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Bow Washington Map

Explore Bow, 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 Bow, Washington

How to Use This Bow, Washington Map

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

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

Latitude	48.561774
Longitude	-122.398219
Population	203
Density	67.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	98232
Area Code	206, 253
County Seat	Mount Vernon
School District	Burlington-Edison School District

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About Bow, Washington

Bow is a locality in Skagit County, Washington, United States. It is a small community with a population of 203. The population density is 67.2 people per km². Bow is located at 48.5618°N, 122.3982°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 98232.

Bow defines the character of the Skagit flats, where the tidal pulse of the nearby Puget Sound pushes salt air through the low-lying fields. It lies 6.8 miles north-northwest of Burlington, WA (from Burlington, WA: bearing 331°T), and is situated 8.4 miles west-northwest of Sedro-Woolley. The Edison Slough snakes through the landscape, its dark, sluggish waters carving a slow path toward the coast and sustaining the verdant, moisture-heavy earth that defines the region. To the east, the distant, jagged silhouette of the Cascade Range marks the horizon, a formidable barrier that captures the Pacific clouds and leaves the air in a state of perpetual, soft-focus gray. Only a mile away, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (WADNR) State Resource Management Area offers a dense, protected expanse of timber and brush that anchors the local ecosystem, while the distant, calm surface of Lake Samish rests six miles to the southeast, a quiet counterpoint to the salt-heavy influence of the nearby sound.

Bow emerged from the quiet necessity of agricultural labor and the seasonal rhythms of the harvest, its economy historically tethered to the rich, alluvial soil that blankets the area. The local life moves in accordance with these cycles, favoring the slow, deliberate pace of farming and the careful stewardship of the land over the frantic urgency of larger centers. While the proximity of Samish Island and the open waters of the sound suggest a maritime heritage, the daily existence in Bow remains firmly grounded in the fields, where the quality of light at dusk—a muted, bruised violet—seems to linger longer over the flat expanse of Jarman Prairie. It is a place of understated persistence, where the modern world is felt as a distant hum, leaving the residents to organize their days around the changing tides of the slough and the enduring, quiet demands of the earth.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 1.1 mi, 283° W · 1,009 acres
Samish River (State Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 259° W
Skagit-Snoqualmie Wildlife Area Complex (State Conservation Area) — 2.6 mi, 253° W
Samish Overlook (Viewpoint) — 3.6 mi, 339° N
Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 4.6 mi, 229° SW
Lookout Arts Quarry (Arts Centre) — 5.9 mi, 019° N
Bay View (State Park) — 6.1 mi, 216° SW
Sprouted Bumbershoot (Public Artwork) — 6.1 mi, 153° SE
Larrabee (State Park) — 6.3 mi, 336° NW
Children's Museum of Skagit County (Museum) — 7.8 mi, 160° S
San Juan Islands National Monument (National Monument) — 8.8 mi, 329° NW · 432k acres
I-5 Sloth "Slothy" (Attraction) — 9.4 mi, 345° N
Northern State Hospital Cemetery (Monument) — 9.6 mi, 102° E
Skagit Symphony (Arts Centre) — 9.6 mi, 155° SE
San Juan Islands Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 10.0 mi, 305° NW · 379 acres
San Juan Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 10.0 mi, 305° NW · 1,368 acres
Skagit, Washington Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 10.1 mi, 115° SE · 48k acres
Lady of the Sea (Monument) — 10.2 mi, 250° W
Seafarers Memorial (Monument) — 10.2 mi, 250° W
Jolly Mon Charters (Attraction) — 10.2 mi, 250° W
Rick Leonard Gallery (Gallery) — 10.2 mi, 164° S
Crown Yacht Charters (Attraction) — 10.3 mi, 251° W
Anacortes Yacht Charters (Attraction) — 10.3 mi, 247° SW
Lake Whatcom Steam Railway (Museum) — 10.3 mi, 055° NE
Mt. Baker National Forest (National Forest) — 10.4 mi, 116° SE · 1.3M acres
Causland Park Amphitheater (Theatre) — 10.4 mi, 253° W
Anacortes Community Theater (Theatre) — 10.6 mi, 252° W
Stimpson Family Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 11.8 mi, 004° N
San Juan County/Cypress Island Marine Biological Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 11.9 mi, 272° W
Fairhaven Outdoor Cinema (Cinema) — 12.0 mi, 336° NW

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