Explore Clayton, 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 Clayton, 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 Clayton.
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 | Clayton |
| State | Washington (WA) |
| County | Stevens County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 47.996837 |
| Longitude | -117.558284 |
| Population | 420 |
| Density | 125.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 99110 |
| Area Code | 509 |
| County Seat | Colville |
| School District | Deer Park School District |
Clayton anchors a landscape defined by the quiet persistence of pine forests and the muted, earthy colors of the Inland Northwest. It lies 24.1 miles north-northwest of Spokane, WA (from Spokane, WA: bearing 345°T), and is situated 4.8 miles northwest of Deer Park. Beaver Creek winds through the low-lying terrain just a mile away, its presence marked by the rhythmic hum of insects and the cool, damp scent of riparian soil that lingers long after the sun retreats behind the silhouette of Loon Lake Mountain. To the north, the elevation shifts into the uneven geography of Big Foot Valley, where the light at dusk settles in long, bruised-purple shadows across the fields. The air here holds a distinct, crisp dryness, cooling rapidly as the day ends, while the land remains largely untamed, stretching toward the horizon with a stillness that feels both vast and intimate.
Clayton emerged from a history deeply tethered to the extraction of the earth’s raw materials, with its economy historically shaped by the clay deposits that gave the locality its name and purpose. Even now, the rhythm of daily life reflects this legacy of industry and labor, moving at a pace dictated more by the seasons than by the frantic pulse of distant urban centers. Residents often look toward the nearby Washington State Department of Natural Resources (WADNR) State Resource Management Area for a connection to the wilder, managed expanses of the region, or perhaps venture eight miles to the shores of Eloika Lake. There is a singular, unvarnished character to the way the local roads cut through the timber, a subtle reminder that Clayton exists as a point of quiet endurance in a landscape that has seen generations come to work the soil and settle into the shade of the ponderosa pines.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Clayton, Washington. Coordinates: 47.996837, -117.558284. 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 Clayton includes the ZIP code (99110), telephone area code (509), county seat of Stevens County (Colville), and school district assignment (Deer Park 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. |