covington into a name, a parcel number and an acreage figure.
Below are the official links, a quick tour of Alleghany County's towns and land, and the steps for turning a parcel click into a reliable answer.
Opening the Alleghany County GIS map
Parcels from Covington to Covington are on the Alleghany County webGIS parcel viewer, which the county runs on a county webGIS parcel viewer. Search an address in Covington, or pan out toward Covington and click a rural tract; either way the record pops up with owner and acreage. If the official link ever moves, the Alleghany County page on Platbookmapper keeps the current version.
Behind the map: land records in Alleghany County
The map near Covington is only as good as the deeds behind it, and those are kept in the county's recording office. Which office that is depends on how Virginia organizes it, so look it up on the Alleghany County government site before you call. Copy the parcel ID and legal description before you call or visit; recording staff can find an Alleghany County document much faster with them.
What the map covers, from Covington to the back roads
Most land business in Alleghany County runs through Covington, the county seat. Organized in 1822, and named for Allegheny Mountains, Alleghany County has a long paper trail, and early deeds may cite landmarks that no longer exist. Census Bureau estimates show 14,595 residents in 2023 and around 447 square miles of land in the county. Most of the land area is agricultural or wooded, and the parcel lines get bigger and more irregular as you move away from Covington. Public land in or near the county, including George Washington National Forest, changes how nearby private land sells.
Private and public hunting ground in Alleghany County
Near Covington, a single field edge can separate two owners with very different answers about access; the map tells you which is which. Hunters headed to George Washington National Forest should check where the public boundary ends; the tracts beyond it are private. Licenses and season dates for the Covington area come from the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources. Ask owners near Covington early, ask politely, and send a thank-you after the season.
Who uses the Alleghany County parcel map
- Hunters in Alleghany County use the owner names to line up permission well before the season.
- A buyer who wants ten or twenty acres near Covington can rule out most of the wrong tracts from a desk before driving out.
- Someone house hunting in Covington can check whether a yard really is as big as the listing implies, and who owns the open lot behind it.
- Current owners in Alleghany County pull their parcel before a tax appeal, a refinance or a talk with the neighbor about a fence.
How to find property lines in Alleghany County
On rural tracts near Covington, the parcel lines can drift from the fences on the ground, sometimes by more than a few feet. Expect irregular shapes around Covington. Virginia deeds trace boundaries by bearing and distance, often from one old marker to the next. For walking the corners yourself, our guide to finding property corners helps; for a legal answer, call a Virginia licensed surveyor.
Near the county line
Alleghany County shares borders with Bath County, Botetourt County, Craig County, Rockbridge County, and Covington city, and each one runs its own parcel map and recording office. All of them are listed on our Virginia page.
Data limits to keep in mind
If a tract near Covington changed hands recently, the recorded deed is more current than the map. The acreage on a Covington record is what the tax roll uses, and a survey can come out different.
Quick answers
Can I use the Alleghany County map to hunt private land?
The map tells you who owns the woods near Covington; the owner decides whether you can hunt there.
How do I find property lines in Alleghany County?
Pull up the tract on the Alleghany County map, copy its legal description, and compare it with the deed. Exact corners take a surveyor.
How do I look up a property owner in Alleghany County?
Look up the address in Covington, or click the tract. Owner names on the Alleghany County map come from recorded deeds.
Where is the Alleghany County courthouse?
Covington is the county seat.
Open the official Alleghany County, VA parcel map Alleghany County in the Platbookmapper directory
Not a survey. County GIS and tax parcel maps are assessment and planning layers. They are not a substitute for a recorded plat, deed, or licensed survey, especially for fences, setbacks, or boundary disputes.