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Baring Washington Map

Explore Baring, 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 Baring, Washington

How to Use This Baring, Washington Map

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

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.

CityBaring
StateWashington (WA)
CountyKing County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezonePacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)
Latitude47.773161
Longitude-121.485382
Population255
Density94.4 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code98224
Area Code206, 253
County SeatSeattle
School DistrictSkykomish School District

About Baring, Washington

Baring is a locality in King County, Washington, United States. It is a small community with a population of 255. The population density is 94.4 people per km². Baring is located at 47.7732°N, 121.4854°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 98224.

Baring emerges from the dense, coniferous shadows of the Snoqualmie National Forest, where the landscape is defined by the unrelenting presence of the Cascade Range rising toward the horizon. It lies 23.1 miles northeast of Snoqualmie, WA (from Snoqualmie, WA: bearing 43°T), and is situated 16.6 miles east-southeast of Sultan. The South Fork Skykomish River carves a restless path through the terrain, its cold, clear currents tumbling over smoothed stone and shaping the valley floor with a persistent, rhythmic vitality. In the higher elevations, the air turns thin and sharp, carrying the distant, icy breath of the Columbia Glacier, while the stillness of Crater Lake remains tucked away in the rugged verticality of the surrounding wilderness. Light here behaves differently, filtering through the heavy canopy to create long, muted shafts that illuminate the damp moss and the rugged, unyielding geology of the earth.

Baring maintains a quiet endurance, reflecting a history tied to the timber and rail industries that once drew laborers into these deep woods to harvest the bounty of the timberlands. Today, the economy leans into a slower pace, serving as a gateway for those who seek the solitude of the high meadows, such as the quiet expanses found at Paradise Meadow. The cultural texture of Baring is woven from the independence of those who choose to live within the vast, shadowed embrace of the forest, where the daily grind is measured by the changing moods of the river and the seasonal shift in the timberline. It is a place where the modern world feels distant, replaced by the persistent, grounding influence of the ancient landscape that dictates the rhythm of life for everyone who calls Baring home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Snoqualmie National Forest (National Forest) — 0.3 mi, 359° N · 1.3M acres
  • Wild Sky Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 0.9 mi, 036° NE · 107k acres
  • Eagle Falls (Attraction) — 2.1 mi, 319° NW
  • North Fork Tolt River Watershed Watershed Withdrawal (National Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 245° SW · 4,364 acres
  • Sunset Falls (Attraction) — 3.7 mi, 306° NW
  • Forks of the Sky (State Park) — 3.7 mi, 334° NW
  • Canyon Falls Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 3.9 mi, 314° NW
  • City Of Tacoma Watershed (Local Conservation Area) — 4.2 mi, 133° SE
  • South Fork Tolt River Watershed Watershed Withdrawal (National Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 205° SW · 3,742 acres
  • Apex Mine Lower Tram Terminal & Mill ruins (Historic Ruins) — 5.0 mi, 191° S
  • Apex Mine Equipment Relics (Historic Ruins) — 5.5 mi, 193° S
  • Alpine Lakes Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 5.6 mi, 180° S · 415k acres
  • Seattle Public Utilities Watersheds (Local Conservation Area) — 6.9 mi, 235° SW
  • Skykomish Historical Society (Museum) — 7.3 mi, 127° SE
  • Great Northern and Cascade Railways (Museum) — 7.3 mi, 127° SE
  • Wallace Falls (State Park) — 10.1 mi, 312° NW
  • Deer Falls (Attraction) — 13.4 mi, 040° NE
  • Mt. Baker National Forest (National Forest) — 13.5 mi, 007° N · 1.3M acres
  • Monte Cristo (Attraction) — 15.3 mi, 016° N
  • Middle Fork Snoqualmie, Washington Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 15.5 mi, 187° S · 8,550 acres
  • Flat Iron Gallery (Gallery) — 16.5 mi, 292° W
  • Axelilia (Public Artwork) — 17.9 mi, 252° W
  • Skagit, Washington Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 19.7 mi, 009° N · 48k acres
  • Camlann Medieval Village (Museum) — 20.4 mi, 254° W
  • Historic Town of Tolt (Monument) — 21.9 mi, 246° SW
  • W. Mitch Hungate (Monument) — 21.9 mi, 213° SW
  • Brett S. Hall (Monument) — 21.9 mi, 213° SW
  • Amphiteater (Theatre) — 22.4 mi, 247° SW
  • Monroe Historical Society (Museum) — 23.2 mi, 285° W
  • Northwest Art Center (Arts Centre) — 23.4 mi, 265° W

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About This Baring Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Baring, Washington. Coordinates: 47.773161, -121.485382. 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 Baring includes the ZIP code (98224), telephone area code (206, 253), county seat of King County (Seattle), and school district assignment (Skykomish 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.