Is Roanoke safe? United States travel risk
Is Roanoke safe right now? Checked 17 October 2026
Roanoke scores 41/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. The US State Department does not issue advice for United States. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Roanoke scores 41/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and United States (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Roanoke: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (69/100) and security (35/100).
A score of 41 is higher than 43% of the cities we score.
Consult the United States travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Roanoke belongs to Virginia (United States), centered at coordinates 37.2785° N, 79.9581° W (285 m above sea level). Distance to Washington is 314.6 km towards the NE.
Virginia
37.2785° N, 79.9581° W
285 m
America/New_York
214,019
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (United States)
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
Most tropical cyclone events within 100 km of Roanoke happened in August, September and November (3 of 3 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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