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Banks Oregon Map

Explore Banks, 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 Banks, Oregon

How to Use This Banks, Oregon Map

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

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.

City	Banks
State	Oregon (OR)
County	Washington County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	45.618724
Longitude	-123.114276
Population	1,837
Density	930.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	97106
Area Code	503, 971
County Seat	Hillsboro
School District	Banks School District 13

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About Banks, Oregon

Banks is a locality in Washington County, Oregon, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,837. The population density is 930.8 people per km². Banks is located at 45.6187°N, 123.1143°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. Banks is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 97106.

Banks emerges from a landscape defined by the persistent, quiet passage of West Fork Dairy Creek, which carves a modest path through the low-lying terrain. It lies 6.8 miles north of Forest Grove, OR (from Forest Grove, OR: bearing 359°T), and is situated 8.9 miles northwest of Hillsboro. The air here holds a consistent, damp coolness, drifting in from the distant, shadowed silhouette of the Coast Range that anchors the western horizon. To the north, the dense, emerald expanse of the Tillamook State Forest offers a stark boundary against the sky, while the nearby waters of Hartwick Reservoir reflect the pale, shifting light of an overcast afternoon. Beyond the immediate fields, the earth dips into the quiet shadows of Cedar Canyon, where the soil retains the damp, dark scent of loam and decaying needles.

Banks functions as a quiet nexus for the surrounding agricultural plains, where the legacy of early homesteading remains etched into the rhythm of daily labor. The local economy persists in a steady, unadorned fashion, grounded in the seasonal yields of the fields and the movement of goods through this rural corridor. Residents and visitors alike traverse the Banks-Vernonia State Trail, a reclaimed artery that replaced the heavy iron of the old logging railroads with a path for cyclists and walkers. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of a place that understands the weight of the seasons, occasionally punctuated by the memory of Jackson Falls, which thunders in the silence of the woods nine miles away.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Banks-Vernonia State Trail (State Recreation Area) — 0.2 mi, 003° N
Banks High School (Local Recreation) — 0.2 mi, 152° SE
Sunset Park And Speedway (Private Recreation) — 0.3 mi, 184° S
Quail Valley Golf Club (Private Recreation) — 0.5 mi, 131° SE
Killin Wetlands (Local Conservation Area) — 0.5 mi, 270° W
Sunset Grove Golf Club (Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 174° S
Unknown Park (Local Conservation Area) — 5.8 mi, 197° S
Glencoe Memorial (Monument) — 6.6 mi, 119° SE
L.L. "Stub" Stewart State Park (Local Park) — 6.7 mi, 328° NW
Valley Art Gallery (Gallery) — 6.8 mi, 179° S
Grand Lodge Theater (Cinema) — 6.8 mi, 168° S
Star Theatre (Arts Centre) — 6.9 mi, 179° S
Joseph L. Meek Oregon History Marker (Monument) — 7.5 mi, 112° E
Tualatin River (Wild & Scenic River) — 7.9 mi, 172° S · 21k acres
Eastman Rose Garden Mosaic (Public Artwork) — 8.9 mi, 134° SE
JB Thomas Memorial (Monument) — 9.2 mi, 135° SE
Dairy Creek Program Area (Theatre) — 9.2 mi, 336° NW
Pirate Ship (Attraction) — 9.3 mi, 098° E
Treehouse (Attraction) — 9.3 mi, 098° E
Molly's Castle (Attraction) — 9.3 mi, 098° E
Roloff Farm (Attraction) — 9.4 mi, 098° E
Genentech (Theatre) — 9.9 mi, 117° SE
Nehalem River (Wild & Scenic River) — 10.8 mi, 312° NW · 37k acres
Kashi Point (Viewpoint) — 11.2 mi, 055° NE
Wapato Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.1 mi, 182° S · 1,844 acres
Helzer Gallery (Gallery) — 12.7 mi, 106° E
Wunderland (Cinema) — 13.8 mi, 114° SE
Sunken Village Archeological Site (Historic Ruins) — 14.4 mi, 068° E
Vintage Tek (Museum) — 16.7 mi, 120° SE
Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.3 mi, 063° NE · 9,982 acres

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