Explore Crescent Bar, 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 Crescent Bar, 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 Crescent Bar.
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 | Crescent Bar |
| State | Washington (WA) |
| County | Grant County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 47.212871 |
| Longitude | -119.994188 |
| Population | 325 |
| Density | 124.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 98848 |
| Area Code | 509 |
| County Seat | Ephrata |
| School District | Quincy School District |
Crescent Bar emerges from the arid expanse of the high desert as a verdant crescent carved into the basalt cliffs, defined by the steady, glacial flow of the Columbia River. It lies 19.8 miles southeast of East Wenatchee, WA (from East Wenatchee, WA: bearing 135°T), and is situated 6.8 miles west-southwest of Quincy. The air here holds a dry, sun-baked clarity, shimmering above the stark, vertical rise of the canyon walls that shelter the lowlands from the vast, open plains. To the west, the distant, jagged silhouette of the Cascade Range marks the boundary of the horizon, while the immediate landscape remains dominated by the stark geometry of Lynch Coulee. This geography creates a unique microclimate where the intense heat of the afternoon yields to a cool, quiet stillness as shadows lengthen across the riverbank, leaving the land to settle into a deep, earthen silence.
Crescent Bar functions today as a seasonal sanctuary, its identity inextricably linked to the seasonal rhythms of the river and the surrounding orchard country that has long defined the regional economy. Visitors and residents gather at Riverbend Park, a space that serves as the social anchor for those drawn to the recreation afforded by the water and the rugged, sun-drenched terrain. The history of the area is etched into the very soil, where the remnants of agricultural labor meet the modern pace of leisure, all within a few miles of the quiet waters of Crater Lake. Life in Crescent Bar moves with the slow, deliberate pulse of the changing light, a place where the grandeur of the geological scale quietly humbles the small, persistent efforts of those who dwell in the shadow of the cliffs.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Crescent Bar, Washington. Coordinates: 47.212871, -119.994188. 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 Crescent Bar includes the ZIP code (98848), telephone area code (509), county seat of Grant County (Ephrata), and school district assignment (Quincy 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. |