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Almota Washington Map

Explore Almota, Washington, 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 Almota, Washington

How to Use This Almota, Washington Map

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

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	Almota
State	Washington (WA)
County	Whitman County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	46.702937
Longitude	-117.469352
Population	45
Density	2.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	99111, 99103
Area Code	509
County Seat	Colfax

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About Almota, Washington

Almota is a locality in Whitman County, Washington, United States. It is a small community with a population of 45. The population density is 2.0 people per km². Almota is located at 46.7029°N, 117.4694°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 99111, 99103.

Almota occupies a narrow, quiet stretch of land where the earth rises in sun-bleached shoulders above the water. It lies 13.9 miles west of Pullman, WA (from Pullman, WA: bearing 262°T), and is situated 13.2 miles south-southwest of Colfax. Little Almota Creek carves a path through the terrain, its modest flow feeding into the lower landscape before disappearing into the expanse of Lake Bryan. To the east, the horizon holds the faint, jagged suggestion of the Blue Mountains, standing as a distant, pale blue promise against the vast sky. Stine Gulch defines the immediate geography, a deep, dry crease in the high plains where the wind picks up the scent of dry grass and basalt. The light here is sharp and unrelenting, bleaching the color from the hills until they take on the hue of parched wheat, yet at dusk, the shadows deepen into a violet clarity that settles over the ground like a heavy wool blanket.

History in Almota is written in the slow, mechanical labor of the harvest and the tracks of those who moved through the region long before the silos claimed the skyline. The economy remains tethered to the soil, an affair of heavy machinery and the seasonal rhythm of grain moving toward the water. While the Long Hollow Trail offers a path for those seeking the solitude of the high ridges, the daily life of Almota is dictated by the steady, industrial pulse of the river corridor. It is a place where the human imprint feels temporary against the immense, ancient geology of the basin, an environment defined by the stillness of the plains and the persistent, quiet work of the people who maintain the harvest.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lake Bryan (Recreation Area) — 0.0 mi, 183° S
Lower Granite Lake (Recreation Area) — 3.5 mi, 146° SE
Wawawai County Park (Local Park) — 6.2 mi, 136° SE
Klemgard Park (Local Park) — 6.9 mi, 046° NE
Codger Pole (Attraction) — 13.1 mi, 022° N
Regional Theatre of the Palouse (Theatre) — 13.8 mi, 082° E
The Caring Call (Public Artwork) — 14.8 mi, 083° E
Umatilla National Forest (National Forest) — 17.1 mi, 203° SW · 1.4M acres
Nuart Theatre-Christ Church (Theatre) — 22.3 mi, 085° E
Pritchard Art Gallery (Gallery) — 22.3 mi, 085° E
McConnell Mansion Museum (Museum) — 22.5 mi, 084° E
Village Centre Cinemas at Eastside Marketplace (Cinema) — 23.1 mi, 087° E
Blue Mountains Wildlife Area Complex (State Conservation Area) — 23.6 mi, 206° SW
Local Native American and geological information (Museum) — 23.7 mi, 147° SE
Paradise Point (Viewpoint) — 26.3 mi, 073° E
C. C. Van Arsdol (Monument) — 27.3 mi, 128° SE
Clearwater River (Wild & Scenic River) — 27.6 mi, 133° SE · 24k acres
Nez Perce County Historical Society (Museum) — 28.5 mi, 133° SE
Rock Creek (Adams and Whitman Counties) (Wild & Scenic River) — 30.0 mi, 314° NW · 2,511 acres
St. Joe National Forest (National Forest) — 30.7 mi, 059° NE · 868k acres
Steam Locomotive W.i.&m.ry.co. 1 (Monument) — 30.8 mi, 060° NE
McCoy Valley Museum (Museum) — 31.3 mi, 020° N
Kendall Monument (Monument) — 34.4 mi, 204° SW
Marmes Rockshelter (Historic Ruins) — 35.3 mi, 260° W
Palouse Falls (Attraction) — 35.9 mi, 266° W
Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 36.3 mi, 191° S · 177k acres
Troy Mining & Milling Co. (Historic Ruins) — 36.9 mi, 089° E
Lapwai State Game Farm (Nature Reserve) — 39.1 mi, 125° SE
Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 46.7 mi, 358° N · 40k acres
Hells Canyon National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 53.7 mi, 155° SE · 662k acres

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