Explore Merrill, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Merrill, 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 Merrill.
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 | Merrill |
| State | Oregon (OR) |
| County | Klamath County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 42.025152 |
| Longitude | -121.60055 |
| Population | 821 |
| Density | 690.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 97633 |
| Area Code | 541 |
| County Seat | Klamath Falls |
| School District | Klamath County School District |
Merrill asserts itself across a flat, expansive horizon where the sky claims more territory than the earth, defined primarily by the slow, deliberate passage of the Lost River. It lies 14.4 miles south-southeast of Altamont, OR (from Altamont, OR: bearing 151°T), and is situated 16.6 miles southeast of Klamath Falls. The landscape surrounding Merrill unfolds as a vast, arid plain, broken only by the subtle depression of Dodds Hollow four miles to the north and the distant, hazy silhouette of the Cascade Range visible against the western sky. Two miles away, the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge serves as a sanctuary for migratory birds, their collective calls often carrying across the fields during the quiet hours of dawn. Six miles to the west, the surface of Lower Klamath Lake reflects the changing light, shifting from a pale, metallic silver in the morning to a deep, bruised indigo as the sun retreats behind the distant peaks.
Agriculture dictates the rhythm of existence here, as the deep, dark soils have long supported a cycle of potato harvests and grain cultivation that anchors the local economy. The history of Merrill remains tethered to the reclamation of these lands, where the labor of generations has transformed the basin into a productive expanse of orderly rows and irrigation ditches. During the height of the growing season, the air tastes faintly of dust and turned earth, a sensory marker of a place that values the steady, predictable output of the field above all else. Daily life here moves with the deliberate pace of heavy machinery navigating rural lanes, maintaining a quiet, functional character where the focus remains on the harvest and the seasonal migration of waterfowl that momentarily stirs the stillness of the plains.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Merrill, Oregon. Coordinates: 42.025152, -121.60055. 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 Merrill includes the ZIP code (97633), telephone area code (541), county seat of Klamath County (Klamath Falls), and school district assignment (Klamath County School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |