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Big Lake Washington Map

Explore Big Lake, 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 Big Lake, Washington

How to Use This Big Lake, Washington Map

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

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	Big Lake
State	Washington (WA)
County	Skagit County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	48.402883
Longitude	-122.241265
Population	2,980
Density	150.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	98274
Area Code	206, 253
County Seat	Mount Vernon
School District	Sedro-Woolley School District

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About Big Lake, Washington

Big Lake is a locality in Skagit County, Washington, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,980. The population density is 150.1 people per km². Big Lake is located at 48.4029°N, 122.2413°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 98274.

Big Lake anchors a low-lying basin where the persistent gray of the regional sky softens the edges of the surrounding timber and marsh. It lies 4.4 miles east-southeast of Mount Vernon, WA (from Mount Vernon, WA: bearing 107°T), and is situated 7.0 miles south of Sedro-Woolley. The Nookachamps Creek winds through the immediate landscape, its water moving with a quiet, deliberate weight that dictates the drainage of the fields and the saturation of the soil. Beyond the immediate flatlands, the terrain lifts toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Cascade Range, which looms on the horizon as a jagged, snow-dusted boundary. To the west, the landscape breaks into the uneven terrain of Walker Valley, while the nearby Beaver Pond Park provides a dense, quiet sanctuary of thicket and standing water that mirrors the muted, earth-toned palette of the morning light.

Big Lake retains the character of a place built on the steady, industrious pace of inland settlement, where the rhythms of the local economy have long been tied to the land’s capacity for timber and agriculture. The legacy of these trades remains visible in the quietude of the roads and the scattered, functional architecture that defines the neighborhood. Travelers seeking a more arduous path often look toward the Mount Washington Trail, yet the true gravity of the region lies in the stillness of the nearby woods and the seasonal flux of the creek. Even the distant, larger waters like Summer Lake seem to exist as mere echoes of the pervasive moisture here, where the air holds a cool, heavy density that seems to slow the progression of the afternoon.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Beaver Pond Park (Local Park) — 1.4 mi, 292° W
Hoag Memorial Park (Big Rock) (Local Park) — 1.8 mi, 333° NW
Little Mountain Park (Local Recreation) — 2.3 mi, 264° W
Pickering Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 3.1 mi, 262° W
Skagit Symphony (Arts Centre) — 3.8 mi, 306° NW
Maple Tree (Public Artwork) — 4.4 mi, 298° NW
Debay's Slough (State Conservation Area) — 4.4 mi, 349° N
Skagit-Snoqualmie Wildlife Area Complex (State Conservation Area) — 4.4 mi, 349° N
September 11, 2001 (Monument) — 4.5 mi, 283° W
Spanish American War Memorial (Monument) — 4.5 mi, 283° W
Skagit County Fairgrounds (Attraction) — 4.5 mi, 275° W
Rick Leonard Gallery (Gallery) — 4.6 mi, 284° W
Children's Museum of Skagit County (Museum) — 5.8 mi, 309° NW
Skagit, Washington Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 6.2 mi, 018° N · 48k acres
Mt. Baker National Forest (National Forest) — 6.3 mi, 020° N · 1.3M acres
Northwest Theatre Arts at the Conway Muse (Theatre) — 6.5 mi, 228° SW
Pilchuck Glass School (Arts Centre) — 7.2 mi, 184° S
Northern State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 8.2 mi, 012° N
Northern State Hospital Cemetery (Monument) — 9.3 mi, 014° N
Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 10.8 mi, 287° W
La Conner Seaside Gallery (Gallery) — 11.7 mi, 267° W
Alek's Art Studio (Gallery) — 11.7 mi, 266° W
La Conner Volunteer Firefighter Museum (Museum) — 11.8 mi, 266° W
The Old Fir Log (Attraction) — 11.8 mi, 266° W
Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 12.5 mi, 019° N · 1,009 acres
Stanwood Area Historical Society (Museum) — 12.6 mi, 208° SW
Pearson House Museum (Museum) — 12.6 mi, 208° SW
Fort Whitman (Historic Castle / Fort) — 13.7 mi, 259° W
San Juan Islands National Monument (National Monument) — 21.9 mi, 328° NW · 432k acres
Mount Baker Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 22.3 mi, 035° NE · 120k acres

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