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Carbonado Washington Map

Explore Carbonado, 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 Carbonado, Washington

How to Use This Carbonado, Washington Map

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

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

Latitude	47.079825
Longitude	-122.0515
Population	734
Density	681.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	98323
Area Code	425
County Seat	Tacoma
School District	Carbonado School District

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About Carbonado, Washington

Carbonado is a locality in Pierce County, Washington, United States. It is a small community with a population of 734. The population density is 681.2 people per km². Carbonado is located at 47.0798°N, 122.0515°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. Carbonado is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 98323.

Carbonado asserts itself upon a high, forested plateau, defined by the sheer, precipitous cuts of the earth that drop toward the rushing waters of the Carbon River. It lies 6.1 miles southeast of Prairie Ridge, WA (from Prairie Ridge, WA: bearing 131°T), and is situated 9.2 miles southeast of Bonney Lake. The landscape here is characterized by dense, emerald timber and the lingering, humid dampness that clings to the bark of ancient conifers, creating an atmosphere of perpetual, quiet respiration. To the east, the jagged silhouette of the Cascade Range looms as a distant, serrated boundary against the sky, while the local terrain is carved by the rugged proximity of the Wickersham Basin. Even within the modest confines of 8th Avenue Park, the ground feels restless and heavy with the weight of the forest, holding a stillness that is only broken by the occasional, sharp snap of a cedar branch or the distant, rhythmic turbulence of the river below.

Carbonado emerged from the earth as a rugged outpost of coal mining, a place where the deep, subterranean seams dictated the fortunes of every household. The industry that once fueled the growth of the region has long since receded, leaving behind a quiet resilience and a physical legacy of abandoned rail lines and weathered timber structures that speak to a harder, more industrious era. While the echoes of the mines have faded, the inhabitants remain tethered to the wilder rhythms of the interior, watching the seasonal transitions that drift down from the high ice of Flett Glacier. Life in Carbonado moves with the deliberate pace of a place that understands its isolation, far removed from the urban sprawl, where the light at dusk turns a bruised, singular gray that seems to settle into the very marrow of the hills.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Foothills Trail- Carbonado (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 072° E
Foothills Trail- Cascade Junction To Carbonado (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 295° NW
Kapowsin Timberlands (Local Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 256° W
Mount Rainier National Park (National Park) — 1.7 mi, 009° N · 236k acres
Skookum Slope Mine & Queen Mine Cars (Attraction) — 1.7 mi, 009° N
The Wilkeson Way to Carbon Glacier (Public Artwork) — 1.8 mi, 007° N
Old Well (Historic Ruins) — 2.5 mi, 042° NE
Shaft House (Historic Ruins) — 2.8 mi, 168° S
Vforce (Attraction) — 4.1 mi, 341° N
South Prairie Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 4.6 mi, 335° NW
Buckley Log Show (Attraction) — 6.1 mi, 011° N
Bernie's Place (Monument) — 6.5 mi, 275° W
Rainier View Point in Tehaleh (Viewpoint) — 6.8 mi, 300° NW
City Of Tacoma Watershed (Local Conservation Area) — 6.8 mi, 013° N
Orting Veteran's Memorial Wall (Monument) — 7.2 mi, 279° W
Clearwater Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 7.8 mi, 121° SE · 15k acres
Snoqualmie National Forest (National Forest) — 7.8 mi, 146° SE · 1.3M acres
Connell's Prairie Battle (Registered Battlefield) — 8.3 mi, 335° NW
Mount Rainier Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 8.7 mi, 133° SE · 227k acres
Evans Creek Off Road Vehicle Trail Area (Theme Park) — 10.3 mi, 158° S
Jumping Juniors (Attraction) — 11.5 mi, 317° NW
Sumner Performing Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 12.1 mi, 315° NW
Flaming Geyser (State Park) — 13.2 mi, 005° N
The Farm at SillyVille (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 13.5 mi, 301° NW
Artists in Action (Arts Centre) — 13.6 mi, 302° NW
Barovic's Liberty Theatre (Theatre) — 13.8 mi, 304° NW
Metzler Park (Nature Reserve) — 14.3 mi, 353° N
Green River Watershed Watershed Withdrawal (National Conservation Area) — 15.9 mi, 050° NE · 45k acres
Lower Green River (State Park) — 16.6 mi, 337° NW
Gifford Pinchot National Forest (National Forest) — 28.8 mi, 170° S · 1.3M acres

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