Explore Trail, 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 Trail, 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 Trail.
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 | Trail |
| State | Oregon (OR) |
| County | Jackson County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 42.666479 |
| Longitude | -122.812825 |
| Population | 768 |
| Density | 43.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 97541, 97539 |
| Area Code | 541 |
| County Seat | Medford |
| School District | Eagle Point School District 9 |
Trail marks a singular convergence where the verdant, steep-sided terrain of the Rogue River WSR dictates the architecture of the landscape. It lies 14.8 miles north of White City, OR (from White City, OR: bearing 10°T), and is situated 2.6 miles north of Shady Cove. The earth here holds a heavy, damp stillness, punctuated by the persistent, rhythmic passage of Trail Creek as it carves its way toward the larger waterway. To the distant horizon, the Klamath Mountains rise in jagged, indigo silhouettes, while the immediate surroundings are dominated by dense, shadowed stands of timber and the rugged, unyielding geology of the basin. Three miles away, the quiet, glassy surfaces of Lane and Shephard Reservoirs offer a stillness that contrasts with the constant, muscular flow of the river, defining the localized hydrology that shapes the daily experience of Trail.
History in Trail remains etched into the thin, winding roads that follow the contours of the riparian corridor, reflecting a past built on the extraction of timber and the slow, deliberate cultivation of the land. The economy persists through a quiet adherence to the rhythms of the forest and the river, where the labor of the day is often measured by the changing light upon the ridges rather than the frantic pace of distant urban centers. Residents occasionally venture toward the Alco Trail for a perspective on the wider wilderness, or look toward Conover Gulch, where the land deepens into narrow, shadowed pockets of silence. Life here is defined by this proximity to wilder, protected spaces, fostering a cultural character that prizes self-reliance and an observant, steady connection to the physical world.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Trail, Oregon. Coordinates: 42.666479, -122.812825. 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 Trail includes the ZIP code (97541, 97539), telephone area code (541), county seat of Jackson County (Medford), and school district assignment (Eagle Point School District 9).
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. |