Enter your search query in the box below.

Wallowa Lake Oregon Map

Explore Wallowa 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 Wallowa Lake, Oregon

How to Use This Wallowa Lake, Oregon Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Wallowa 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 Wallowa 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	Wallowa Lake
State	Oregon (OR)
County	Wallowa County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	45.3041
Longitude	-117.2117
Population	72
Density	15.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	97846
Area Code	541
County Seat	Enterprise
School District	Joseph School District 6

🌦 Goto Wallowa Lake Weather Page: Wallowa Lake, Oregon — Weather Warnings, Forecast, Radar, Satellite & Current Conditions

About Wallowa Lake, Oregon

Wallowa Lake is a locality in Wallowa County, Oregon, United States. It is a small community with a population of 72. The population density is 15.1 people per km². Wallowa Lake is located at 45.3041°N, 117.2117°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 97846.

Wallowa Lake holds the stillness of a glacial basin, its deep, cold waters contained by massive, sloping moraines that rise sharply toward the jagged skyline of the Wallowa Mountains. It lies 42.6 miles east of La Grande, OR (from La Grande, OR: bearing 92°T), and is situated 9.0 miles south-southeast of Enterprise. The Wallowa River feeds the northern end, a clear, steady pulse that moves through the valley floor before carving its path toward the wider basin. To the south, the terrain steepens abruptly, leading toward the rugged, high-altitude sanctuary of the Eagle Cap Wilderness, where the air thins and the light turns brittle and bright. Clouds often snag on the high peaks, casting long, shifting shadows across the water’s surface, while the scent of pine and damp earth rises from the nearby Wallowa-Whitman National Forest to settle in the quiet pockets of the valley.

Generations of human movement have left a quiet imprint here, from the ancestral paths of the Nez Perce to the later shifts in local land use that turned the basin into a site of seasonal retreat and quiet industry. Travelers often move toward the distant Big Sheep Trail Stock Driveway or pause to watch the mist rise near Wallowa Falls, finding a rhythm that is dictated more by the turning of the seasons than the pace of the outside world. The economy remains tethered to this landscape, supported by those who come to traverse the high ridges or walk the timbered fringes of the nearby wilderness. Life at Wallowa Lake is defined by this proximity to the wild, where the transition from the low-lying plains of the valley to the frozen, ancient heights of the Benson Glacier remains a constant, silent presence in the daily lives of those who dwell here.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Eagle Cap Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 0.6 mi, 243° SW · 356k acres
Wallowa National Forest (National Forest) — 0.6 mi, 243° SW · 1.0M acres
Wallowa Lake State Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 188° S
Riverside Day Use Area (Attraction) — 1.5 mi, 176° S
Wallowa Lake County Park (Local Park) — 2.1 mi, 357° N
Little Alps Day Use Area (Attraction) — 2.5 mi, 182° S
Valley Overlook (Viewpoint) — 3.0 mi, 146° SE
High Wallowa National Recreation Trail (National Trail) — 3.0 mi, 146° SE · 2 acres
Mount Howard-East Peak National Natural Landmark (National Monument) — 3.2 mi, 158° S · 1,085 acres
Garden Walk Bronze Monument (Monument) — 3.4 mi, 345° N
Phinney Gallery (Gallery) — 3.4 mi, 345° N
Running Raiders Bronze Monument (Monument) — 3.4 mi, 345° N
All Around Cowboy (Public Artwork) — 3.4 mi, 345° N
Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center (Museum) — 3.5 mi, 345° N
Chief Joseph Bronze Monument (Monument) — 3.5 mi, 345° N
Wallowology Natural History Discovery Center (Museum) — 3.8 mi, 347° N
Aspen Grove Gallery (Gallery) — 3.8 mi, 347° N
Railrider Cycling Joseph Branch (Attraction) — 3.8 mi, 342° N
Lostine, Oregon Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 8.7 mi, 242° SW · 5,059 acres
Whitman National Forest (National Forest) — 11.2 mi, 193° S · 1.3M acres
Imnaha, Oregon Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 11.3 mi, 192° S · 24k acres
Hells Canyon National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 11.9 mi, 146° SE · 662k acres
Rangeland (State Resource Management Area) — 13.2 mi, 040° NE
Hells Canyon Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 22.1 mi, 127° SE · 218k acres
Kirkwood Ranch Museum (Museum) — 39.1 mi, 062° NE
Pittsburg Rockart Interpertive Site (Attraction) — 42.4 mi, 058° NE
Cooper's Ferry / Nipéhe (Historic Ruins) — 57.3 mi, 043° NE
Shorts Bar Pictographs (Historic Ruins) — 58.6 mi, 049° NE
Ampitheatre (Theatre) — 62.8 mi, 285° W
Frazier Farmstead and Museum (Museum) — 70.8 mi, 308° NW

Latest News: Wallowa Lake

Loading news…

World News

Loading news-world…

More World News