Explore Brush Prairie, 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 Brush Prairie, 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 Brush Prairie.
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 | Brush Prairie |
| State | Washington (WA) |
| County | Clark County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 45.732894 |
| Longitude | -122.546486 |
| Population | 2,749 |
| Density | 138.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 98606 |
| Area Code | 360 |
| County Seat | Vancouver |
| School District | Battle Ground School District |
Brush Prairie holds the quiet character of a landscape defined by the gradual transition from dense, evergreen shadows to the expansive, open light of the Fourth Plains. It lies 3.4 miles south of Battle Ground, WA (from Battle Ground, WA: bearing 191°T), and is situated 8.6 miles northeast of Vancouver. The earth here retains a particular dampness, a heavy, fertile quality that encourages the tall grasses of Prairie Field to sway in unison with the shifting winds. To the west, the cooling influence of Salmon Creek carves a path through the soil, its presence marked by the rhythmic sound of water against stone, while Salmon Creek Pond sits nearby as a still, reflective eye in the landscape. Though the jagged peaks of the Cascade Range remain distant silhouettes on the far horizon, the immediate terrain maintains a subtle, level grace that distinguishes Brush Prairie from the steeper, more rugged elevations of the region.
Agriculture and the slow, deliberate work of the timber industry once formed the bedrock of Brush Prairie, leaving behind a legacy of wide, fenced pastures that define the local economy even as modern expansion nudges against the older, rural boundaries. The rhythm of daily life is measured by the changing quality of the light, which turns a soft, bruised gray during the long winters and illuminates the surrounding timber with a sharp, gold clarity in the summer months. Residents often navigate the proximity of Salmon Falls to find a momentary, thunderous respite from the hum of local commerce, yet the true identity of the place persists in the quietude of its fields. Brush Prairie remains a space where the history of early settlement is etched into the very alignment of its roads, a persistent, quiet endurance that defines the character of those who live between the forest edge and the open plain.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Brush Prairie, Washington. Coordinates: 45.732894, -122.546486. 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 Brush Prairie includes the ZIP code (98606), telephone area code (360), county seat of Clark County (Vancouver), and school district assignment (Battle Ground 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. |