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Government Camp Oregon Map

Explore Government Camp, 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 Government Camp, Oregon

How to Use This Government Camp, Oregon Map

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

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	Government Camp
State	Oregon (OR)
County	Clackamas County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	45.304007
Longitude	-121.7548
Population	179
Density	92.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	97028
Area Code	503, 971
County Seat	Oregon City
School District	Oregon Trail School District 46

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About Government Camp, Oregon

Government Camp is a locality in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. It is a small community with a population of 179. The population density is 92.5 people per km². Government Camp is located at 45.3040°N, 121.7548°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 97028.

Government Camp occupies a high-altitude threshold where the air thins and sharpens, defined by the insistent, cold tumble of Camp Creek as it carves through the timber. It lies 25.4 miles east-southeast of Sandy, OR (from Sandy, OR: bearing 105°T), and is situated 34.8 miles east-southeast of Washougal. This rugged topography serves as a gateway to the broader Cascade Range, with the terrain rising toward the permanent, jagged ice of Palmer Glacier only a few miles away. Below the timberline, the landscape shifts into the deep shadows of Mount Hood National Forest, while the nearby slopes of Sand Canyon offer a steep, fractured contrast to the dense, dark green canopy of fir and hemlock. Light here behaves with a peculiar, heavy clarity, often caught in the transition between the damp, shadowed valleys and the exposed, sun-bleached rock of the upper heights.

Government Camp emerged from the necessity of transit, serving as a vital waypoint for pioneers traversing the Oregon Trail National Historic Trail as they sought passage through the wilderness. While the economy once relied on the movement of people and resources across this difficult elevation, it has evolved into a seasonal center for those drawn to the verticality of the landscape, whether to traverse the Tom Dick Trail or to engage with the winter snows. The character of the locality remains tethered to this transient, rugged spirit, far removed from the low-lying basin floor and the distant, unseen waters of Bull Run Lake. Life here is measured by the slow accumulation of snow and the annual rhythm of the seasons, maintaining a quiet, functional existence that ignores the frantic pace of the lowlands in favor of the silence found among the trees.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Susannah Lee Barlow & Samuel Kimbrough Barlow (Monument) — 0.1 mi, 095° E
Oregon Trail National Historic Trail (National Trail) — 0.1 mi, 006° N · 1,027 acres
Mt. Hood National Forest (National Forest) — 0.1 mi, 297° NW · 1.1M acres
Mt. Hood Park Division Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 0.1 mi, 297° NW
Alpenglade Park Lot Owners Privately-owned open space or common area (Private Recreation) — 0.1 mi, 353° N
Multorpor Fen Protection Area (Administrative) (National Conservation Area) — 0.2 mi, 205° SW · 91 acres
Mount Hood Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 0.5 mi, 003° N · 65k acres
Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 1.6 mi, 250° W · 62k acres
Salmon River Segment A (Wild & Scenic River) — 1.7 mi, 120° SE · 4,415 acres
Salmon, Oregon Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 1.9 mi, 133° SE · 10k acres
Mount Hood National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 2.5 mi, 128° SE · 35k acres
Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 2.6 mi, 010° N · 1,131 acres
Zigzag Canyon Rim (Viewpoint) — 2.7 mi, 014° N
Upper Sandy Guard Station Cabin (Historic Ruins) — 5.3 mi, 345° N
Ramona Falls (Attraction) — 5.4 mi, 349° N
Gnarl Ridge Shelter Remains (Historic Ruins) — 6.5 mi, 052° NE
Crystal Springs Watershed Protection Area (National) (National Conservation Area) — 8.0 mi, 035° NE · 2,822 acres
Wildwood Recreation Site (Nature Reserve) — 11.9 mi, 286° W
West Coast Airlines Flight 956 (Attraction) — 12.1 mi, 255° W
Underwater Viewing Chamber (Attraction) — 12.2 mi, 285° W
Clackamas Lake Historic Guard Station (Attraction) — 14.2 mi, 179° S
Wamic Historical Museum (Museum) — 24.2 mi, 102° E
Win S. Acton (Monument) — 24.7 mi, 338° N
Fort Raines (Historic Castle / Fort) — 25.4 mi, 342° N
To the Oregon Pioneers (Monument) — 25.8 mi, 317° NW
Cascade Locks Historical Museum (Museum) — 26.1 mi, 345° N
The Fruit Company (Museum) — 27.0 mi, 026° NE
Reflections of a Cultural Landscape (Public Artwork) — 29.6 mi, 022° N
Theater at Columbia Center for the Arts (Theatre) — 30.4 mi, 023° NE
Gallery at Columbia Center for the Arts (Gallery) — 30.4 mi, 023° NE

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