Explore Crocker, 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 Crocker, 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 Crocker.
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 | Crocker |
| State | Washington (WA) |
| County | Pierce County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 47.0843 |
| Longitude | -122.1226 |
| Population | 1,450 |
| Density | 78.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 98360 |
| Area Code | 425 |
| County Seat | Tacoma |
| School District | Orting School District |
Crocker emerges from the low-slung, mist-heavy terrain where the earth holds the damp, cool memory of the evening rain. It lies 3.9 miles south-southeast of Prairie Ridge, WA (from Prairie Ridge, WA: bearing 162°T), and is situated 8.0 miles east-southeast of South Hill. The landscape surrounding Crocker is defined by the dense, persistent presence of the Kapowsin Timberlands, where the deep green of fir and hemlock creates a cathedral of shadow that stretches across the uneven ground. A mile away, the persistent, cold rush of Voight Creek carves its path through the soil, its waters carrying the sediment of the high country toward the lower plains. On clear days, the distant, jagged teeth of the Cascade Range silhouette against the sky, serving as a reminder of the immense geology that dictates the climate of this inland region. The air here carries a heavy, vegetative stillness, a quietude that settles over the ferns and moss-covered cedar stumps long before the sun dips below the horizon.
Economic life in Crocker remains tied to the rhythms of the land, shaped by the legacy of logging operations that have long defined the character of the Kapowsin Timberlands. The history of the area is written in the sawdust and the sturdy, unadorned architecture of the surrounding settlements, where the pace of the day is dictated by the turning of the seasons rather than the frantic ticking of a clock. Residents often look toward the nearby Wickersham Basin or take note of the distant, thundering descent of Victor Falls, which marks the movement of water through the rugged interior. Though Orting Lake sits only three miles away, providing a singular, placid mirror for the overcast sky, the true spirit of Crocker is found in the quiet, industrious resilience of those who dwell among the timber, far from the reach of the distant, salt-less horizon.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Crocker, Washington. Coordinates: 47.0843, -122.1226. 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 Crocker includes the ZIP code (98360), telephone area code (425), county seat of Pierce County (Tacoma), and school district assignment (Orting 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. |