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Yachats Oregon Map

Explore Yachats, 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 Yachats, Oregon

How to Use This Yachats, Oregon Map

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

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.

CityYachats
StateOregon (OR)
CountyLincoln County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezonePacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)
Latitude44.311231
Longitude-124.104842
Population994
Density421.3 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code97498
Area Code503, 971
County SeatNewport
School DistrictLincoln County School District

About Yachats, Oregon

Yachats is a locality in Lincoln County, Oregon, United States. It is a small community with a population of 994. The population density is 421.3 people per km². Yachats is located at 44.3112°N, 124.1048°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. Yachats is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 97498.

Yachats occupies a rugged stretch of shoreline where the basalt cliffs meet the churning white foam of the Pacific Ocean. It lies 22.6 miles south of Newport, OR (from Newport, OR: bearing 186°T), and is situated 8.2 miles south-southwest of Waldport. The Yachats River carves a final, quiet passage through the dark, mossy timber before surrendering its freshwater current to the tides. Beyond the immediate spray of the shoreline, the landscape rises toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Coast Range, while the interior woods of the Yachats Purchase Unit offer a dense, emerald sanctuary. At the edge of the tide, Yachats State Recreation Area provides a vantage point where the gray light of a damp afternoon turns the wet stone to the color of polished iron, grounding the traveler in a landscape defined by the relentless persistence of the sea.

Economic life in Yachats flows with the same deliberate pace as the water, shaped long ago by the gathering of indigenous peoples and later by the small-scale commerce of those who sought a living from the timber and the tide. Visitors often trace the path of Amanda's Trail, a route that serves as a quiet reminder of the history etched into these slopes, long before the modern quietude defined the local character. While the proximity to Durbin Meadows offers a sense of distance from the world, the local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons and the occasional stillness of the Big Creek Log Pond. Life here moves without the frantic urgency of larger centers, favoring instead the slow observation of the horizon and the damp, cool air that carries the scent of salt and ancient cedar.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Yachats State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 0.1 mi, 177° S
  • Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 0.1 mi, 178° S · 805k acres
  • Cape Perpetua North Marine Protected Area (Marine Protected Area) — 0.1 mi, 218° SW
  • Yachats Marine Gardens (State Conservation Area) — 0.1 mi, 177° S
  • Yachats Ocean Road State Natural Site (State Conservation Area) — 0.1 mi, 173° S
  • Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 0.2 mi, 169° S · 1,030 acres
  • Smelt Sands State Recreation Site (State Recreation Area) — 0.6 mi, 350° N
  • Siuslaw National Forest (National Forest) — 0.8 mi, 032° NE · 631k acres
  • Amanda Statue (Public Artwork) — 1.3 mi, 185° S
  • Cape Perpetua Scenic Area (National Scenic Byway) — 1.3 mi, 180° S
  • Cape Perpetua Marine Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 2.0 mi, 190° S
  • Cape Perpetua Special Interest Area (Nature Reserve) — 2.2 mi, 189° S
  • Thor's Well (Attraction) — 2.3 mi, 191° S
  • Cummins/Gwynn Creeks Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 2.3 mi, 174° S
  • Spouting Horn (Attraction) — 2.4 mi, 190° S
  • Cummins Creek Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 3.0 mi, 175° S · 9,026 acres
  • Big Stump (Attraction) — 5.9 mi, 008° N
  • Governor Patterson Memorial State Recreation Site (Nature Reserve) — 7.2 mi, 008° N
  • Olson Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 14.5 mi, 175° S
  • Cape Mountain Lookout (Historic Ruins) — 14.9 mi, 174° S
  • Foghorn Theater (Theatre) — 20.5 mi, 006° N
  • The Aviary (Attraction) — 21.3 mi, 008° N
  • Yellow Submarine (Monument) — 21.7 mi, 008° N
  • City Lights Cinema (Cinema) — 22.6 mi, 179° S
  • Yaquina Pacific Railroad Museum (Museum) — 22.9 mi, 021° N
  • Toledo Centennial History Center (Museum) — 23.0 mi, 021° N
  • The Laughing Crab Gallery & Tasting Room (Gallery) — 23.8 mi, 180° S
  • Sand Dunes Frontier (Theme Park) — 27.4 mi, 181° S
  • North West Amphitheater (Theatre) — 34.1 mi, 088° E
  • The Courage to Succeed (Monument) — 34.5 mi, 003° N

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About This Yachats Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Yachats, Oregon. Coordinates: 44.311231, -124.104842. 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 Yachats includes the ZIP code (97498), telephone area code (503, 971), county seat of Lincoln County (Newport), and school district assignment (Lincoln County School District).

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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.