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McKay Oregon Map

Explore McKay, 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 McKay, Oregon

How to Use This McKay, Oregon Map

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

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

Latitude	45.492346
Longitude	-118.68418
Population	95
Density	1.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	97868
Area Code	541
County Seat	Pendleton
School District	Pilot Rock School District 2

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About McKay, Oregon

McKay is a locality in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States. It is a small community with a population of 95. The population density is 1.6 people per km². McKay is located at 45.4923°N, 118.6842°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 97868.

McKay holds a quiet position where the high plains begin to break into the irregular, sun-bleached contours of the interior. It lies 14.6 miles southeast of Pendleton, OR (from Pendleton, OR: bearing 145°T), and is situated 28.3 miles west-northwest of La Grande. McKay Creek carves a persistent, narrow path through the earth here, its waters offering a cooling influence to the dry grasses that carpet the surrounding basin. To the west, the sharp, jagged silhouette of the Blue Mountains rises against the horizon, anchoring the landscape in a permanent, hazy violet. Lawler Canyon lies just a mile away, a deep scar in the terrain that traps the heat of the afternoon and holds it until the light turns thin and amber. The air here tastes of dust and dry sage, a sharp, singular clarity that defines the transition from the lower basins to the rugged, untamed reaches of the interior.

Agriculture and the steady, rhythmic demands of land management define the pace of life in McKay. Residents look toward the Starkey Experimental Forest for a sense of the region’s ecological health, observing how the timber and brush respond to the long, arid summers. Those seeking a respite from the work week often travel seven miles to the Blue Mountain Forest State Scenic Corridor, where the density of the growth provides a stark contrast to the open, exposed fields nearby. While the distant McKay Reservoir serves as a vital anchor for regional water resources, the daily existence of the people here remains tied to the cycles of the earth and the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons. It is a place of hard lines and wide skies, where the history of the soil is written in the fences that divide the range and the persistent, low-slung architecture of the local homesteads.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Heaven Overlook (Viewpoint) — 4.8 mi, 066° NE
Mckay Creek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.8 mi, 321° NW · 42 acres
Blue Mountain Forest State Scenic Corridor (State Recreation Area) — 8.9 mi, 041° NE
Umatilla National Forest (National Forest) — 10.2 mi, 181° S · 1.4M acres
Rangeland (State Resource Management Area) — 10.2 mi, 227° SW
Whitman National Forest (National Forest) — 10.7 mi, 161° S · 1.3M acres
Ampitheatre (Theatre) — 11.2 mi, 073° E
Tamastslikt Cultural Institute (Museum) — 11.2 mi, 005° N
Oregon Trail National Historic Trail (National Trail) — 11.7 mi, 000° N · 1,027 acres
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 12.0 mi, 005° N
Starkey Experimental Forest (Recreation Easement) — 12.5 mi, 165° S
Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 12.8 mi, 138° SE
Heritage Station Museum (Museum) — 13.2 mi, 338° N
Umatilla County Museum (Museum) — 13.2 mi, 338° N
Pendleton Underground Tour (Attraction) — 13.3 mi, 338° N
Statue of Madame Stella Darby (Public Artwork) — 13.3 mi, 338° N
Pendleton Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 13.6 mi, 338° N
North Fork Umatilla Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 26.9 mi, 060° NE · 20k acres
North Fork John Day Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 30.1 mi, 174° S · 121k acres
Echo Museum (Museum) — 30.1 mi, 305° NW
Old La Grande Highschool marker (Monument) — 30.8 mi, 112° E
Marie Dorion Monument (Monument) — 32.4 mi, 028° NE
North Fork John Day, Oregon Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 32.8 mi, 195° S · 13k acres
Frazier Farmstead and Museum (Museum) — 33.2 mi, 026° NE
Mcnary National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 35.9 mi, 334° NW · 32k acres
Whitman Memorial (Attraction) — 39.4 mi, 016° N
Gesa Power House Theater (Theatre) — 42.8 mi, 022° N
Combine Art Collective (Gallery) — 43.2 mi, 023° NE
Hover High School (Historic Ruins) — 44.6 mi, 342° N
Brushes N' Brix (Attraction) — 45.6 mi, 026° NE

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