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Saunders Lake Oregon Map

Explore Saunders Lake, 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 Saunders Lake, Oregon

How to Use This Saunders Lake, Oregon Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Saunders Lake, 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 Saunders Lake.

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	Saunders Lake
State	Oregon (OR)
County	Coos County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	43.524836
Longitude	-124.216504
Population	1,055
Density	143.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	97459
Area Code	503, 971
County Seat	Coquille
School District	North Bend School District 13

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About Saunders Lake, Oregon

Saunders Lake is a locality in Coos County, Oregon, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,055. The population density is 143.1 people per km². Saunders Lake is located at 43.5248°N, 124.2165°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 97459.

Saunders Lake sits quietly amid the shifting, wind-sculpted sands of the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, where the boundary between solid earth and fluid water feels perpetually undecided. It lies 8.2 miles north of North Bend, OR (from North Bend, OR: bearing 3°T), and is situated 10.9 miles north of Coos Bay. Low, dense thickets of shore pine and hardy salal cling to the damp perimeter of the basin, their needles silvered by the salt-heavy mist that rolls in from the Pacific Ocean, a mere two miles to the west. The air here holds a permanent, cool weight, smelling of dark peat and drying kelp, while the light at dusk flattens against the water, turning the surface into a sheet of hammered pewter. Nearby, the water of Saunders Creek meanders through the scrub, a modest ribbon of tea-colored flow that carves its way through the landscape before losing itself in the broader, shifting geography of the dunes.

Human presence in Saunders Lake remains defined by the persistent, unyielding nature of the coastal environment, where the economy is tethered to the natural rhythms of the timber harvest and the seasonal influx of those seeking the solitude of the dunes. History here is quiet, written less in monuments than in the gradual reclamation of old paths by the encroaching sand and the resilient, deep-rooted growth of the coastal forest. Life moves with a slow, deliberate pace, dictated by the turning tides and the gray, persistent damp that defines the region’s character. While the distant, jagged silhouette of the Coast Range occasionally asserts itself against the eastern horizon on the clearest of days, the focus of Saunders Lake remains firmly on the immediate, elemental union of forest, dune, and water.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 0.3 mi, 268° W · 34k acres
Siuslaw National Forest (National Forest) — 0.3 mi, 262° W · 631k acres
Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 1.5 mi, 305° NW · 805k acres
Umpqua Dunes Scenic Area (National Scenic Byway) — 2.5 mi, 347° N
Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 3.8 mi, 188° S
Tenmile Creek Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 4.5 mi, 009° N
William M. Tugman State Park (Local Park) — 5.1 mi, 023° NE
David Dewett Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 5.1 mi, 185° S
North Spit Overlook (Viewpoint) — 7.0 mi, 206° SW
Pony Village Cinema (Cinema) — 8.5 mi, 185° S
Umpqua River (Wild & Scenic River) — 9.6 mi, 003° N · 35k acres
U.S.C.G. Station, Umpqua River, 1939 (Monument) — 9.6 mi, 005° N
Egyptian Theatre (Cinema) — 10.9 mi, 179° S
South Fork Coos River (Wild & Scenic River) — 11.6 mi, 149° SE · 9,283 acres
Lost at Sea (Public Artwork) — 13.5 mi, 204° SW
Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 14.4 mi, 210° SW · 1,030 acres
Interpretive Center (Attraction) — 15.4 mi, 210° SW
Devils Staircase Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 15.5 mi, 036° NE · 31k acres
Observation building (Attraction) — 16.3 mi, 212° SW
Bunkers (Historic Ruins) — 16.9 mi, 211° SW
Trailhead (Attraction) — 16.9 mi, 199° S
Speedway (Attraction) — 18.0 mi, 183° S
Umpqua National Forest (National Forest) — 23.1 mi, 097° E · 986k acres
Coquille Collective (Gallery) — 24.2 mi, 177° S
Bullard's Amphitheater (Theatre) — 27.2 mi, 200° S
Sand Dunes Frontier (Theme Park) — 27.4 mi, 011° N
The Laughing Crab Gallery & Tasting Room (Gallery) — 31.0 mi, 010° N
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 32.0 mi, 173° S
Cape Mountain Lookout (Historic Ruins) — 40.2 mi, 010° N
Half-Shell Auditorium (Theatre) — 47.4 mi, 116° SE

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