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Bucoda Washington Map

Explore Bucoda, 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 Bucoda, Washington

How to Use This Bucoda, Washington Map

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

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

Latitude	46.79899
Longitude	-122.869852
Population	600
Density	397.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	98530
Area Code	425
County Seat	Olympia
School District	Tenino School District

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About Bucoda, Washington

Bucoda is a locality in Thurston County, Washington, United States. It is a small community with a population of 600. The population density is 397.4 people per km². Bucoda is located at 46.7990°N, 122.8699°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. Bucoda is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 98530.

Bucoda emerges from the damp, low-lying basin where the Skookumchuck River cuts a deliberate, moss-lined path through the landscape. It lies 6.6 miles southwest of Thurston, WA (from Thurston, WA: bearing 226°T), and is situated 7.0 miles northeast of Centralia. The air here holds the weight of heavy, grey moisture, clinging to the cedar posts and the rusted silhouettes of abandoned machinery that sleep in the tall grass. To the east, the distant, jagged spine of the Cascade Range haunts the horizon, a faint serrated line against the sky that reminds the observer of the vast, forested isolation separating this valley from the arid interior. Near the center of the grid, Memorial Park offers a quiet clearing, a modest rectangle of green where the stillness is interrupted only by the rustle of leaves or the occasional rumble of a train passing through the valley floor. Three miles to the north, Surge Pond remains a stagnant, dark glass reflecting the overcast sky, mirroring the slow, deliberate pace of a place that keeps its own time.

Bucoda carries the grit of a former coal-mining outpost, its history written in the weathered timber of structures that have survived the boom and bust of extraction. Economic life has shifted from the deep, dark shafts of the past to a quieter, modern existence that favors the modest comforts of a rural life far from the frantic pulse of larger hubs. Two miles away, the expanse of Frost Prairie stretches out, a flat, open expanse that once saw the movement of settlers and the quiet expansion of the regional timber trade. Even with the encroaching silence of the surrounding woodlands, the spirit of the place remains tied to the earth, grounded in the labor that defined its founding. Residents look toward the distant silhouettes of the Cascade Range while tending to the small, daily tasks that keep the spirit of Bucoda intact, a place where the history is as deep as the loam and just as persistent.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Memorial Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 048° NE
Bucoda Volunteer Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 138° SE
Tenino Depot Museum (Museum) — 3.9 mi, 011° N
Tenino Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 4.0 mi, 012° N
Olympic-Willapa Hills-South Puget Sound Wildlife Area Complex (State Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 319° NW
Skookumchuck (State Conservation Area) — 5.3 mi, 100° E
Oregon Trail Marker (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 264° W
Shady Lady (Museum) — 6.9 mi, 215° SW
The Olympic Club Theater (Cinema) — 6.9 mi, 215° SW
Staeber Point (Viewpoint) — 7.0 mi, 209° SW
The Sentinel (Monument) — 7.0 mi, 216° SW
Fox Theater (Cinema) — 7.0 mi, 215° SW
Millersylvania Memorial (State Park) — 7.7 mi, 350° N
Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 10.2 mi, 320° NW · 16k acres
The Vintage Antique Motorcycle Museum (Museum) — 10.4 mi, 207° SW
Veteran’s Memorial Museum (Museum) — 11.2 mi, 207° SW
Olympic National Forest (National Forest) — 11.3 mi, 338° N · 632k acres
Willapa Hills Trail (State Recreation Area) — 11.4 mi, 205° SW
Kids Playing (Public Artwork) — 12.9 mi, 352° N
Timberline High School Auditorium (Theatre) — 14.8 mi, 013° N
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Wa (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.2 mi, 230° SW · 1,044 acres
Woodard Bay Natural Resources Conservation Area (Marine Protected Area) — 16.3 mi, 005° N
Washington Center for the Performing Arts (Theatre) — 17.0 mi, 355° N
Puget Sound Estuarium (Museum) — 17.1 mi, 355° N
Boom Studios (Gallery) — 17.1 mi, 360° N
Splash Gallery (Gallery) — 17.3 mi, 355° N
Telephone Of The Wind (Attraction) — 18.6 mi, 357° N
Snoqualmie National Forest (National Forest) — 19.8 mi, 115° SE · 1.3M acres
World's Largest Egg (Attraction) — 21.4 mi, 189° S
Mount Rainier National Park (National Park) — 35.2 mi, 095° E · 236k acres

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