Explore Oakridge, 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 Oakridge, 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 Oakridge.
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 | Oakridge |
| State | Oregon (OR) |
| County | Lane County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 43.746512 |
| Longitude | -122.461716 |
| Population | 3,206 |
| Density | 572.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 97463 |
| Area Code | 503, 971 |
| County Seat | Eugene |
| School District | Oakridge School District 76 |
Oakridge maintains a quiet gravity where the rush of Salmon Creek defines the daily pulse of the landscape. It lies 30.0 miles east of Cottage Grove, OR (from Cottage Grove, OR: bearing 97°T), and is situated 34.7 miles southeast of Springfield. The moisture of the coastal air drifts inland, settling against the timbered slopes that rise toward the Cascade Range in the distance. Within this basin, the atmosphere remains heavy with the scent of damp earth and coniferous needles, a profound stillness that gathers at the edges of Salmon Creek Park. The terrain shifts from the shadowed floor of the valley toward the higher elevations of High Prairie, while the presence of the nearby Hills Creek Lake softens the horizon with its expanse of still, gray water. Light here filters through the canopy in muted shifts of green and silver, turning the afternoon into a long, slow transition toward the dimming of the woods.
Economic life in Oakridge has transitioned from the intensity of the logging era to a slower, more deliberate stewardship of the surrounding wild. The legacy of the railroad and the timber industry remains visible in the architecture and the deliberate layout of the streets, yet the focus has turned toward the preservation of the rugged terrain that draws travelers to the Larison Creek Trail. A sense of purposeful seclusion persists, punctuated by the seasonal arrival of those seeking the clarity of the air near Larison Cove or the vertical rush of Salmon Falls. Oakridge functions as a waypoint for those moving between the high desert and the sea, holding to a character that values the endurance of the forest over the rapid pace of the lowlands.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Oakridge, Oregon. Coordinates: 43.746512, -122.461716. 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 Oakridge includes the ZIP code (97463), telephone area code (503, 971), county seat of Lane County (Eugene), and school district assignment (Oakridge School District 76).
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. |