Explore Bethel, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Bethel, 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 Bethel.
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 | Bethel |
| State | Washington (WA) |
| County | Kitsap County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 47.4874 |
| Longitude | -122.617517 |
| Population | 4,073 |
| Density | 497.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 98367 |
| Area Code | 425 |
| County Seat | Port Orchard |
| School District | South Kitsap School District |
Bethel occupies a quiet, rain-washed reach of land where the persistent gray of the Pacific Northwest defines the texture of the days. It lies 3.2 miles south of Port Orchard, WA (from Port Orchard, WA: bearing 176°T), and is situated 5.1 miles south of Bremerton. The air here holds a heavy, salt-sweet dampness, a reminder that the open water of Sinclair Inlet waits only three miles to the east. To the west, the jagged, cloud-snagged silhouette of the Olympic Mountains anchors the horizon, while the local terrain remains defined by the dark, coniferous density of the woods and the quiet presence of Deep Lake just a mile away. Between the muted green slopes, the water of Blackjack Creek carves a narrow, persistent path through the soil, feeding the lowlands and offering a steady, liquid pulse to the landscape. On clearer afternoons, the light filters through the canopy with a thin, pale clarity, illuminating the moss-slicked bark and the quiet, unadorned corners of the terrain.
Bethel carries the legacy of a working-class corridor, shaped by the ebb and flow of regional industry and the slow, steady transformation of the surrounding acreage. Residents often find their way toward the paths of Strawberry Hill Park, where the land offers a brief, manicured respite from the surrounding thickets. The economic rhythm of the area remains tied to the broader gravity of the peninsula, where the movement of goods and labor toward the maritime hubs dictates the pace of the morning commute. Though the Olalla Valley lies several miles off, its agricultural influence lingers in the local appreciation for the fertile, stubborn earth. Life here is measured not by grand spectacles, but by the damp, rhythmic cycle of the seasons and the distant, cooling spray of McKenna Falls, which echoes in the memory of those who wander the local trails under the heavy, low-hanging sky.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bethel, Washington. Coordinates: 47.4874, -122.617517. 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 Bethel includes the ZIP code (98367), telephone area code (425), county seat of Kitsap County (Port Orchard), and school district assignment (South Kitsap 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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |