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Prairie City Oregon Map

Explore Prairie City, 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 Prairie City, Oregon

How to Use This Prairie City, Oregon Map

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

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	Prairie City
State	Oregon (OR)
County	Grant County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	44.463214
Longitude	-118.709948
Population	841
Density	327.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	97869
Area Code	541
County Seat	Canyon City
School District	Prairie City School District 4

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About Prairie City, Oregon

Prairie City is a locality in Grant County, Oregon, United States. It is a small community with a population of 841. The population density is 327.3 people per km². Prairie City is located at 44.4632°N, 118.7099°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. Prairie City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 97869.

Prairie City occupies a high-altitude basin where the air holds a crisp, thin clarity that defines the eastern Oregon landscape. It lies 48.1 miles west-southwest of Baker City, OR (from Baker City, OR: bearing 244°T), and is situated 99.3 miles south-southeast of Hermiston. Dixie Creek carves a narrow, rhythmic path through the valley floor, its waters reflecting a sky that often turns a bruised, expansive violet as the sun dips behind the distant Blue Mountains. To the west, the rugged terrain rises toward the dense, timbered reaches of Malheur National Forest, while the nearby Slaughterhouse Gulch serves as a stark reminder of the land’s raw, unyielding topography. The earth here is composed of dry, golden grasses and basalt, a quiet transition zone that feels miles removed from the moisture-heavy forests closer to the coast.

Gold seekers first arrived here with the fervor of mid-nineteenth-century ambition, fundamentally altering the valley to extract wealth from the creek beds and surrounding hills. Today, the economy of Prairie City remains tethered to the land, shifting from the volatile cycles of mining to a steady reliance on timber, ranching, and the quiet stewardship of the surrounding wildlands. Visitors seeking the solitude of the high country often look toward the Onion Creek Trail for passage into the wilderness, or travel toward Unity Reservoir to find the stillness of standing water. Life in Prairie City moves with the deliberate pace of those who work the earth, where the shadow of the forest and the persistent flow of the creek dictate the rhythm of the days.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Malheur National Forest (National Forest) — 0.1 mi, 273° W · 1.5M acres
Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 4.8 mi, 344° N
Strawberry Mountain-Indian Creek Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 6.6 mi, 192° S · 211 acres
Strawberry Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 7.0 mi, 191° S · 69k acres
Rangeland (State Resource Management Area) — 8.3 mi, 259° W
Strawberry Mountain-Pine Creek Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 9.1 mi, 223° SW · 211 acres
Grant County Historical Museum (Museum) — 12.9 mi, 247° SW
Canyon Creek Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 14.1 mi, 211° SW
Whitman National Forest (National Forest) — 14.1 mi, 107° E · 1.3M acres
North Fork Malheur, Oregon Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 15.5 mi, 117° SE · 7,702 acres
Vinegar Hill-Indian Rock Scenic Area (National Scenic Byway) — 17.2 mi, 006° N
North Fork John Day Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 19.5 mi, 015° N · 121k acres
French Cabin (Ruins) (Historic Ruins) — 22.1 mi, 165° S
Malheur, Oregon Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 23.2 mi, 169° S · 3,699 acres
Cedar Grove Botanical Area (Nature Reserve) — 32.2 mi, 254° W
Mason Dam Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 37.8 mi, 067° NE
Phillip W. Schneider State Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 39.2 mi, 253° W
Black Canyon East Trailhead (Attraction) — 43.2 mi, 258° W
Blue Basin (Attraction) — 45.8 mi, 282° W
Thomas Condon (Monument) — 46.4 mi, 278° W
Salt Lick (Public Artwork) — 48.4 mi, 063° NE
Oregon Trail Historical Monument (Monument) — 53.2 mi, 063° NE
45th Parallel (Monument) — 54.2 mi, 046° NE
Harney County Historical Museum (Museum) — 62.5 mi, 196° S
Desert Cinema (Cinema) — 63.0 mi, 196° S
Ampitheatre (Theatre) — 75.2 mi, 009° N
Painted Cove Trail (Attraction) — 78.4 mi, 281° W
Leaf Hill Trail (Attraction) — 78.6 mi, 280° W

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