Knappa Oregon Map

About Knappa, Oregon

Knappa is a locality in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,007. The population density is 188.2 people per km². Knappa is located at 46.1708°N, 123.5798°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 97103.

Knappa reveals its character through the Fertile Valley Creek, which braids its way through a landscape dominated by the damp, heavy scent of cedar and the persistent, low-hanging mist that clings to the timbered slopes. It lies 11.7 miles east of Astoria, OR (from Astoria, OR: bearing 91°T), and is situated 16.2 miles east of Warrenton. The air here holds a deep, oceanic chill, a constant reminder of the proximity to the coast, even as the terrain remains sheltered by the dark, vertical reach of doug-fir and the sprawling, tangled undergrowth of salal. To the east, the silhouette of Wickiup Mountain anchors the horizon, while the proximity of the Lewis and Clark National Wildlife Refuge creates a vast, watery silence that defines the local ecosystem. Across the marshy expanse, the low-lying shape of Karlson Island emerges from the tide, and the nearby waters of Prairie Channel reflect a sky that often transitions from a bruised, slate gray to a soft, luminous silver by dusk.

Knappa sustains itself through a quiet, industrious rhythm shaped by a history of logging and the seasonal pulse of the river. The economy remains tethered to the land and the pull of the tides, with the influence of the nearby Lewis and Clark National Wildlife Refuge ensuring that the natural environment dictates the pace of human activity rather than the other way around. Life here feels punctuated by the distant, rhythmic hum of work on the water and the occasional, sharp clarity of light that hits the valley floor before the clouds settle back in. Residents often travel the eighteen miles toward the coast or toward the distant, serene stillness of Jetty Lagoon, yet the singular, damp gravity of the local woods keeps the focus firmly on the immediate, shadowed beauty of this place. Though the deeper basins like Bugby Hole lie further away, their presence is felt in the way the local drainage patterns carve through the earth, leaving a landscape that feels both ancient and perpetually damp, as if it were still being formed by the constant, slow migration of the rain.

About This Knappa Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Knappa, Oregon. Coordinates: 46.170814, -123.579823. 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 Knappa includes the ZIP code (97103), telephone area code (503, 971), county seat of Clatsop County (Astoria), and school district assignment (Knappa School District 4).

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.