Rickreall Oregon Map

About Rickreall, Oregon

Rickreall is a locality in Polk County, Oregon, United States. It is a small community with a population of 76. The population density is 171.6 people per km². Rickreall is located at 44.9307°N, 123.2284°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 97371.

Rickreall sits upon the floor of a broad, fertile valley where the ground stretches out in shades of tawny grain and dark, upturned earth. It lies 4.4 miles east of Dallas, OR (from Dallas, OR: bearing 80°T), and is situated 9.5 miles west of Salem. Rickreall Creek carves a deliberate path through the landscape, its waters feeding the quiet moisture that sustains the sprawling fields before slipping past the edges of the Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge. To the west, the distant, hazy silhouette of the Coast Range anchors the horizon, standing as a permanent, muted sentinel against the changing light of the afternoon. Only a mile away, the surface of Ross Reservoir mirrors the heavy, gray-white clouds that often drift inland from the west, catching the stillness of the air before it settles over the tall, dry grasses.

History in Rickreall remains etched into the architecture of its older buildings and the layout of roads that once served as vital arteries for early settlers moving through the interior. Agriculture defines the economy here, with rows of crops extending toward the distant slopes of Winslow Gulch, suggesting a life tied closely to the cycles of planting and harvest. While the George T Gerlinger State Experimental Forest lies further afield, its influence is felt in the timbered character of the region and the enduring presence of native oak and fir. Life here moves with a steady, unforced pace, defined by the sound of wind moving through the valley and the persistent, quiet gravity of a place that values its own slow, measured persistence.

About This Rickreall Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rickreall, Oregon. Coordinates: 44.930674, -123.228434. 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 Rickreall includes the ZIP code (97371), telephone area code (503, 971), county seat of Polk County (Dallas), and school district assignment (Dallas School District 2).

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.