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Altoona Washington Map

Explore Altoona, 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 Altoona, Washington

How to Use This Altoona, Washington Map

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

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

Latitude	46.269739
Longitude	-123.621217
Population	56
Density	4.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	98643
Area Code	360
County Seat	Cathlamet
School District	Naselle-Grays River Valley School District

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About Altoona, Washington

Altoona is a locality in Wahkiakum County, Washington, United States. It is a small community with a population of 56. The population density is 4.2 people per km². Altoona is located at 46.2697°N, 123.6212°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 98643.

Altoona rises from the damp, timbered earth where the steep shoulders of Altoona Hill descend toward the wide, gray expanse of the Columbia River. It lies 35.5 miles west-northwest of Longview, WA (from Longview, WA: bearing 285°T), and is situated 10.0 miles east-northeast of Astoria. The air here holds a heavy, salt-tinged moisture that clings to the fir needles and moss, softened by the proximity of the Miller Sands Range just a mile away. To the west, the landscape yields to the marshy, low-lying reaches of the Lewis And Clark National Wildlife Refuge, a sanctuary where the tides dictate the pulse of the mudflats and the movement of the waterfowl. Beyond the immediate tree line, the hidden folds of Eden Valley provide a sheltered contrast to the exposed, river-facing slopes, creating a terrain defined by deep shadows and the persistent, rhythmic erosion of the water.

History in Altoona is measured in the splintered wood of old pilings and the ghosts of the cannery days, when the river served as the primary artery for a booming, labor-intensive economy. While the grand scale of that industrial era has quieted, the remnants of those maritime ambitions remain etched into the shoreline, where the current continues to shift the sediment around the nearby Miller Sands. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of the tides, far removed from the bustle of the interior, and residents often look toward the distant, serene waters of Jetty Lagoon when seeking the stillness of a mirror-calm surface. The local character is forged by this intersection of river commerce and wild refuge, a place where the work of the day is always framed by the vast, indifferent beauty of the Pacific Northwest sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lewis And Clark National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 1.5 mi, 183° S · 39k acres
Lewis And Clark National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 1.5 mi, 183° S · 13k acres
Mount Saint Helens-Shillapoo Wildlife Area Complex (State Conservation Area) — 4.4 mi, 306° NW
HendriCreekson Canyon Natural Resources Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.6 mi, 347° N
Julia Butler Hansen Refuge For The Columbian White-Tailed Deer (National Wildlife Refuge) — 7.2 mi, 110° E · 12k acres
Twilight Eagle Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 7.9 mi, 207° SW
Industrial/Commercial/Residential (State Resource Management Area) — 8.3 mi, 233° SW
Julia Butler Hansen Refuge For The Columbian White-Tailed Deer Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 9.0 mi, 115° SE
Julia Butler Hansen Refuge For The Columbian White-Tailed Deer Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 9.7 mi, 103° E · 1,289 acres
Appelo Archives Center (Museum) — 9.7 mi, 312° NW
Hanthorn Cannery Museum (Museum) — 9.8 mi, 239° SW
Astoria Pier Love Locks (Attraction) — 9.8 mi, 239° SW
Sea Lion Dock (Attraction) — 10.1 mi, 240° SW
Time Capsule (Attraction) — 11.2 mi, 237° SW
Heritage Museum (Museum) — 11.3 mi, 240° SW
Comcomly Canoe (Public Artwork) — 11.3 mi, 237° SW
U.S Post Office site (historic) (Monument) — 11.4 mi, 240° SW
Jadene Studios (Gallery) — 11.4 mi, 241° SW
Confluence Studio Gallery (Gallery) — 11.4 mi, 241° SW
Astoria Ghost Tour (Attraction) — 11.4 mi, 241° SW
Museum of Whimsy (Museum) — 11.5 mi, 241° SW
Riversea Gallery (Arts Centre) — 11.5 mi, 241° SW
Lightbox (Gallery) — 11.5 mi, 241° SW
The Ten Fifteen Theater (Theatre) — 11.5 mi, 241° SW
Oregon Film Museum (Museum) — 11.7 mi, 241° SW
Cathlamet Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 12.0 mi, 111° E
Fort Columbia (State Park) — 13.7 mi, 267° W
Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 18.8 mi, 238° SW · 805k acres
Cape Disappointment (State Park) — 20.1 mi, 277° W
Nehalem River (Wild & Scenic River) — 21.3 mi, 153° SE · 37k acres

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