Explore Mount Hood, 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 Mount Hood, 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 Mount Hood.
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 | Mount Hood |
| State | Oregon (OR) |
| County | Hood River County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 45.537895 |
| Longitude | -121.568408 |
| Population | 310 |
| Density | 62.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 97041 |
| Area Code | 503, 971 |
| County Seat | Hood River |
| School District | Hood River County School District 1 |
Mount Hood rises with a stoic, singular presence above the dense, shadowed timber of the Mt. Hood National Forest. It lies 19.3 miles west-southwest of The Dalles, OR (from The Dalles, OR: bearing 258°T), and is situated 6.3 miles south of Odell. The Mount Hood Canal carves a steady, purposeful line through the landscape, its waters mirroring the muted greys and deep, mossy greens of the surrounding canopy. Only a mile away, the stillness of Aubert Reservoir offers a quiet counterpoint to the persistent, low-frequency hum of the woods, where the air holds a permanent, damp chill that clings to the bark of towering conifers. To the east, the rugged silhouette of the Cascade Range looms on the far horizon, a jagged reminder of the tectonic forces that shaped this high, inland terrain. In the deep, sheltered pockets of the earth, Hutson Gulch deepens the topography, creating a natural basin that traps the morning mist until well past noon, leaving the ferns heavy with beads of condensation.
Mount Hood bears the marks of a history built on the extraction of timber and the slow, deliberate rhythm of mountain life. The local economy remains tethered to the land, moving in cycles that align with the seasonal shifts of the forest rather than the frantic pace of the lowlands. Those who traverse the Johns Mill Trail find remnants of the old logging days, where the rusted iron of bygone industry is gradually being reclaimed by the aggressive, relentless growth of salal and pine. The influence of the wilderness is absolute; the distant, thunderous sound of Punchbowl Falls carries through the valley on quiet afternoons, a constant reminder of the elemental power flowing through the region. Even the distant, frozen expanse of Langille Glacier seems to exert a gravitational pull on the local temperament, fostering a culture of endurance and a quiet, inward-looking focus that defines the character of those who choose to live in the shadow of Mount Hood.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mount Hood, Oregon. Coordinates: 45.537895, -121.568408. 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 Mount Hood includes the ZIP code (97041), telephone area code (503, 971), county seat of Hood River County (Hood River), and school district assignment (Hood River County School District 1).
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. |