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Columbia City Oregon Map

Explore Columbia City, 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 Columbia City, Oregon

How to Use This Columbia City, Oregon Map

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

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

Latitude	45.890114
Longitude	-122.807048
Population	1,949
Density	958.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	97018
Area Code	503, 971
County Seat	St. Helens
School District	St. Helens School District 502

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About Columbia City, Oregon

Columbia City is a locality in Columbia County, Oregon, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,949. The population density is 958.6 people per km². Columbia City is located at 45.8901°N, 122.8070°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. Columbia City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 97018.

Columbia City commands a quiet stretch of land where the broad, relentless current of the Columbia River dictates the slow pulse of the morning. It lies 2.3 miles north-northeast of St. Helens, OR (from St. Helens, OR: bearing 18°T), and is situated 6.0 miles north-northwest of Ridgefield. The landscape here leans into a humid, verdant stillness, marked by the proximity of Wallace Slough two miles to the west and the rugged, forested elevation of the Cascade Range visible only as a faint, jagged ink-line against the eastern horizon. Within the immediate vicinity, Ruth Rose Richardson Park offers a modest clearing where the air carries the sharp, clean scent of damp cedar and river silt. To the west, the earth folds into the deep, shaded crease of Jackass Canyon, while the distant, rushing descent of Bonnie Falls provides a faint, rhythmic counterpoint to the town’s stillness. The light at dusk often turns a bruised, heavy indigo, catching the surface of the water and turning the river into a ribbon of polished pewter that drifts past the low-lying silhouette of Burke Island.

Columbia City emerged from the steady industrial pull of the river, growing from a reliance on timber and the commerce that flows along the waterways toward the influence of the North Arm. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the river, a quiet persistence that has replaced the frantic expansion of earlier decades with a measured, deliberate pace of life. While the deep, ancient silence of the Clatsop State Forest looms nineteen miles away, the character of the locality is defined by the interaction between the working river and the people who watch the seasons shift across its gray, churning surface. Daily life here lacks the clamor of the urban centers, favoring instead the simple observation of the tide and the steady, unyielding navigation of barges that signal the passage of time. It is a place where the history of the region is not found in grand monuments, but in the enduring, damp endurance of the docks and the way the fog clings to the riverbanks long after the sun has climbed above the trees.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Unknown Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 230° SW
SPC Stewardship (State Resource Management Area) — 1.3 mi, 154° SE
Sand Island Marine Park (Local Park) — 1.4 mi, 154° SE
Sauvie Island Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 164° S
Robert "Bobby" Aschoff (Monument) — 2.8 mi, 074° E
Auditorium (Theatre) — 3.0 mi, 070° E
Woodland Pioneer Memorial (Monument) — 3.0 mi, 075° E
Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 3.2 mi, 154° SE · 9,982 acres
Oregon Trail (Monument) — 3.2 mi, 071° E
Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 3.9 mi, 152° SE
Scappoose Landing Willamette River Greenway (State Recreation Area) — 4.4 mi, 186° S
Mount Saint Helens-Shillapoo Wildlife Area Complex (State Conservation Area) — 4.6 mi, 111° E
Paradise Point (State Park) — 4.7 mi, 107° E
Gazebo, Lake View (Viewpoint) — 5.4 mi, 150° SE
Kalama Totem Pole (Public Artwork) — 8.0 mi, 347° N
Old Tractor (Attraction) — 8.9 mi, 240° SW
Sunken Village Archeological Site (Historic Ruins) — 13.4 mi, 187° S
Camp Eight (Historic Ruins) — 15.1 mi, 264° W
Nehalem River (Wild & Scenic River) — 15.9 mi, 274° W · 37k acres
Willamette River (Wild & Scenic River) — 16.1 mi, 173° S · 51k acres
Troll Bridge (Attraction) — 16.9 mi, 187° S
Mercury (Attraction) — 17.6 mi, 338° N
Venus (Attraction) — 17.6 mi, 338° N
Kelso Theater Pub (Cinema) — 18.2 mi, 344° N
Broadway Gallery (Gallery) — 18.2 mi, 341° N
Decker Theatre (Theatre) — 19.1 mi, 157° SE
Art at the Cave (Gallery) — 19.2 mi, 160° S
Corridor Gallery (Gallery) — 19.3 mi, 161° S
Regal City Center Stadium 12 (Cinema) — 19.4 mi, 160° S
Gifford Pinchot National Forest (National Forest) — 20.4 mi, 083° E · 1.3M acres

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