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Creston Washington Map

Explore Creston, 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 Creston, Washington

How to Use This Creston, Washington Map

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

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

Latitude	47.758488
Longitude	-118.519718
Population	213
Density	198.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	99117
Area Code	509
County Seat	Davenport
School District	Creston School District

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About Creston, Washington

Creston is a locality in Lincoln County, Washington, United States. It is a small community with a population of 213. The population density is 198.6 people per km². Creston is located at 47.7585°N, 118.5197°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. Creston is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 99117.

Creston rises from the high, arid plateau of eastern Washington, a place where the earth stretches wide under a vast, unblinking sky. It lies 6.9 miles southwest of Lincoln, WA (from Lincoln, WA: bearing 225°T), and is situated 14.0 miles southeast of Clark. The landscape is defined by the steady, rhythmic swells of the dry plains, interrupted by the deep, shadowed fissures of the earth like McDowell Canyon, which cuts a jagged line across the horizon. Here, the air carries a crisp, parched quality that sharpens the edges of the distant Cascade Range, visible only as a faint, serrated bruise against the western light. The land is stark and honest, marked by the quiet presence of the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (WADNR) State Resource Management Area, which blankets the surrounding expanse in rugged, sage-brushed terrain. Nearby, the stillness of Kunz Lake offers a mirror to the clouds, while the intermittent pulse of Sinking Creek traces the low places of the basin, carving a slow path through the stone and soil.

Creston remains an outpost of endurance and labor, where the economy is tethered to the slow cycles of wheat harvest and the heavy, golden productivity of the soil. History here is written in the fences and the weathered barns that stand against the wind, remnants of the families who first broke the sod to claim a life on the high prairie. The pace of daily existence matches the slow shift of shadows across the fields, a quiet persistence that ignores the frantic hum of the world beyond these plains. Travelers heading toward the geological drama of Hawk Creek Falls might catch a glimpse of the grain elevators rising above the town, structures that serve as the vertical anchors of the local identity. In the evenings, when the light turns the color of dry straw, the people of Creston move through their chores with a deliberate grace, grounded in a landscape that demands both patience and a sturdy spirit.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 6.2 mi, 028° NE · 60k acres
Swanson Lakes-Sherman Creek Wildlife Area Complex (State Conservation Area) — 6.3 mi, 165° S
Wilson Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 16.5 mi, 251° W · 266 acres
Larson (Viewpoint) — 21.1 mi, 025° NE
Steamboat Rock (State Park) — 25.0 mi, 286° W
Franklin D Roosevelt (Public Artwork) — 25.6 mi, 302° NW
3rd Powerhouse (Attraction) — 25.6 mi, 302° NW
Queen Seal Mine Mill Building (Historic Ruins) — 26.1 mi, 045° NE
James L. Friend Memorial Fire Engine (Monument) — 32.6 mi, 222° SW
Long Lake Pictographs (Historic Ruins) — 35.9 mi, 081° E
Historical Monument (Monument) — 36.2 mi, 091° E
Sun Lakes-Dry Falls (State Recreation Area) — 38.4 mi, 253° W
Battle of Spokane Plains monument (Monument) — 41.3 mi, 101° E
Boeing B-52D Stratofortress (Attraction) — 41.6 mi, 101° E
Cessna T-37B Tweet (Attraction) — 41.6 mi, 101° E
McDonnell F-101B Voodoo (Attraction) — 41.6 mi, 101° E
Lenore Game Range (National Conservation Area) — 41.6 mi, 255° W · 12k acres
Riverside (State Park) — 43.5 mi, 090° E
Railroad Depot Museum (Museum) — 44.2 mi, 171° S
Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 45.9 mi, 121° SE · 40k acres
Spartan Playhouse (Theatre) — 49.4 mi, 096° E
EOS Planetarium (Museum) — 49.5 mi, 096° E
Colville National Forest (National Forest) — 50.0 mi, 000° N · 957k acres
Spokane Print & Publishing Center (Gallery) — 50.6 mi, 096° E
Garland Theater (Cinema) — 51.0 mi, 095° E
AMC River Park Square 20 (Cinema) — 51.4 mi, 097° E
First Interstate Center for the Arts (Theatre) — 51.7 mi, 097° E
Okanogan National Forest (National Forest) — 52.5 mi, 342° N · 1.5M acres
Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 56.0 mi, 035° NE · 147k acres
Hanford Reach National Monument (National Monument) — 79.9 mi, 210° SW · 391k acres

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