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Colton Washington Map

Explore Colton, 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 Colton, Washington

How to Use This Colton, Washington Map

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

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

Latitude	46.56794
Longitude	-117.128498
Population	401
Density	250.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	99113
Area Code	509
County Seat	Colfax
School District	Colton School District

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About Colton, Washington

Colton is a locality in Whitman County, Washington, United States. It is a small community with a population of 401. The population density is 250.9 people per km². Colton is located at 46.5679°N, 117.1285°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. Colton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 99113.

Colton claims a quiet sovereignty over the dry, undulating wheat fields of the Palouse, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under a vault of pale, expansive sky. It lies 11.5 miles south-southeast of Pullman, WA (from Pullman, WA: bearing 168°T), and is situated 11.7 miles north-northwest of Lewiston. Union Flat Creek carves a persistent, narrow vein through the landscape, its seasonal pulse dictating the rhythm of the valley floor as it winds past the edges of the settlement. To the far southwest, the hazy, jagged silhouette of the Blue Mountains anchors the distance, grounding the vast, golden expanse that shifts in color from the bright, brittle green of spring to the tawny, sun-bleached stubble of harvest. A brief mile away, the still surface of Busch Pond offers a reflective pause in the terrain, while the deeper topographical fractures of Schultheis Canyon lie six miles out, suggesting the hidden complexity of the bedrock beneath the topsoil.

Colton emerged from the ambitions of settlers who recognized the fertility of the deep, wind-blown loess, establishing an economy fundamentally married to the cycle of the grain drill and the combine. The local character remains defined by the persistence of agricultural rhythms, where the community’s vitality is measured in bushels and the steady, mechanical hum of tractors during the long, dry afternoons. Beyond the fields, residents might find a moment of stillness at Holzer Park, a modest local space that serves as a terrestrial anchor for those living between the seasonal demands of the crop cycle. Life in Colton persists with a deliberate, steady gravity, shaped by the isolation of the high plains and the quiet necessity of a regional culture that values the endurance of the harvest above the frantic pace of the modern world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Holzer Park (Local Park) — 2.9 mi, 138° SE
Memorial Park (Local Park) — 2.9 mi, 132° SE
Lower Granite Lake (Recreation Area) — 6.4 mi, 230° SW
C. C. Van Arsdol (Monument) — 9.2 mi, 144° SE
Clearwater River (Wild & Scenic River) — 10.4 mi, 157° SE · 24k acres
Nez Perce County Historical Society (Museum) — 11.1 mi, 155° SE
Local Native American and geological information (Museum) — 11.1 mi, 198° S
The Caring Call (Public Artwork) — 11.3 mi, 353° N
Regional Theatre of the Palouse (Theatre) — 11.5 mi, 347° N
Village Centre Cinemas at Eastside Marketplace (Cinema) — 12.7 mi, 033° NE
Nuart Theatre-Christ Church (Theatre) — 12.8 mi, 028° NE
Pritchard Art Gallery (Gallery) — 12.8 mi, 028° NE
McConnell Mansion Museum (Museum) — 13.0 mi, 029° NE
Hells Gate State Park (State Park) — 13.3 mi, 162° S
Blue Mountains Wildlife Area Complex (State Conservation Area) — 18.2 mi, 180° S
George Creek (State Conservation Area) — 18.2 mi, 180° S
Paradise Point (Viewpoint) — 19.4 mi, 028° NE
Lapwai State Game Farm (Nature Reserve) — 20.6 mi, 129° SE
Umatilla National Forest (National Forest) — 22.7 mi, 209° SW · 1.4M acres
Troy Mining & Milling Co. (Historic Ruins) — 22.8 mi, 065° NE
Codger Pole (Attraction) — 24.2 mi, 332° NW
Steam Locomotive W.i.&m.ry.co. 1 (Monument) — 26.9 mi, 023° NE
St. Joe National Forest (National Forest) — 27.0 mi, 022° N · 868k acres
Grande Ronde River (Lower) (Wild & Scenic River) — 34.2 mi, 168° S · 11k acres
Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 35.2 mi, 207° SW · 177k acres
Kendall Monument (Monument) — 37.4 mi, 234° SW
McCoy Valley Museum (Museum) — 39.1 mi, 352° N
Hells Canyon National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 39.9 mi, 171° S · 662k acres
Tekoa Train Trestle (Attraction) — 45.6 mi, 003° N
Marmes Rockshelter (Historic Ruins) — 51.1 mi, 274° W

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