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Adams Oregon Map

Explore Adams, Oregon, 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 Adams, Oregon

How to Use This Adams, Oregon Map

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

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.

CityAdams
StateOregon (OR)
CountyUmatilla County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezonePacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)
Latitude45.767354
Longitude-118.562473
Population389
Density423.1 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code97810
Area Code541
County SeatPendleton
School DistrictPendleton School District 16

About Adams, Oregon

Adams is a locality in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States. It is a small community with a population of 389. The population density is 423.1 people per km². Adams is located at 45.7674°N, 118.5625°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. Adams is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 97810.

Adams occupies the vast, sun-bleached expanse of Sand Hollow, where the land stretches toward the horizon in a series of rhythmic, tawny swells. It lies 12.7 miles east-northeast of Pendleton, OR (from Pendleton, OR: bearing 59°T), and is situated 19.5 miles south of Whitman. Wildhorse Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through this terrain, its presence marked by a thin ribbon of riparian green that contrasts sharply with the pale, dry grasses of the surrounding plains. To the southeast, the distant outline of the Blue Mountains rises like a jagged, violet seam against the sky, providing a permanent backdrop to the stillness of the basin. The light here possesses a singular, crystalline quality, sharpening the edges of the grain silos and casting long, deliberate shadows that emphasize the immense scale of the sky overhead.

Agriculture defines the pulse of Adams, with wide fields of wheat and barley painting the landscape in shifting shades of gold and amber throughout the harvest cycle. The economy remains rooted in the soil, a legacy that echoes the grit of those who first traversed the nearby Oregon Trail National Historic Trail, which tracks the arduous passage of pioneers through this high-plains corridor. While the pace of life maintains a quiet, methodical consistency, the proximity of Poplar Springs Reservoir offers a rare pocket of stillness in an otherwise arid expanse. In the cooling air of late afternoon, the silence of the plains feels heavy and ancient, a testament to a place that asks for little but offers an enduring, austere beauty to those who linger.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Oregon Trail National Historic Trail (National Trail) — 7.2 mi, 191° S · 1,027 acres
  • Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 8.5 mi, 215° SW
  • Tamastslikt Cultural Institute (Museum) — 9.2 mi, 212° SW
  • Blue Mountain Forest State Scenic Corridor (State Recreation Area) — 11.7 mi, 167° S
  • Umatilla National Forest (National Forest) — 11.9 mi, 238° SW · 1.4M acres
  • Rangeland (State Resource Management Area) — 12.1 mi, 014° N
  • Til Taylor (Public Artwork) — 12.3 mi, 238° SW
  • Pendleton Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 12.7 mi, 240° SW
  • Pendleton Underground Tour (Attraction) — 12.7 mi, 238° SW
  • Heritage Station Museum (Museum) — 12.8 mi, 238° SW
  • Umatilla County Museum (Museum) — 12.8 mi, 238° SW
  • Marie Dorion Monument (Monument) — 13.4 mi, 044° NE
  • Frazier Farmstead and Museum (Museum) — 13.9 mi, 039° NE
  • Mckay Creek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 16.4 mi, 225° SW · 42 acres
  • Ampitheatre (Theatre) — 16.6 mi, 163° S
  • North Fork Umatilla Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 16.9 mi, 091° E · 20k acres
  • Heaven Overlook (Viewpoint) — 17.1 mi, 185° S
  • Sunnyside-Snake River Wildlife Area Complex (State Conservation Area) — 19.0 mi, 001° N
  • Whitman Memorial (Attraction) — 19.6 mi, 014° N
  • Alice Whitman Memorial (Monument) — 19.6 mi, 014° N
  • Gesa Power House Theater (Theatre) — 23.1 mi, 027° NE
  • Combine Art Collective (Gallery) — 23.4 mi, 027° NE
  • Mcnary National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.4 mi, 330° NW · 32k acres
  • Brushes N' Brix (Attraction) — 26.1 mi, 032° NE
  • Whitman National Forest (National Forest) — 26.5 mi, 152° SE · 1.3M acres
  • Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 30.5 mi, 076° E · 177k acres
  • Echo Museum (Museum) — 30.6 mi, 267° W
  • Hover High School (Historic Ruins) — 30.6 mi, 320° NW
  • Grande Ronde, Oregon Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 37.3 mi, 091° E · 14k acres
  • Hanford Reach National Monument (National Monument) — 55.2 mi, 323° NW · 391k acres

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About This Adams Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Adams, Oregon. Coordinates: 45.767354, -118.562473. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Adams includes the ZIP code (97810), telephone area code (541), county seat of Umatilla County (Pendleton), and school district assignment (Pendleton School District 16).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.